Dr.
Maynard V. Olson
University of Washington
Geneticist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Elected
2003
Director of the Genome Center. Invented techniques essential to the completion of the genome project, including novel implementation of pulsed field gel electrophoresis, determination of physical maps based on clone fingerprints, development of yeast artificial chromosome cloning systems, and use of sequence tagged sites for mapping of mammalian genomes.
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