Tong Tanjun

Tong Tanjun (Chinese: 童坦君; pinyin: Tóng Tǎnjūn; 15 August 1934 – 25 December 2022) was a Chinese cytologist, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tong.
Tong Tanjun
童坦君
Born(1934-08-15)15 August 1934
Cixi County, Zhejiang, China
Died25 December 2022(2022-12-25) (aged 88)
Beijing, China
Alma materPeking University Health Science Centre
Scientific career
FieldsCytology
InstitutionsPeking University Health Science Centre

Biography

Tong was born in Cixi County (now Ci'xi), Zhejiang, on 15 August 1934.[2] His father was an accountant and his mother is a housewife.[2] He attended Shanghai Qingxin Primary School, Shanghai Yucai Middle School and Shanghai Guangshi High School.[2] After high school, he studied, then taught, at what is now Peking University Health Science Center, where he successively worked as lecturer (1978), associate professor (1985), and professor (1988).[2]

In 1978, Tong became a visiting scholar at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins University.[2] He returned to China in 1981 and continued to teach at the Peking University Health Science Centre. In 1986, he became a visiting scholar at the California State University and New York University, and returned to China in 1988.[2] He joined the Jiusan Society in 1988.

After suffering a fall, Ton died in Beijing on 25 December 2022, at the age of 88.[2]

Honours and awards

References
  1. 童坦君院士意外摔倒受伤，医治无效逝世，享年88岁. china.com (in Chinese). 16 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. 童坦君：君子坦荡厚积薄发 衰老世界探究引领. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 18 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  3. 童坦君院士：科学研究需要“慢性子”. sciencenet.cn (in Chinese). 18 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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