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David J. Lipman is an American biologist who since 1989 has been the Director of NCBI (the National Center for Biotechnology Information) at the National Institutes of Health. A biologist is a Scientist devoted to and producing results in Biology through the study of Organisms Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) "NIH" redirects here For other meanings of NIH see NIH (disambiguation. NCBI is the home of GenBank, the world's largest DNA sequence database, and PubMed, one of the most heavily used sites in the world for the search and retrieval of biomedical information. The GenBank Sequence database is an Open access, annotated collection of all publicly available Nucleotide sequences and their Protein translations PubMed is a free search engine for accessing the MEDLINE database of citations and abstracts of biomedical research articles Dr. Lipman received his undergraduate degree from Brown University and his M. Brown University is a highly esteemed private University located in Providence, Rhode Island and is a member of the Ivy League. D. in 1980 from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Lipman is one of the original authors of the BLAST sequence alignment program and a widely respected figure in Bioinformatics. In Bioinformatics, B asic L ocal A lignment S earch T ool or BLAST, is an Algorithm for comparing primary Bioinformatics is the application of information technology to the field of molecular biology He also leads an intramural research program, including groups led by Stephen Altschul (another BLAST co-author), David Landsman, Eugene Koonin (a prolific author on comparative genomics), and L. For the former MTV news/current CBS news correspondent see Serena Altschul. Eugene V Koonin (PhD is an expert in the field of evolutionary and Computational biology. Comparative genomics is the study of the relationship of Genome structure and function across different biological Species or strains. Aravind. Lipman has an Erdős number of 3. The Erdős number (ɛrdøːʃ honoring the late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, is a way of describing the "collaborative distance" between a person He received the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Award for outstanding contributions to Biomolecular Technologies in 1996. The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF is dedicated to advancing core and research biotechnology laboratories through research communication and education He was awarded the Senior Scientist Accomplishment award from the International Society for Computational Biology in 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Dr. Lipman was one of the originators of the Influenza Genome Sequencing Project, a project to sequence and make available the genomes of thousands of influenza virus isolates. The Influenza Genome Sequencing Project (IGSP is an effort to dramatically improve the availability of genomic sequences and related information about the influenza (flu viruses

Dr. Lipman was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS is a corporation in the United States whose members serve Pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science

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