Chinese scientist
Wang presenting his Human Genome Organization (HUGO) 2015 Chen Award lecture in Kuala Lumpur Wang Jun (Chinese : 王俊 ; born June 4, 1976) is a Chinese scientist, founder and CEO of iCarbonX , and former CEO of the Beijing Genomics Institute (now known as BGI).[ 1]
While studying as a PhD student at Peking University, in 1999 Wang founded the bioinformatics group at BGI , which lead China's contribution to sequencing 1% of the Human Genome Project .[ 2] [ 3] rice plant,[ 4] SARS , the giant panda ,[ 5] silkworms ,[ 6] pigs ,[ 7] chickens ,[ 8] goats ,[ 9] microbiome ,[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
He was an Ole Romer professor at the University of Copenhagen and co-authored more than 100 papers.[ 13]
In July 2015, he announced he would be stepping down from his role at BGI to set up iCarbonX and focus on developing artificial intelligence ,[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] TED 2017 Conference .[ 17]
Awards
National Excellent PhD Thesis for Highest Academic Standing from the Ministry of Education, China[ 18]
Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Award from the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lundbeck 2005 Talent Prize[ 19]
Cell's "40 under 40"[ 20]
Nature's 10 (2012)[ 21] Fortune's 2013 "40 under 40"[ 22]
Human Genome Organization (HUGO) 2015 Chen Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Human Genetic and Genomic Research[ 23]
References
^ Callaway, Ewen; Cyranoski, David (2015). "Visionary leader of China's genomics powerhouse steps down" . Nature . doi :10.1038/nature.2015.18059 . S2CID 182483753 . ^ "Head of China's leading genome sequencing organization steps down, discusses what's next" . Science | AAAS . 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2016-12-20 .^ Wang, Jun; Wang, Wei; Li, Ruiqiang; Li, Yingrui; Tian, Geng; Goodman, Laurie; Fan, Wei; Zhang, Junqing; Li, Jun (2008-11-06). "The diploid genome sequence of an Asian individual" . Nature . 456 (7218): 60– 65. Bibcode :2008Natur.456...60W . doi :10.1038/nature07484 . ISSN 0028-0836 . PMC 2716080 PMID 18987735 . ^ Xu, Xun; Liu, Xin; Ge, Song; Jensen, Jeffrey D.; Hu, Fengyi; Li, Xin; Dong, Yang; Gutenkunst, Ryan N.; Fang, Lin (2012-01-01). "Resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice yields markers for identifying agronomically important genes". Nature Biotechnology . 30 (1): 105– 111. doi :10.1038/nbt.2050 . ISSN 1087-0156 . PMID 22158310 . S2CID 15430921 . ^ Li, Ruiqiang; Fan, Wei; Tian, Geng; Zhu, Hongmei; He, Lin; Cai, Jing; Huang, Quanfei; Cai, Qingle; Li, Bo (2010-01-21). "The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome" . Nature . 463 (7279): 311– 317. Bibcode :2010Natur.463..311L . doi :10.1038/nature08696 . ISSN 0028-0836 . PMC 3951497 PMID 20010809 . ^ Xiang, Hui; Zhu, Jingde; Chen, Quan; Dai, Fangyin; Li, Xin; Li, Muwang; Zhang, Hongyu; Zhang, Guojie; Li, Dong (2010-05-01). "Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map". Nature Biotechnology . 28 (5): 516– 520. doi :10.1038/nbt.1626 . ISSN 1087-0156 . PMID 20436463 . S2CID 54487943 . ^ Gorodkin, Jan; Cirera, Susanna; Hedegaard, Jakob; Gilchrist, Michael J.; Panitz, Frank; Jørgensen, Claus; Scheibye-Knudsen, Karsten; Arvin, Troels; Lumholdt, Steen (2007-01-01). "Porcine transcriptome analysis based on 97 non-normalized cDNA libraries and assembly of 1,021,891 expressed sequence tags" . Genome Biology . 