Desmond G. Higgins
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 66 |
| Date of birth | July 17,1959 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Known for | Clustal |
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| Academic advisor | Paul M. Sharp |
| Institutions | University College Dublin |
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| Awards | Benjamin Franklin Award |
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| Affiliations | University College Dublin |
| Education | Trinity College Dublin |
| Interests | Evolution |
| Bioinformatics | |
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| ID | 922867 |
Desmond G. Higgins Life story
Desmond Gerard Higgins is a Professor of Bioinformatics at University College Dublin, widely known for CLUSTAL, a series of computer programs for performing multiple sequence alignment. According to Nature, Higgins' papers describing CLUSTAL are among the top ten most highly cited scientific papers of all time.