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{{Short description|Chinese neuroscientist and physiologist}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Feng (surname)|Feng]]|lang=Chinese}}
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| caption           = Feng Depei, representative of Linhai County, Zhejiang Province at the First National Congress
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1907|02|20}}
| birth_place       = [[Taizhou, Zhejiang|Taizhou]], [[Zhejiang]], [[Great Qing]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1995|04|10|1907|02|20}}
| death_place       = [[Shanghai]], China
| nationality       = Chinese
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| fields            = [[Neuroscience]]<br/>[[Physiology]]
| workplaces        = [[Peking Union Medical College]]<br/>[[Academia Sinica]]<br/>[[Peking University]]<br/>[[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]
| alma_mater        = [[Fudan University]] (BSc, 1926)<br/>[[University of Chicago]] (MSc, 1930)<br/>[[University College London]], [[University of London]] (PhD, 1933)
| doctoral_advisor  = [[Archibald Hill]]
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| known_for         = [[Feng effect]]
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'''Feng Depei''' or '''Te-Pei Feng''' ({{zh|t=馮德培|s=冯德培|p=Féng Dépéi}}; 20 February 1907 – 10 April 1995) was a Chinese [[neuroscientist]] and [[physiologist]]. He is considered one of founders of modern Chinese neuroscience and physiology.
==Biography==
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Feng was born on February 20, 1907, in [[Linhai]] County, [[Taizhou, Zhejiang|Taizhou]], [[Zhejiang]], Great Qing.<ref name="Feng - APS News">{{cite journal |author=[[American Physiological Society]] (APS) News |title=Te-Pei Feng (1907–1995) |journal=The Physiologist |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=102 |date=June 1995 |url=http://www.the-aps.org/publications/tphys/legacy/1995/issue3/102.pdf |access-date=2011-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214440/http://www.the-aps.org/publications/tphys/legacy/1995/issue3/102.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 1922, Feng entered [[Fudan University]] in [[Shanghai]], initially studied literature. At Fudan, Feng was attracted by newly emerged [[psychology]], so he transferred to the psychological department in 1923. In 1925, a new professor of physiology named [[Cai Qiao]] joined Fudan, and the department of biology was founded. Feng became interested in [[bioscience]]s, especially physiology. In 1926, Feng graduated from the biological department of Fudan (BSc), and became a [[lecturer]] at the same department.
In 1927, because of the student movement at Fudan, the department of biology was dissociated, so Feng had to leave Fudan. Feng went to [[Beiping]] (now [[Beijing]]),  worked and worked under [[Robert Lim]] (Lin Kesheng) at [[Peking Union Medical College]]. Feng did research on [[thyroid]] secretion, with [[Zhang Xijun]] ([[:zh:张锡钧|张锡钧]], who later elected Member of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]). With Lim, Feng studied human [[gastric secretion]].
In 1929, Feng won the [[Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship Program]] at [[Tsinghua University]]. Feng went to [[United States]] to continue his study. Feng studied at the [[University of Chicago]], under [[Ralph W. Gerard]]. Feng did research on [[nerve]] [[metabolism]], and graduated in 1930 from UChicago with MSc.
In 1930, Feng went to England, where he studied and did research in [[Cambridge]] and [[London]]. Feng obtained his PhD from the [[University College London]], [[University of London]] in 1933, and his academic advisor was [[Archibald Hill]] (1922 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate]] in Medicine/Physiology).<ref name="Feng - APS News"/> Feng subsequently worked at [[University of Cambridge]] and [[University of Oxford]].
In 1933, recommended by Hill, Feng went to the United States again, and spent 1 year at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], supported by the Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation for Medical Physics of UPenn.
In 1934, Feng returned to Beiping, and worked again at [[Peking Union Medical College]] (PUMC) as a professor. In 1941, due to [[World War II|World War 2]], the PUMC was closed, and Feng went to [[Chongqing]], the wartime capital of China. In 1943, Feng became the acting director of the Medical Research Institute (preparatory) of [[Academia Sinica]].<ref name="Feng - APS News"/> In 1945, invited by the [[British Council]], Feng visited the United Kingdom. In 1947, Feng was a visiting scholar at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (current [[Rockefeller University]]) in [[New York City]].