8 (4): R45. doi :10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r45 ISSN 1474-760X . PMC 1895994 PMID 17407547 . ^ Muir, William M.; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Zhang, Yong; Wang, Jun; Groenen, Martien A. M.; Crooijmans, Richard P. M. A.; Megens, Hendrik-Jan; Zhang, Huanmin; Okimoto, Ron (2008-11-11). "Genome-wide assessment of worldwide chicken SNP genetic diversity indicates significant absence of rare alleles in commercial breeds" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 105 (45): 17312– 17317. Bibcode :2008PNAS..10517312M . doi :10.1073/pnas.0806569105 ISSN 0027-8424 . PMC 2582254 PMID 18981413 . ^ Dong, Yang; Xie, Min; Jiang, Yu; Xiao, Nianqing; Du, Xiaoyong; Zhang, Wenguang; Tosser-Klopp, Gwenola; Wang, Jinhuan; Yang, Shuang (2013-02-01). "Sequencing and automated whole-genome optical mapping of the genome of a domestic goat (Capra hircus)" . Nature Biotechnology . 31 (2): 135– 141. doi :10.1038/nbt.2478 ISSN 1087-0156 . PMID 23263233 . ^ Li, Junhua; Jia, Huijue; Cai, Xianghang; Zhong, Huanzi; Feng, Qiang; Sunagawa, Shinichi; Arumugam, Manimozhiyan; Kultima, Jens Roat; Prifti, Edi (2014-08-01). "An integrated catalog of reference genes in the human gut microbiome". Nature Biotechnology . 32 (8): 834– 841. doi :10.1038/nbt.2942 . ISSN 1087-0156 . PMID 24997786 . S2CID 205280101 . ^ Xiao, Liang; Feng, Qiang; Liang, Suisha; Sonne, Si Brask; Xia, Zhongkui; Qiu, Xinmin; Li, Xiaoping; Long, Hua; Zhang, Jianfeng (2015-10-01). "A catalog of the mouse gut metagenome". Nature Biotechnology . 33 (10): 1103– 1108. doi :10.1038/nbt.3353 . ISSN 1087-0156 . PMID 26414350 . S2CID 11316773 . ^ Zhang, Gengyun; Liu, Xin; Quan, Zhiwu; Cheng, Shifeng; Xu, Xun; Pan, Shengkai; Xie, Min; Zeng, Peng; Yue, Zhen (2012-06-01). "Genome sequence of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) provides insights into grass evolution and biofuel potential" . Nature Biotechnology . 30 (6): 549– 554. doi :10.1038/nbt.2195 ISSN 1087-0156 . PMID 22580950 . ^ "Executives" . Bgiamericas.com . Retrieved July 27, 2015 .^ Callaway, Ewen; Cyranoski, David (2015). "Visionary leader of China's genomics powerhouse steps down : Nature News & Comment" . Nature.com . doi :10.1038/nature.2015.18059 . S2CID 182483753 . Retrieved July 27, 2015 . ^ Cyranoski, David (28 July 2015). "Exclusive: Genomics pioneer Jun Wang on his new AI venture" . Nature . doi :10.1038/nature.2015.18091 . S2CID 182033071 . Retrieved 9 March 2016 . ^ "Head of China's leading genome sequencing organization steps down, discusses what's next" . Science | AAAS . 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2016-12-20 .^ Wang, Jun (18 September 2017), How digital DNA could help you make better health choices , retrieved 2019-06-13 ^ "Jun Wang" . gt164.jpn.org . Retrieved 2016-12-20 .^ "Grants › Talent Prizes" . www.lundbeckfonden.com . Retrieved 2016-12-20 .^ "40 under 40" . www.cell.com . Elsevier. 2014. Retrieved 2016-12-20 .^ Heuer, R. D.; Rosenzweig, C.; Steltzner, A.; Blanpain, C.; Iorns, E.; Wang, J.; Handelsman, J.; Gowers, T.; De Bernardinis, B.; Fouchier, R. (2012-12-20). "366 days: Nature's 10" . Nature . 492 (7429): 335– 343. Bibcode :2012Natur.492..335. . doi :10.1038/492335a PMID 23257862 . ^ "40 Under 40 2013" . Fortune . 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2016-12-20 .^ "Human Genome Association Chen Award Recipients" . HUGO International. 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-20 .
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