Education
University of Oklahoma.
University of Oklahoma.
He is an expert in molecular genetics and large-scale deoxyribonucleic acid sequence analysis. His laboratory at the Washington University School of Medicine has sequenced and analyzed bases of deoxyribonucleic acid from the genomes of bacteria, yeast, roundworms, plants, vertebrates, primates and humans. He and his colleagues at the McDonnell Genome Institute sequenced the first animal genome - that of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans - and contributed substantially to the sequencing and analysis of the human genome.
His laboratory was the first to sequence the genome of a cancer patient and discover genetic signatures relevant to the pathogenesis of the disease.
This includes participation in the Pediatric Cancer Genome Project and The Cancer Genome Atlas. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University in Ohio in 1981, his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 and was a Research Fellow in the Division of Biology at the California Institute of Technology (1986-1990).
In 2008, Doctor Wilson was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008).
Distinguished Achievement Award Miami University, 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award. University of Oklahoma. 2011. Member, National Advisory Council National Human Genome Research Institute, 2010- Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008 Career/Life Achievement Award, Kent, Ohio, 2005.
In addition to his position at the McDonnell Genome Institute, Doctor Wilson is also a Research Member at the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, and a member of their Senior Leadership Committee.
