David Lipman
David Lipman · Science & Medicine
Bioinformatics pioneer, co-developer of BLAST and longtime director of NCBI
1956
United States
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David J. Lipman is an American Jewish physician-scientist and bioinformatics pioneer who co-developed the BLAST algorithm, one of the most widely used tools in molecular biology for comparing DNA and protein sequences. He served for more than two decades as director of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), where he oversaw the creation of essential public databases such as GenBank and PubMed. His work is foundational infrastructure for modern genomics and biomedical research.
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Bioinformatics pioneer, co-developer of BLAST and longtime director of NCBI
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