Chen-lu Tsou:A Pioneer of Biochemical Research in China

作     者：Chih-chen Wang 

作者机构：CAS Institute of Biophysics 

出 版 物：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》 (中国科学院院刊（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2003年第17卷第2期

页      面：118-124页

学科分类：06[历史学] 060207[历史学-专门史] 0602[历史学-中国史] 

主　　题：中国科学院 生物化学家 Zou-Cheng-lu 蛋白质 胰岛素 呼吸酶 

摘      要：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 *** 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