Biography:Wang Jun (scientist)

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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

  1. ↑ Callaway, Ewen; Cyranoski, David (2015). "Visionary leader of China's genomics powerhouse steps down". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18059. http://www.nature.com/news/visionary-leader-of-china-s-genomics-powerhouse-steps-down-1.18059. 
  2. ↑ "Head of China's leading genome sequencing organization steps down, discusses what's next". Science | AAAS. 2015-07-28. https://www.science.org/content/article/head-chinas-leading-genome-sequencing-organization-steps-down-discusses-what-s-next. 
  3. ↑ Wang, Jun; Wang, Wei; Li, Ruiqiang; Li, Yingrui; Tian, Geng; Goodman, Laurie; Fan, Wei; Zhang, Junqing et al. (2008-11-06). "The diploid genome sequence of an Asian individual" (in en). Nature 456 (7218): 60–65. doi:10.1038/nature07484. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 18987735. Bibcode: 2008Natur.456...60W. 
  4. ↑ Xu, Xun; Liu, Xin; Ge, Song; Jensen, Jeffrey D.; Hu, Fengyi; Li, Xin; Dong, Yang; Gutenkunst, Ryan N. et al. (2012-01-01). "Resequencing 50 accessions of cultivated and wild rice yields markers for identifying agronomically important genes" (in en). Nature Biotechnology 30 (1): 105–111. doi:10.1038/nbt.2050. ISSN 1087-0156. PMID 22158310. 
  5. ↑ Li, Ruiqiang; Fan, Wei; Tian, Geng; Zhu, Hongmei; He, Lin; Cai, Jing; Huang, Quanfei; Cai, Qingle et al. (2010-01-21). "The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome" (in en). Nature 463 (7279): 311–317. doi:10.1038/nature08696. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 20010809. Bibcode: 2010Natur.463..311L. 
  6. ↑ Xiang, Hui; Zhu, Jingde; Chen, Quan; Dai, Fangyin; Li, Xin; Li, Muwang; Zhang, Hongyu; Zhang, Guojie et al. (2010-05-01). "Single base-resolution methylome of the silkworm reveals a sparse epigenomic map" (in en). Nature Biotechnology 28 (5): 516–520. doi:10.1038/nbt.1626. ISSN 1087-0156. PMID 20436463. 
  7. ↑ Gorodkin, Jan; Cirera, Susanna; Hedegaard, Jakob; Gilchrist, Michael J.; Panitz, Frank; Jørgensen, Claus; Scheibye-Knudsen, Karsten; Arvin, Troels et al. (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. PMID 17407547. 
  8. ↑ 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 et al. (2008-11-11). "Genome-wide assessment of worldwide chicken SNP genetic diversity indicates significant absence of rare alleles in commercial breeds" (in en). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (45): 17312–17317. doi:10.1073/pnas.0806569105. ISSN 0027-8424. PMID 18981413. Bibcode: 2008PNAS..10517312M. 
  9. ↑ Dong, Yang; Xie, Min; Jiang, Yu; Xiao, Nianqing; Du, Xiaoyong; Zhang, Wenguang; Tosser-Klopp, Gwenola; Wang, Jinhuan et al. (2013-02-01). "Sequencing and automated whole-genome optical mapping of the genome of a domestic goat (Capra hircus)" (in en). Nature Biotechnology 31 (2): 135–141. doi:10.1038/nbt.2478. ISSN 1087-0156. PMID 23263233. 
  10. ↑ Li, Junhua; Jia, Huijue; Cai, Xianghang; Zhong, Huanzi; Feng, Qiang; Sunagawa, Shinichi; Arumugam, Manimozhiyan; Kultima, Jens Roat et al. (2014-08-01). "An integrated catalog of reference genes in the human gut microbiome" (in en). Nature Biotechnology 32 (8): 834–841. doi:10.1038/nbt.2942. ISSN 1087-0156. PMID 24997786. 
  11. ↑ Xiao, Liang; Feng, Qiang; Liang, Suisha; Sonne, Si Brask; Xia, Zhongkui; Qiu, Xinmin; Li, Xiaoping; Long, Hua et al. (2015-10-01). "A catalog of the mouse gut metagenome" (in en). Nature Biotechnology 33 (10): 1103–1108. doi:10.1038/nbt.3353. ISSN 1087-0156. PMID 26414350. 
  12. ↑ Zhang, Gengyun; Liu, Xin; Quan, Zhiwu; Cheng, Shifeng; Xu, Xun; Pan, Shengkai; Xie, Min; Zeng, Peng et al. (2012-06-01). "Genome sequence of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) provides insights into grass evolution and biofuel potential" (in en). Nature Biotechnology 30 (6): 549–554. doi:10.1038/nbt.2195. ISSN 1087-0156. PMID 22580950. 
  13. ↑ "Executives". http://bgiamericas.com/about-us/executives/. Retrieved July 27, 2015. 
  14. ↑ Callaway, Ewen; Cyranoski, David (2015). Visionary leader of China's genomics powerhouse steps down : Nature News & Comment. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18059. http://www.nature.com/news/visionary-leader-of-china-s-genomics-powerhouse-steps-down-1.18059. Retrieved July 27, 2015. 
  15. ↑ Cyranoski, David (28 July 2015). "Exclusive: Genomics pioneer Jun Wang on his new AI venture". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18091. http://www.nature.com/news/exclusive-genomics-pioneer-jun-wang-on-his-new-ai-venture-1.18091. Retrieved 9 March 2016. 
  16. ↑ "Head of China's leading genome sequencing organization steps down, discusses what's next". Science | AAAS. 2015-07-28. https://www.science.org/content/article/head-chinas-leading-genome-sequencing-organization-steps-down-discusses-what-s-next. 
  17. ↑ Wang, Jun (18 September 2017) (in en), How digital DNA could help you make better health choices, https://www.ted.com/talks/jun_wang_how_digital_dna_could_help_you_make_better_health_choices, retrieved 2019-06-13 
  18. ↑ "Jun Wang". http://gt164.jpn.org/3rd_164/8agw/english/speaker/Wang.htm. 
  19. ↑ "Grants › Talent Prizes". http://www.lundbeckfonden.com/talent-prizes.138.aspx. 
  20. ↑ "40 under 40". Elsevier. 2014. http://www.cell.com/40/jun-wang. 
  21. ↑ Heuer, R. D.; Rosenzweig, C.; Steltzner, A.; Blanpain, C.; Iorns, E.; Wang, J.; Handelsman, J.; Gowers, T. et al. (2012-12-20). "366 days: Nature's 10". Nature 492 (7429): 335–343. doi:10.1038/492335a. PMID 23257862. Bibcode: 2012Natur.492..335.. 
  22. ↑ "40 Under 40 2013" (in en-US). Fortune. 2014-05-09. http://fortune.com/40-under-40/2013/?iid=40Under13_sp_full. 
  23. ↑ "Human Genome Association Chen Award Recipients". HUGO International. 2015. http://www.hugo-international.org/page-18081. 



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