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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] His team was subsequently involved in efforts to genetically sequence the first Asian person,
[3] the
rice plant,
[4]
SARS , the
giant panda ,
[5]
silkworms ,
[6]
pigs ,
[7]
chickens ,
[8]
goats ,
[9] and the human gut
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
^ 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 :
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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 .
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"Grants › Talent Prizes" . www.lundbeckfonden.com . Retrieved 2016-12-20 .
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"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 .
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"Human Genome Association Chen Award Recipients" . HUGO International. 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-20 .