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American biologist
Stephen P. A. "Steve" Fodor (born in
Seattle ,
Washington in 1953) is a
scientist and businessman in the field of
DNA microarray technology.
[1]
[2]
[3]
He is the co-founder of
Affymetrix ,
[4] a company that produces DNA microarrays to screen
gene expression and
genetic variations in large portions of such
genomes as human, rat, and mouse, which is currently widely used in research, and could be used to screen patients for diseases.
He was awarded the
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Award for outstanding contributions to Biomolecular Technologies in 2005
[5] and the
European Inventor of the Year Award in 2006.
[6] He was elected to the
National Academy of Engineering in 2009.
[7] Awarded the
Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 1990.
[8]
Fodor is a member of the Board of Trustees
Carnegie Institution for Science .
[3]
[9]
Education
Fodor received a BS and MS in Biology from
Washington State University . He received a PhD in
chemistry from
Princeton in 1985.
[2]
References
^ Lenoir, T.; Giannella, E. (2006).
"The emergence and diffusion of DNA microarray technology" . Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration . 1 : 11.
doi :
10.1186/1747-5333-1-11 .
PMC
1590052 .
PMID
16925816 .
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a
b
"Biography 36: Stephen P. A. Fodor (1953- )" .
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center . Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
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a
b
"Executive Profile: Stephen P. A. Fodor" .
Bloomberg L.P. Archived from
the original on December 7, 2019. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .
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"Affymetrix CEO opens his wallet" . mercurynews.com . Retrieved 2022-09-06 .
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"The ABRF Award for Outstanding Contributions to Biomolecular Technologies" . abrf.org . Retrieved 2022-03-22 .
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"Stephen P.A. Fodor, Michael C. Pirrung, J. Leighton Read and Lubert Stryer (Affymax Research Institute, Palo Alto, USA)" . epo.org . Retrieved 2022-03-22 .
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"Dr. Stephen P.A. Fodor" . nae.edu . Retrieved 2022-03-22 .
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"2006 Newcomb Cleveland Prize Recipients" . aaas.org . Retrieved 2022-03-22 .
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"Board of Trustees" . carnegiescience.edu . Carnegie Institution for Science. September 29, 2019.
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