Wang Jun (scientist)

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang presenting his Human Genome Organization (HUGO) 2015 Chen Award lecture in Kuala Lumpur

Wang Jun (

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

microbiome,[10] amongst other organisms.[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] saying that "both life sciences and genomics have now run into a bottleneck in handling data from tens of thousands of samples... AI and machine learning could do something with big data and for people's health."[16] Presenting his efforts in setting up iCarbonX and establishing a big data platform for health management at the 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

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  13. ^ "Executives". Bgiamericas.com. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
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  15. S2CID 182033071
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  16. ^ "Head of China's leading genome sequencing organization steps down, discusses what's next". Science | AAAS. 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  17. ^ Wang, Jun (18 September 2017), How digital DNA could help you make better health choices, retrieved 2019-06-13
  18. ^ "Jun Wang". gt164.jpn.org. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  19. ^ "Grants › Talent Prizes". www.lundbeckfonden.com. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  20. ^ "40 under 40". www.cell.com. Elsevier. 2014. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
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  22. ^ "40 Under 40 2013". Fortune. 2014-05-09. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  23. ^ "Human Genome Association Chen Award Recipients". HUGO International. 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
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