Robert Kenneth Callow
Robert Kenneth Callow (born February 15, 1901 in Goring-on-Thames , † April 12, 1983 in Maughold ) was a British biochemist .
life and work
Callow worked at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Hampstead and Mill Hill , where he worked on steroids and the isolation and characterization of vitamin D , and on the synthesis of cortisone from naturally occurring steroids.
In 1961 he identified with the compound ( E ) -9-oxo-dec-2-enoic acid, or 9-ODA for short , the second known pheromone, known as the queen bee pheromone. After retiring from NIMR in 1966, he moved to Rothamsted Research , where he continued to research insect pheromones until 1971 .
Honors and memberships
Callow was inducted into the Royal Society as a Fellow in 1958 . He was a member of the editorial board of the Biochemical Journal from 1946 to 1953. He was later Chairman of the Biological and Medical Abstracts. He was a member of the Council of the Bee Research Association from 1962 to 1974 and later its vice-president.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Kenneth Callow. Retrieved January 2, 2014 .
- ^ CG Butler, RK Callow, NC Johnston: The Isolation and Synthesis of Queen Substance, 9-oxodec-trans-2-enoic Acid, a Honeybee Pheromone. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 155, 1962, pp. 417-432, doi : 10.1098 / rspb.1962.0009 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Callow, Robert Kenneth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Callow, Kenneth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goring-on-Thames |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1983 |
| Place of death | Maughold |