Chen-Lu Tsou
Zou Chenglu (Chinese: 邹承鲁; 17 May 1923 – 23 November 2006), better known as Chen-Lu Tsou, was a Chinese biochemist. He was a professor of the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and later a professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He made important contributions to the synthesis of insulin, and was elected an academician of the CAS and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He won the TWAS Prize in Biology in 1992 for his pioneering study of enzyme inhibition kinetics, and was a six-time laureate of the State Natural Science Award (three times each for First Class and Second Class). His wife, physicist Li Lin, was also an academician of the CAS.
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| 邹承鲁 | |||||||||
Tsou in the 1940s | |||||||||
| Born | 17 May 1923 Qingdao, Shandong, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Died | 23 November 2006 (aged 83) Beijing, People's Republic of China | ||||||||
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| Known for | Tsou plot | ||||||||
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Li Lin (Anna Tsou)
(m. 1948–2003) | ||||||||
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| Fields | Biochemistry | ||||||||
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| Doctoral advisor | David Keilin | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄒承魯 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邹承鲁 | ||||||||
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Tsou was a strong advocate against academic fraud and pseudoscience, and led a public campaign against what he called "unhealthy practices" such as administrators' interference in scientific research.