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Ray Wu (Jui Wu) was born on 14 August, 1928 in Beijing, Republic of China, is an American geneticist (born 1928–2008). Discover Ray Wu's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 14 August, 1928
Birthday 14 August
Birthplace Beijing, Republic of China
Date of death 10 February, 2008
Died Place Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Nationality China

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1928

Ray Jui Wu (, 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.

1955

Wu was educated in the United States and obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1955.

Wu was a pioneer in DNA sequencing and genetic engineering, and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of plant genetic engineering.

Wu also was an active educator, and created the CUSBEA (China-US Biochemistry Examination and Application).

1970

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.

Wu was the son of Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu, both biologists who pioneered biochemical studies in China.

Wu was born in Beijing in China; his ancestral hometown was Fuzhou of Fujian Province.

1999

In 1999, at Cornell, Wu donated US $500,000 to establish the Ray Wu Graduate Fellowship in Molecular Biology and Genetics to support biology graduate students.

Wu spent most of his scientific career at Cornell.

Wu was an Academician of Academia Sinica (Taiwan), and a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

2009

Wu's former student Jack W. Szostak was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

The Ray Wu Memorial Fund (RWMF) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, also the now Chinese Biological Investigators Society or CBIS.

RWMF administers the annual Ray Wu Prize for Excellence in Life Sciences that is established to inspire Asia's most promising young Ph.D. students to become future leaders in life sciences.