Leroy Hood - 专业嘉宾邀请·会议出席服务·个人履历查看·商务合作对接简介
LeroyHood,PresidentofInstituteforSystemsBiology,USADrHood’soutstandingcontributionshavehadaresoundingeffectontheadvancementofsciencesincethe1960sThroughouthiscareer,hehasadheredtotheadviceofhismentor,DrWilliamJDreyer:“Ifyouwanttopracticebiology,doitontheleadingedge,andifyouwanttobeontheleadingedge,inventnewtoolsfordecipheringbiologicalinformation”Hoodwasinvolvedinthedevelopmentofsixinstrumentscriticalforcontemporarybiology—namely,automatedDNAsequencers,DNAsynthesizers,proteinsequencers,peptidesynthesizers,theinkjetprinterforconstructingDNAarraysandlargescalesynthesisofDNAandthenanostringinstrumentforthesinglemoleculeanalysisofRNA(andlaterDNA)Theseinstrumentsopenedthedoortohigh-throughputbiologicaldataandtheeraofbigdatainbiologyandmedicineHehelpedpioneerthehumangenomeprogram—makingitpossiblewiththeautomatedDNAsequencerUnderHood’sdirection,theHumanGenomeCentersequencedportionsofhumanchromosomes14and15