David J. Lipman Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
Researcher in bioinformatics. With William R. Pearson, Lipman developed improved tools for biological sequence alignment, connecting computational search methods with the comparison of biological sequences.[ref]
Improved tools for biological sequence comparison by William R. Pearson and David J. Lipman. Title, author list and reported study
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Researcher in bioinformatics. With David J. Lipman, Pearson developed tools for biological sequence comparison that became associated with FASTA, making similarity searches practical for growing sequence collections.[ref]
Improved tools for biological sequence comparison by William R. Pearson and David J. Lipman. Title, author list and reported study
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