Stephen Altschul
Bioinformatician, Academic
1957 –
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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
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on July 23, 2013
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