Despite becoming an octogenarian this year, Prof. C. L. Tsou (Zou Chenglu)still keeps strictly to a busy work schedule, coming to his laboratory at 8 am and leaving at 4 pmevery day. At weekends, he buries himself in ...Despite becoming an octogenarian this year, Prof. C. L. Tsou (Zou Chenglu)still keeps strictly to a busy work schedule, coming to his laboratory at 8 am and leaving at 4 pmevery day. At weekends, he buries himself in literature, reading, pondering and writing. In short,work is the eternal theme and major part of his life. Recently, however, he took his doctor's adviceand added a walk to his daily routine. Prof. Tsou was born in 1923 in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province.Although the locals have a unique dialect, he speaks perfect Mandarin. He also speaks Shanghaidialect with an accent, which can be attributed to his work in Baoshan, a suburban county inShanghai in the mid-1960s. In 1941, after he graduated from the Nankai Middle School in Chongqing,the wartime capital of China, he was admitted to the National Southwest Associate University as achemistry major and graduated in 1945. Two years later, he went to England on a state scholarshipand came home in 1951, after obtaining his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cambridge University. For 20years he worked at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, a CAS affiliate, and in 1971 he moved tothe CAS Institute of Biophysics (IBP) in Beijing, where he personally guided the founding of theNational Laboratory for Biomacromolecules, working there till now. During the past 50 years, he usedto serve as a member of the CAS Presidium of Academic Divisions (CASAD), director of the AcademicDivision of Biology, and chairman of the executive council under Chinese Society of Biochemistry andMolecular Biology. In addition, he served from 1978 to 1997 on the 5^(th) to 8^(th) NationalCommittee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the national top advisory bodyand also its 8th standing committee. In 1980, he was elected to CAS. He is a fellow of the ThirdWorld Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the American Society for Biochemistry andMolecular Biology. For many years, he has sat as a member of the editorial board or advisoryeditorial board for a number of prestigious journals, at home and abroad, including the deputy chiefeditor of Science in China and Science Bulletin, member of the editorial board of AnalyticalBiochemistry (in US), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (in the Netherlands), and advisory board ofeditors of FASEB Journal and Biochemistry (both in US). From 1981 to 1982, he was a visitingprofessor at Harvard University, and from 1986 to 1990 he was a resident Fogarty scholar at the USNational Institutes of Health.展开更多
The history of modern science in China is relatively short compared to that in western countries.For example,it was not until the 1920s that genetics and evolutionary theory were introduced to China.Most of the earlie...The history of modern science in China is relatively short compared to that in western countries.For example,it was not until the 1920s that genetics and evolutionary theory were introduced to China.Most of the earliest Chinese biologists were trained overseas and returned to their beloved homeland to become pioneers of biomedical disciplines like zoology,plant biology,physiology,and neuroscience in China.展开更多
文摘Despite becoming an octogenarian this year, Prof. C. L. Tsou (Zou Chenglu)still keeps strictly to a busy work schedule, coming to his laboratory at 8 am and leaving at 4 pmevery day. At weekends, he buries himself in literature, reading, pondering and writing. In short,work is the eternal theme and major part of his life. Recently, however, he took his doctor's adviceand added a walk to his daily routine. Prof. Tsou was born in 1923 in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province.Although the locals have a unique dialect, he speaks perfect Mandarin. He also speaks Shanghaidialect with an accent, which can be attributed to his work in Baoshan, a suburban county inShanghai in the mid-1960s. In 1941, after he graduated from the Nankai Middle School in Chongqing,the wartime capital of China, he was admitted to the National Southwest Associate University as achemistry major and graduated in 1945. Two years later, he went to England on a state scholarshipand came home in 1951, after obtaining his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Cambridge University. For 20years he worked at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, a CAS affiliate, and in 1971 he moved tothe CAS Institute of Biophysics (IBP) in Beijing, where he personally guided the founding of theNational Laboratory for Biomacromolecules, working there till now. During the past 50 years, he usedto serve as a member of the CAS Presidium of Academic Divisions (CASAD), director of the AcademicDivision of Biology, and chairman of the executive council under Chinese Society of Biochemistry andMolecular Biology. In addition, he served from 1978 to 1997 on the 5^(th) to 8^(th) NationalCommittee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the national top advisory bodyand also its 8th standing committee. In 1980, he was elected to CAS. He is a fellow of the ThirdWorld Academy of Sciences and an honorary member of the American Society for Biochemistry andMolecular Biology. For many years, he has sat as a member of the editorial board or advisoryeditorial board for a number of prestigious journals, at home and abroad, including the deputy chiefeditor of Science in China and Science Bulletin, member of the editorial board of AnalyticalBiochemistry (in US), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (in the Netherlands), and advisory board ofeditors of FASEB Journal and Biochemistry (both in US). From 1981 to 1982, he was a visitingprofessor at Harvard University, and from 1986 to 1990 he was a resident Fogarty scholar at the USNational Institutes of Health.
文摘The history of modern science in China is relatively short compared to that in western countries.For example,it was not until the 1920s that genetics and evolutionary theory were introduced to China.Most of the earliest Chinese biologists were trained overseas and returned to their beloved homeland to become pioneers of biomedical disciplines like zoology,plant biology,physiology,and neuroscience in China.
