William R. Pearson
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia
About William R. Pearson
William R. Pearson was a researcher, known for FASTA.
thesis_title = Studies on the arrangement of repeated sequences in DNA thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/302832904 thesis_year = 1977 doctoral_advisor = academic_advisors = doctoral_students = notable_students = known_for = FASTA influences = influenced = awards = AAAS Fellow (2008) at the University of Virginia. Pearson is best known for the development of the FASTA format.
Education Pearson graduated with a BS in chemistry from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD in 1977 from Caltech.
Career and research After his PhD, Pearson did a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. In 1983, he joined the faculty of Biochemistry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia
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William R. Pearson was a researcher.
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William R. Pearson was known for FASTA.
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