Nadine Dobrovolskaïa-Zavadskaïa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nadine Dobrovolskaïa-Zavadskaïa

surgeon and geneticist

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1878

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1954

Profession: scientist, physician, surgeon, geneticist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Nadine Dobrovolskaïa-Zavadskaïa (Ukrainian: ????? ?????????? ?????????????-?????????; 25 September [O.S.
13 September] 1878 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 31 October 1954 in Milan, Italy) was a Ukrainian, Russian and French researcher, surgeon and geneticist.
She was born in Kiev, studied in Saint Petersburg and was the first woman to become professor of surgery in Russian Empire in 1918.
Later she took part in Russian Civil War and fled to Egypt just to find second home in Paris.
There she made a genetic and oncology research career discovering Brachyury gene in mice.
Also she established RIII mouse strain which helped to discover MMTV retrovirus.