astronomy

Ting-Chao Chou

Ting-Chao Chou is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ting-Chao Chou rather than just read about it. In short: Ting-Chao Chou (Chinese: 周廷潮; pinyin: Zhōu Tíngcháo) is a Taiwanese-American theoretical biologist, pharmacologist, cancer researcher and inventor. Biography Chou was born in Changgangling Village, Hukou Township, Hsinchu County, Japanese Taiwan.

Key takeaways

Ting-Chao Chou belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Ting-Chao Chou to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Ting-Chao Chou from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Ting-Chao Chou (Chinese: 周廷潮; pinyin: Zhōu Tíngcháo) is a Taiwanese-American theoretical biologist, pharmacologist, cancer researcher and inventor.

Biography Chou was born in Changgangling Village, Hukou Township, Hsinchu County, Japanese Taiwan. His parents were Chao-Yun Chou and Sheng-Mei Chen. His father was a teacher.

Education After graduating from National Hsinchu Senior High School, Chou attended medical school at Kaohsiung Medical University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in pharmaceutical sciences. He then earned a master's degree in medicine from National Taiwan University. In 1965, he began pursuing graduate studies in the United States at Yale University, where he earned his Ph.D. in quantitative biology. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the pharmacology department during 1970–1972. In 1972 he joined the laboratory of pharmacology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City as an assistant professor, affiliated to Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences. He became a member and professor in 1988. He retired on June 1, 2013, from the directorship of Preclinical Pharmacology Core Laboratory, Molecular Pharmacology & Chemistry Program of MSKCC, and established the PD Science LLC in 2013 in Paramus, New Jersey, to promote MAL based biodynamics, pharmacodynamics, combination index, and bioinformatics [MAL-BD/PD/CI/BI] theory and application.

References

External links https://shop.elsevier.com/books/mass-action-law-dynamics-theory-and-algorithm-for-translational-and-precision-medicine-informatics/chou/978-0-443-28874-6 [Academic Press/Elsevier, April 2024, ISBN 978-0-443-28874-6] https://books.google.com/books/about/Mass_Action_Law_Dynamics_Theory_and_Algo.html?id=GijcEAAAQBAJ [Academic Press/Elsevier, April 2024, ISBN 978-0-443-28874-6] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ting-Chao-Chou [TC Chou Research Gate Bibliometrics] https://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-biological-regulation/news/-chou-talalay-paper-from-1984-makes-history [Chou & Talalay paper from 1984 makes history. Elservier Press Release 3.16.2016] Chou, Ting-Chao (22 July 2008). "The Mass-Action-Law Based GPS Concept for Bio-Informatics" (PDF). Nature Precedings: 1. http://laoyouji000.blog.sohu.com/102704065.html [Comments on Chou's Speech in Beijing by Muyu in Sohu Blog, in Chinese] http://libgallery.cshl.edu/items/show/32731 [Chou's letter to Prof. James D. Watson. 10/6/1974, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives Repository] https://www.mskcc.org/blog/finding-treatments-nature [MSKCC News] http://blogs.rsc.org/ib/2011/05/05/hot-one-equation-to-lead-the-way-to-greener-biomedical-sciences/ [Integrative Biology Blogs, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK] http://www.bio-itworldexpo.com/Bio-It_Europe_Content.aspx?id=106874&libID=106831 [Featured Speech BioIT World 2012. Hanover, Germany, on Drug Discovery Informatics] http://regulatoryaffairs.pharmaceuticalconferences.com/speaker/2015/ting-chao-chou-pd-science-llc-usa [ Chou Opening Keynote Speech] 周廷潮 [Chou TC Chinese Wikipedia 2017] http://sp.mc.ntu.edu.tw/sopPage.php?malangue=&myrub=news&flanum=72884116445NWstLUUDpXSM6 [Natl. Taiwan Univ-P Seminar Announcement 11/14/2016] http://www.nibs.ac.cn/newsshow.php?cid=0&sid=14&id=408 [China Natl. Inst. Biol. Sci., Beijing Seminar announcement 10/23/2008]

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ting-Chao Chou

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ting-Chao Chou claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ting-Chao Chou before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ting-Chao Chou ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ting-Chao Chou

In research: Ting-Chao Chou appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ting-Chao Chou in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ting-Chao Chou is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cancer researchers, Hakka scientists, Kaohsiung Medical University alumni, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ting-Chao Chou outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Ting-Chao Chou in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Ting-Chao Chou means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Ting-Chao Chou in simple terms?

Ting-Chao Chou (Chinese: 周廷潮; pinyin: Zhōu Tíngcháo) is a Taiwanese-American theoretical biologist, pharmacologist, cancer researcher and inventor. Biography Chou was born in Changgangling Village, Hukou Township, Hsinchu County, Japanese Taiwan.

Why does Ting-Chao Chou matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Ting-Chao Chou?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Ting-Chao Chou.