Name:

Michal Hoskovec

Affiliation:

Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nam. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic

E-mail:

hoskovec@uochb.cas.cz

Web:

http://www.uochb.cas.cz/~natur

Research:

insect chemical ecology: isolation, identification and synthesis of insect infochemicals; use of the advanced analytical techniques in chemical ecology

Short CV:

1982-1987 MSc. with M. Ferles, Department of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic
 
1988-1992 Ph.D. with B. Koutek, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
 
1992-1997 research associate, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
 
1994 postoc with J.Tumlinson, USDA, Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA
 
since 1997 senior research associate, Department of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
 
2000-2001 research scholar with W. Boland, Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
 

Awards:

1998 Alfred Bader Prize for Organic Chemistry from the Czech Chemical Society
 
2000 Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Scholarship
 
2002 Otto Wichterle Premium from the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
 

Publications:

Svatoš, A., Kalinová, B., Hoskovec, M., Kindl, J., Hovorka, O., Hrdý, I.: Identification of a New Lepidopteran Sex Pheromone in Picogram Quantities Using an Antennal Biodetector: (8E,10Z)-tetradeca-8,10-dienal from Cameraria ohridella. Tetrahedron Lett. 40: 7011-7014 (1999).
 
Oldham, N. J., Krieger, J., Breer, H., Fischedick, A., Hoskovec, M., Svatoš, A.: Analysis of the Silkworm Moth Pheromone Binding Protein-Pheromone Complex by Electrospray-Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 39: 4341-4343 (2000).
 
Kalinová, B., Hoskovec, M., Liblika, I., Unelius, R., Hansson, B.S.: Detection of Sex Pheromone Components in Manduca sexta. Chem. Senses. 26: 1175-1186 (2001).
 
Hoskovec, M, Luxová, A., Svatoš, A., Boland, W.: Biosynthesis of Sex Pheromones in Moths: Stereochemistry of Fatty Alcohol Oxidation in Manduca sexta. Tetrahedron 58: 9193-9201 (2002).
 
Kalinová, B., Svatoš, A., Kindl, J., Hovorka, O., Hrdý, I., Kuldová, J., Hoskovec, M.: Sex Pheromone of the Horse-Chestnut Leafminer Cameraria ohridella and Its Use in Pheromone-based Monitoring System. J. Chem. Ecol. 29: 387-404 (2003).
 

Research interest:

Study of the mechanisms of pheromonal biosynthesis and its connection to the metabolism of lipids, understanding the perception of pheromones and other olfactory active compounds in selected insect models. Application of the advanced instrumental analytical techniques for identification of insect infochemicals and exact description of chemical information systems of important insect species. Development of new methods for determining of physico-chemical properties of infochemicals by gas chromatography.