Stephen Altschul

Bioinformatician, Academic

1957 –

28

Who is Stephen Altschul?

Stephen Frank Altschul is an American mathematician who has designed algorithms that are widely used in the field of bioinformatics. Most notably, Altschul is the co-author of the BLAST algorithm used for sequence analysis of proteins and nucleotides.

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Born
Feb 28, 1957
Also known as
  • Stephen Frank Altschul
Parents
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Harvard University
Employment
  • Senior Investigator, National Center for Biotechnology Information

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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