Born in Ukraine 2. MYKOLA HAMALIYA. Episode 7

Born in Odesa and studied there. Over half of his life he worked on Ukrainian land. But in Russia they keep calling him a Russian scientist and even changed his last name for it to sound more Russian, Gamaleya. Instead, he is an heir of an old Cossack family of Hamaliya. This is world-renowned Ukrainian microbiologist Mykola Hamaliya.
Having received a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences after graduation from what is now Odesa University and the title of doctor after studies in Petersburg military and medical academy, he came back to his native Odesa where he started working in nervous diseases clinic.
To extend his experience in bacteriology, Hamaliya was sent on a business trip to Paris. There, in Louis Pasteur’s lab, he studied the methods of vaccines production in detail.
With the support of the French scientist, Hamaliya together with Illya Metchnikoff organized the second in the world (after Pasteur Institute) bacteriological station for rabies vaccinations in Odesa.
And then this station became a foundation for Bacteriology and Physiology Institute which studied a range of infectious diseases.
The scientist dedicated the last years of his life to studies in immunology and virology. He taught a whole range of famous microbiologists. His contribution to science is uncontestable. And the Ukrainian name of Hamaliya has become a part of global history for all time.

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