William Pearson (scientist)
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William Raymond Pearson is professor of biochemistry and molecular Genetics in the School of Medicine[8][9] at the University of Virginia.[10][11][12] Pearson is best known for the development of the FASTA format.
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William R Pearson | |
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Born | William Raymond Pearson |
Education | |
Known for | FASTA[3][4][5] |
Awards | AAAS Fellow (2008)[6] ISCB Fellow (2018)[7] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computational biology[8] |
Institutions | University of Virginia |
Thesis | Studies on the arrangement of repeated sequences in DNA (1977) |
Website | fasta |
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