Karel Slama

Karel Sláma (born December 17, 1934 in Tichá ) is a Czech entomologist . He worked at the Institute of Entomology of the Czech Academy of Sciences .

Sláma did her PhD in 1961 with VJA Novák . He then received a research grant for the USA.

Together with Carroll Williams he discovered the Juvabion by chance . Sláma brought larvae of the fire bug from Prague to Harvard University in 1964 . These did not change into the adult form after the 5th larval stage, but instead entered an extraordinary 6th and sometimes even 7th larval stage. In 1965 this could be traced back to a paper made from balsam fir wood used for feeding . That is why they named the substance "Paper Factor".

Fonts

Karel Sláma, Jan Lukáš: Role of juvenile hormone in the hypermetabolic production of water revealed by the O ₂ consumption and thermovision images of larvae of insects fed a diet of dry food . In: European Journal of Entomology . tape 110 , no. 2 , 2013, p. 221–230 , doi : 10.14411 / eje.2013.032 ( eje.cz [PDF]).
Karel Sláma: Insect hormones: more than 50-years after the discovery of insect juvenile hormone analogues (JHA, juvenoids) . In: Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews . tape 6 , no. 4 , 2013, p. 257-333 , doi : 10.1163 / 18749836-06041073 .

Individual evidence

↑ Biography at the Entomological Society of America
↑ K. Sláma, CM Williams: Juvenile hormone activity for the bug Pyrrhocoris apterus . In: PNAS . tape 54 , no. 2 , August 1, 1965, p. 411-414 , PMC 219680 (free full text).
↑ Karel Sláma, Carroll M. Williams: 'Paper Factor' as an Inhibitor of the Embryonic Development of the European Bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus . In: Nature . tape 210 , no. 5033 , April 16, 1966, p. 329-330 , doi : 10.1038 / 210329a0 .

personal data
SURNAME	Sláma, Karel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 17, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tichá

[1] Biography at the Entomological Society of America

[2] K. Sláma, CM Williams: Juvenile hormone activity for the bug Pyrrhocoris apterus . In: PNAS . tape 54 , no. 2 , August 1, 1965, p. 411-414 , PMC 219680 (free full text).

[3] Karel Sláma, Carroll M. Williams: 'Paper Factor' as an Inhibitor of the Embryonic Development of the European Bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus . In: Nature . tape 210 , no. 5033 , April 16, 1966, p. 329-330 , doi : 10.1038 / 210329a0 .