Cao, Tianqin, 1920-1995.

biochemist

husband of Xie Xide (1921-2000), physicist and President Emerita, Fudan Univ., Shanghai
 
 

Cao Tianqin（1920.12.5-1995.1.8）Biochemist. Born in Beijing. Graduated from the Department of Chemistry, Yanjing University, Chengdu in 1944. Received Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry,
University of Cambridge, UK in 1951. Research professor, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Cao's research filed is muscle structural protein and nervous system protein. He discovered muscle globulin light chain and played a role in the study of muscle preservation of the ancient body in the Mawangdui grave of the Han Dynasty. He set up a series of analytic techniques for protein structure such as amino acid composition, terminal analysis, separation of peptide segments and sequence analysis, and for physical and chemical characteristics of proteins such as electrophoresis, diffusion, CD, and EM, which were used in the analysis of artificial synthesis of insulin. He also carried out studies on virus-pathageny of plants and put forward the scientific basis for quarantine of imported wheat.

He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in l980.
 

http://www.med8th.com/academician/CaoTianqin/dafault.htm
 
 

Publications:

Exploration in the history of science and technology in China : in honor of the eightieth birthday of Joseph Needham / edited by Li Guohao, Zhang Mengwen, and Cao Tianqin.      New Brunswick (U.S.A.) : Transaction Books, c1985
 

Explorations in the history of science and technology in China : a special number of the "collections of essays on Chinese literature and history" / chief editors, Li Guohao, Zhang Mengwen, Cao Tianqin ; executive editor, Hu Daojing.       Shanghai, China : Shanghai Chinese Classics Pub. House, 1982.
viii, 835 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
 

Drama of Social Life: Essays in Post-Modern Social Psychology
T. R. Young, Mengwen Zhang, Tianqin Cao, Joseph Needham
Hardcover, January 1987