Charles Roger Slack

Charles Roger Slack (born April 22, 1937 in Ashton-under-Lyne , Lancashire , † October 24, 2016 in Palmerston North ) was a British biochemist and plant physiologist.

Charles Roger Slack studied biochemistry at Nottingham University from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science. Doctorate in 1962. From 1962 he worked as a biochemist at the Plant Research Center of Colonial Sugar Rifining Co. Ltd. in Brisbane , Australia . In 1970 he was appointed head of the biochemistry department, in 1984 he was appointed head of the physiology of crops department and director of the DSIR ( Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ). From 1989 Slack was Senior Scientist at the Institute for Crop & Food Research of the DSIR in Palmerston North , New Zealand .

Slack, together with Marshall Davidson Hatch , uncovered the C4 acid cycle , also known as the Hatch-Slack cycle.

Memberships and honors

1983 Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand
1989 Fellow of The Royal Society

Individual evidence

^ Obituaries of Fellows - Charles Roger Slack. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
↑ Charles Slack
^ RA Kennedy, WM Laetsch: Plant species intermediate for c3, c4 photosynthesis. In: Science. Volume 184, Number 4141, June 1974, pp. 1087-1089, ISSN 0036-8075 . doi : 10.1126 / science.184.4141.1087 . PMID 17736195 .
↑ MD Hatch, CR Slack: Photosynthesis by sugar-cane leaves. A new carboxylation reaction and the pathway of sugar formation. In: The Biochemical journal. Volume 101, Number 1, October 1966, pp. 103-111, ISSN 0264-6021 . PMID 5971771 . PMC 1270070 (free full text).
↑ CR Slack, MD Hatch: Comparative studies on the activity of carboxylases and other enzymes in relation to the new pathway of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation in tropical grasses. In: The Biochemical journal. Volume 103, Number 3, June 1967, pp. 660-665, ISSN 0264-6021 . PMID 4292834 . PMC 1270465 (free full text).

personal data
SURNAME	Slack, Charles Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 22, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ashton-under-Lyne , Lancashire
DATE OF DEATH	October 24, 2016
Place of death	Palmerston North

[1] Obituaries of Fellows - Charles Roger Slack. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

[2] Charles Slack

[3] RA Kennedy, WM Laetsch: Plant species intermediate for c3, c4 photosynthesis. In: Science. Volume 184, Number 4141, June 1974, pp. 1087-1089, ISSN 0036-8075 . doi : 10.1126 / science.184.4141.1087 . PMID 17736195 .

[4] MD Hatch, CR Slack: Photosynthesis by sugar-cane leaves. A new carboxylation reaction and the pathway of sugar formation. In: The Biochemical journal. Volume 101, Number 1, October 1966, pp. 103-111, ISSN 0264-6021 . PMID 5971771 . PMC 1270070 (free full text).

[5] CR Slack, MD Hatch: Comparative studies on the activity of carboxylases and other enzymes in relation to the new pathway of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixation in tropical grasses. In: The Biochemical journal. Volume 103, Number 3, June 1967, pp. 660-665, ISSN 0264-6021 . PMID 4292834 . PMC 1270465 (free full text).