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Desmond G. Higgins

Professor of Bioinformatics at University College Dublin
Person human Q20058405

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
July 17, 1959
Occupation
biologist, university teacher, scientist, mathematician, computer scientist
Employer
University College Dublin[12]
Field of work
genomics, bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, evolutionary biology[7][8][9][10][11]
Educated at
Trinity College, Dublin[13]
Award received
ISCB Fellow[14]
Work location
Dublin[19]
Student of
Paul Martin Sharp[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[21]
Family name
Higgins[17]
Given name
Desmond[18]
Member of
Royal Irish Academy[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Des Higgins en Desmond Gerard Higgins en Desmond G. Higgins en Desmond Higgins cs D. Higgins zh 德斯蒙德·G·希金斯
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
000000004617439X
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3952-3285
VIAF cluster ID
32217080
Library of Congress authority ID
no2001006610
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Des Higgins ISMB 2015.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
58294
BIBSYS ID
52542
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14441424k
DBLP author ID
89/6822
Dimensions author ID
01065366335.84
Freebase ID
/m/013d7q77
Google Scholar author ID
Ap0K7rUAAAAJ
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IdRef ID
081072473
NL CR AUT ID
mub20261293106
National Library of Israel ID (old)
002138990
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007604549805171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
287966267
Publons author ID
2692407
ResearcherID
J-6314-2012
SHARE Catalogue author ID
66235
Scopus author ID
7202960478
Springer Nature person ID
01065366335.84
Wellcome Collection concept ID
dk9dq37g
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxMjpgrV7Ft9fXGFp7T73
ZbMATH author ID
higgins.desmond-g

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Author of 4
Clustal Omega for making accurate alignments of many protein sequences, OD-seq: outlier detection in multiple sequence alignments, Protein multiple sequence alignment benchmarking through secondary structure prediction, QuanTest2: benchmarking multiple sequence alignments using secondary structure prediction
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Clustal Omega for making accurate alignments of many protein sequences, OD-seq: outlier detection in multiple sequence alignments, Protein multiple sequence alignment benchmarking through secondary structure prediction, QuanTest2: benchmarking multiple sequence alignments using secondary structure prediction
Affiliated with 1
University College Dublin
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Summary

Desmond G. Higgins was born on July 17, 1959[1]. He has worked as a biologist[2], university teacher[3], scientist[4], mathematician[5], and computer scientist[6].

FAQs

What did Desmond G. Higgins do for work?

Desmond G. Higgins worked as a biologist[2], university teacher[3], scientist[4], mathematician[5], and computer scientist[6].

Where did Desmond G. Higgins go to school?

Desmond G. Higgins was educated at Trinity College, Dublin[13].

What awards did Desmond G. Higgins receive?

Honors received include ISCB Fellow[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . ria.ie. Retrieved . ria.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Royal Irish Academy
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39501|batch #39501]]: removed nonsensical reference from zbMATH author ID (P1556) added by Mix'n'match"
  2. 22w ago · PKalnai · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of Congress authority ID → no2001006610
    IdRef ID → 081072473
    BIBSYS ID → 52542
    Image → Des Higgins ISMB 2015.jpg
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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