Feng was professor of physiology at the Shanghai Medical College (current [[Fudan University]] Medical School), and the Director (1950–1984) and later Honorary Director (from 1984 till Feng's death) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Physiology (also in Shanghai). Feng was Academician of Academia Sinica since 1948. Feng was President and later Honorary President of the Chinese Physiological Society. Feng was also [[Vice-President]], and the Division Chair of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Feng was a representative of the first, second, and third [[National People's Congress]] (NPC) of the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref name="Feng - APS 1984">{{cite journal |author=American Physiological Society |title=T. P. Feng (Feng De-Pei) |journal=The Physiologist |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=15 |year=1984 |url=http://www.the-aps.org/publications/tphys/legacy/1984/issue1/15.pdf |access-date=2011-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318214455/http://www.the-aps.org/publications/tphys/legacy/1984/issue1/15.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-18 |url-status=dead |author-link=American Physiological Society }}</ref> He had been a member of the [[Standing Committee of the National People's Congress|National Standing Committee]] of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|People's Political Consultative Conference]] (CPPCC) of China from 1978 to his death.<ref name="Feng - APS 1984"/>
==Research==
Feng's research includes<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
* The "Feng Effect" is named after him
* Physiology of [[neuromuscular junction]] (NMJ)
* Nerve-muscle trophic relations
* [[Synaptic plasticity]] in central synapses, especially the [[long-term potentiation]] (LTP) and its molecular basis
==Honors==
* Academician, [[Academia Sinica]] (1948 election)<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
* Academician, [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] (1955 election)<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
* Honorary Director, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Physiology (1984–1995)<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
* Honorary President, Chinese Physiological Society
* Fellow, School of Life Sciences, [[Tsinghua University]], P.R.China<ref name="School Fellows - Tsinghua">{{cite web|url=http://life.tsinghua.edu.cn/english/general/579.html |title= School Fellows |publisher=School of Life Sciences, [[Tsinghua University]] |access-date=March 20, 2011 }}</ref>
* Fellow, [[University College London]], [[University of London]], UK (1981 election)<ref name="Feng - APS 1984"/>
* Honorary Member, [[The Physiological Society]], UK (1966 election)<ref name="Feng - APS 1984"/>
* Honorary Member, [[Canadian Physiological Society]], [[Canada]] (1979 election)<ref name="Feng - APS 1984"/>
* Honorary Member, [[Society for Neuroscience|Neuroscience Society]], USA (1981 election)<ref name="Feng - APS 1984"/>
* Honorary Member, [[American Physiological Society]], USA (1983 election)<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
* Foreign Member, [[United States National Academy of Sciences]], USA (1986 election)<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
* Member, the [[TWAS|TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world]] (1986 election)<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
* Foreign member, [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (1988 election)<ref name="Feng - APS News"/>
==See also==
* [[Ralph W. Gerard]]
* [[Archibald Hill]]
==References==
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==Autobiography==
* {{cite journal |author=T.P.Feng |title=Looking Back, Looking Forward |journal=[[Annual Review of Neuroscience]] |volume=11 |pages=1–13 |date=March 1988 |pmid=3284437 |doi=10.1146/annurev.ne.11.030188.000245 |doi-access= }}
==Literature==
* [[Richard W. Tsien]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110910154111/http://www.bio.pku.edu.cn/userfiles/File/kongl//news_center/20081013/tsien%20on%20feng%202007-6-25.pdf A remembrance of Professor TP FENG]{{in lang|en}}
**''Acta Physiologica Sinica'', December 25, 2007, 59(6): 713–715.
**Remark: Feng was Tsien's mother's professor at the Peking Union Medical College in 1930s.
* CHEN Gong (Professor, [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State Uni.]]): [http://www.actaps.com.cn/qikan/manage/wenzhang/2007-6-26.pdf In memory of a great physiologist and my mentor Te-Pei FENG]{{in lang|en}}
**''Acta Physiologica Sinica'', December 25, 2007, 59(6): 716.
**Remark: Feng was Chen's academic mentor.
* {{cite journal |vauthors=Yu AC, Wan Y, Chui DH, Cui CL, Luo F, Wang KW, Wang XM, Wang Y, Wu LZ, Xing GG, Han JS |title=The Neuroscience Research Institute at Peking University: a place for the solution of pain and drug abuse. |journal=Cell Mol Neurobiol |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=13–9 |date=January 2008 |pmid=18058018 |doi= 10.1007/s10571-007-9244-z|s2cid=10193905 }}
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