Louise Chow

Louise Tsi Chow
Born
Hunan, China
CitizenshipRepublic of China (Taiwan)
Alma materNational Taiwan University, California Institute of Technology
Known forRNA splicing
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, Molecular genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco
Doctoral advisorNorman Davidson

Louise Tsi Chow (Chinese: 周芷; pinyin: Zhōu Zhǐ)[1] is a Taiwanese biochemist and molecular geneticist. She is a professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a foreign associate with the National Academy of Sciences, known for her research on the human papillomavirus.[2] Her research contributed to the discovery of gene splicing, and in 1993, her collaborator, Richard J. Roberts, received the Nobel Prize for the research,[3] leading some to assert that Chow should have received the honor as well.[4][5]

  1. ^ "周芷 Louis Tsi Chow". Academia Sinica. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  2. ^ Thannickal, Beena (May 3, 2012). "UAB Professor Louise Chow elected to National Academy of Scientists". University of Alabama at Birmingham. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Louise Chow, Ph.D." University of Alabama at Birmingham. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "Ulf Pettersson on Rich Roberts' Nobel Prize". Oral History Collection. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Women Who Discovered RNA Splicing". American Scientist. 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2022-12-20.