Ray Wu
American geneticist (born 1928–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ray Jui Wu (Chinese: 吴瑞; pinyin: Wú Ruì; Wade–Giles: Wu Jui, 14 August 1928 – 10 February 2008) was a Chinese-born American geneticist and served as Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biology at Cornell University.[1]
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吴瑞 | |
Born | Jui Wu (1928-08-14)August 14, 1928 Beijing, Republic of China |
Died | February 10, 2008(2008-02-10) (aged 79) Ithaca, New York, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Wu Rui, Wu Jui |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Studies on the Mechanisms of Pyrimidine Biosynthesis (1955) |
Doctoral advisor | D. Wright Wilson |
Doctoral students | Jack W. Szostak |
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In 1970, Wu created the first approach for DNA sequencing,[2] earlier than the Frederick Sanger's method in 1975 [3] and Walter Gilbert's chemical procedure in 1977.[4] Wu's contributions on DNA sequencing are fundamental to the general sequencing methods today.[5][6][7]