Ray Wu

Who is this?

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. In 1970, Wu created the first approach for DNA sequencing, earlier than the Frederick Sanger's method in 1975 and Walter Gilbert's chemical procedure in 1977. Wu's contributions on DNA sequencing are fundamental to the general sequencing methods today.

Career

1. 1928
   Born
2. 2008
   Passed away
3. Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering
4. Member of Academia Sinica
5. Member of Committee of 100

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Beijing
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: biologist, geneticist, molecular biologist, university teacher