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Lina Shtern

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Birth Date:
26.07.1875
Death date:
07.03.1968
Person's maiden name:
Solomonovna
Extra names:
Лина Соломоновна Штерн, Līna Šterna
Categories:
Academician, Chemist, Laureate of state prize, PhD , Professor, Teacher, lecturer , Victim of repression (genocide) of the Soviet regime
Nationality:
 jew
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Lina Solomonovna Stern (or Shtern), Born in Liepaja, Latvia, was a notable Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II. She is best known for her pioneering work on blood–brain barrier, which she described as hemato-encephalic barrier in 1921

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Born in Libau in the Russian Empire (Liepāja, Latvia) into a Jewish family and educated in Geneva, Switzerland, she pursued a brilliant academic career and performed original research in biochemistry and in the neurosciences. From 1918 onwards she was the first woman awarded professional rank at the University of Geneva, being a Professor of chemio-physiology, and researching cellular oxidation.[1]

In 1925 she had emigrated to the Soviet Union out of ideological convictions.

From 1925–1948 she served as Professor of the 2nd Medical Institute.

From 1929–1948, the Director of Institute of Physiology of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Among many problems Stern and her scientific group worked on were longevity and sleep. Under her leadership multidisciplinary groups of colleagues worked on the problems of the hemato-encephalic and histohematic barriers. The results of this work were later implemented in clinical practice and saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II.

In 1939 she became the first female full member of the Soviet Academy (academician).

In 1943 she won the Stalin Prize

A member of the Women's Anti-Fascist Committee and the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC) since the breaking out of World War II, Stern was the sole survivor out of 15 arrested and convicted to death sentence when the JAC was eradicated in January 1949.

Her death sentence was changed to a prison term, followed by five-year exile. The exile was in Dzhambul (current Taraz), Kazakhstan.

After Stalin's death in 1953 Lina Stern was allowed to return to Moscow and in 1954–1968 she headed the Department of Physiology at Biophysics Institute.

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Born 1878, Либава, ныне Лиепая; еврейка; высшее;

физиолог, академик.

Lived: Москва.

Arrested: 28 January 1949.

Sentenced: Военная Коллегия Верховного Суда СССР 18 July 1952.

Charged: 58-1а, 58-10, 11.

Verdict: 3, 5 г. ИТЛ, 3 г. поражение в правах

Source: Неправедный суд. М. 1994

Source: memo.ru

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        1David HofshteinDavid HofshteinIdea mate00.00.188912.08.1952
        2David BergelsonDavid BergelsonIdea mate00.00.188412.08.1952
        3Lev KvitkoLev KvitkoIdea mate00.00.189012.08.1952
        4Boris ShimeliovichBoris ShimeliovichIdea mate00.00.189212.08.1952
        5Iosif JuzefovichIosif JuzefovichIdea mate00.00.189012.08.1952
        6Solomon LozovskijSolomon LozovskijIdea mate00.00.187812.08.1952
        7Ilja VatenbergIlja VatenbergIdea mate00.00.188712.08.1952
        8Chajka Vatenberg-OstrovskajaChajka Vatenberg-OstrovskajaIdea mate00.00.190112.08.1952
        9Emilija TeuminEmilija TeuminIdea mate00.00.190512.08.1952
        10Isaak FeferIsaak FeferIdea mate00.00.190012.08.1952
        11Perec MarkishPerec MarkishIdea mate00.00.189512.08.1952
        12Leon TalmiLeon TalmiIdea mate00.00.189312.08.1952
        13Veniamin ZuskinVeniamin ZuskinIdea mate00.00.189912.08.1952
        14Solomon MikhoelsSolomon MikhoelsIdea mate16.03.189013.01.1948
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