Wang Jun (scientist) explained

Wang Jun (; 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.

Awards

Notes and References

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  2. News: Head of China's leading genome sequencing organization steps down, discusses what's next. 2015-07-28. Science AAAS. 2016-12-20.
  3. 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. en. 456. 7218. 60–65. 10.1038/nature07484. 0028-0836. 2716080. 18987735. 2008Natur.456...60W.
  4. 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. en. 30. 1. 105–111. 10.1038/nbt.2050. 22158310. 15430921. 1087-0156.
  5. 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. en. 463. 7279. 311–317. 10.1038/nature08696. 0028-0836. 3951497. 20010809. 2010Natur.463..311L.
  6. 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. en. 28. 5. 516–520. 10.1038/nbt.1626. 20436463. 54487943. 1087-0156.
  7. 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. 10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r45. 1474-760X. 1895994. 17407547 . free .
  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. 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. en. 105. 45. 17312–17317. 10.1073/pnas.0806569105. 0027-8424. 2582254. 18981413. 2008PNAS..10517312M. free.
  9. 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. en. 31. 2. 135–141. 10.1038/nbt.2478. 23263233. 1087-0156. free.
  10. 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. en. 32. 8. 834–841. 10.1038/nbt.2942. 24997786. 205280101. 1087-0156.
  11. 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. en. 33. 10. 1103–1108. 10.1038/nbt.3353. 26414350. 11316773. 1087-0156.
  12. 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. en. 30. 6. 549–554. 10.1038/nbt.2195. 22580950. 1087-0156. free.
  13. Web site: Executives . Bgiamericas.com . July 27, 2015.
  14. Visionary leader of China's genomics powerhouse steps down : Nature News & Comment . Nature.com . July 27, 2015. 10.1038/nature.2015.18059 . 2015 . Callaway . Ewen . Cyranoski . David . 182483753 .
  15. Cyranoski. David. Exclusive: Genomics pioneer Jun Wang on his new AI venture. Nature. 28 July 2015. 9 March 2016. 10.1038/nature.2015.18091. 182033071.
  16. News: Head of China's leading genome sequencing organization steps down, discusses what's next. 2015-07-28. Science AAAS. 2016-12-20.
  17. Web site: Jun Wang. gt164.jpn.org. 2016-12-20.
  18. Web site: Grants › Talent Prizes. www.lundbeckfonden.com. 2016-12-20.
  19. Web site: 40 under 40. 2014. www.cell.com. Elsevier. 2016-12-20.
  20. 2012-12-20. 366 days: Nature's 10. Nature. 492. 7429. 335–343. 10.1038/492335a. 23257862. Heuer. R. D.. Rosenzweig. C.. Steltzner. A.. Blanpain. C.. Iorns. E.. Wang. J.. Handelsman. J.. Gowers. T.. De Bernardinis. B.. Fouchier. R.. 2012Natur.492..335.. free.
  21. News: 40 Under 40 2013. 2014-05-09. Fortune. en-US. 2016-12-20.
  22. Web site: Human Genome Association Chen Award Recipients. 2015. HUGO International. 2016-12-20.

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