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Goad, Walter B.
Walter B. Goad papers, 1942-2000.
Planning documents, correspondence, working notes, and photographs relating primarily to Goad's burgeoning interest in the quantitative analysis of nucleic acid sequences and the early development of the field of bioinformatics. The bulk of the collection is comprised of materials relating to the founding of GenBank, the nucleic acid sequence clearinghouse, and to human genome data, but there is important information on Goad's defense of his Los Alamos colleague Wen Ho Lee, accused of releasing sensitive information about nuclear weapons research.
Received his doctorate in physics from Duke University in 1954; entered the T-Division at Los Alamos laboratories, taking part in the development of thermonuclear weapons. In the 1960s turned to molecular biology, focusing his quantitative skills to the analysis of nucleic acid sequence data. He was among the founders of GenBank, the first important nucleic acid databank; a pioneer in the emerging field of bioinformatics. Died in Santa Fe, NM on 2 November 2000.
Goad, Walter B.
Lee, Wen Ho.
Bioinformatics.
Human genome -- Research.
Nucleic acids -- Analysis.
Nucleotide sequence.
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