Moses C. Shelesnyak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Moses C. Shelesnyak

Date of Birth: 06-Jun-1909

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 12-Sep-1994

Profession: biologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Moses C. Shelesnyak

  • Moses Chiam Shelesnyak (1909-1994) was an American reproductive biologist.
  • He received his B.A.
  • at University of Wisconsin and Ph.D.
  • in anatomy at Columbia University with a dissertation on the effects of pituitary hormone treatment on the uterus of the prepubertal rat and demonstration the synergistic interactions of estrogen with progesterone in preparing the uterus for pregnancy.
  • Then he became the director of the Washington office of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory.
  • In 1950, he join Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and founded Institute's Department of Biodynamics, now called the Department of Hormone Research.
  • In 1968, he returned to the United States become a member in Smithsonian Institution until 1977.
  • In 1994, he was found murdered in his home.

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