1. Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky conducted research in radiation genetics, experimental population genetics, and microevolution.
11 Facts About Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky's life was highlighted by scientific achievements in the face of severe personal hardship, including his imprisonment and working in secret scientific facilities of Soviet Gulag.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky is the author of the term 'genetic engineering'.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky defended his doctoral dissertation in 1963 in Sverdlovsk, and he was awarded a Doctor of Science diploma in 1964.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky was sent to the German concentration camp in Mauthausen and executed by the Gestapo on 1 May 1945.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky made a presentation on the biophysical analysis of mutations.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky acquired the necessary vitamins and had Zavenyagin send them on to Timofeev-Resovskij, but the actions were to no avail, as the condition was not reversible.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky served as a consultant to the Institute of Developmental Problems, in Moscow, as well as Moscow State University.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky was able to meet foreign colleagues who came to Russia.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky died in Obninsk, in a hospital room of the Institute of Medical Radiology on 28 March 1981.
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Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky was buried at the Konchalovskoe cemetery in Obninsk.