Scott E. Fraser
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Scott E. Fraser is an American biophysicist.[1] From 1991 until 2012 he was the Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology and Professor of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology, where he served as director of the Biological Imaging Center and the founding director of the Rosen Center for Biological Engineering. In September 2012 he moved to the University of Southern California, where he is a Provost Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Biological Science as well as the Director of Science Initiatives.[2] He brought a team of several dozen associates with him from Caltech and is focusing on building interdisciplinary cooperation at the newly founded Translational Imaging Center at USC.[3]
He is known for his development of imaging techniques for the study of cellular morphogenesis.
Fraser began his scientific career studying physics (bachelor of science in Physics, Harvey Mudd College, 1976) and biophysics (doctoral degree in Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, 1979). After Johns Hopkins, he took a faculty post at the University of California, Irvine, in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics where he served as chairman.[4] In 1991, Fraser moved to Caltech to become the Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology and build the Biological Imaging Center in Beckman Institute. In the Biological Imaging Center, he and his colleague Russ Jacobs assembled an interdisciplinary team to design and construct a new generation of light and MRI microscopes. He worked with colleagues to establish the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech as well as the Caltech Brain Imaging Center, which he directed for five years. He has served as an advisor to several different biotech start up companies and national facilities, and has co-founded companies such as Clinical Micro Sensors.
Publications
He has published approximately 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers. According to Web of Science, the most cited are
- Author(s): Louie, AY; Huber, MM; Ahrens, ET; Rothbacher, U; Moats, R; Jacobs, RE; Fraser, SE; Meade, TJ
- Title: In vivo visualization of gene expression using magnetic resonance imaging
- Source: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 18 (3): 321-325 MAR 2000, Times Cited: 323
- Author(s): Serbedzija, GN, GN; Bronner-Fraser, M; Fraser, SE
- Title: VITAL DYE ANALYSIS OF CRANIAL NEURAL CREST CELL-MIGRATION IN THE MOUSE EMBRYO
- Source: DEVELOPMENT, 116 (2): 297-& OCT 1992, Times Cited: 269
- Author(s): Krull, CE; Lansford, R; Gale, NW; Collazo, A; Marcelle, C; Yancopoulos, GD; Fraser, SE; BronnerFraser, M
- Title: Interactions of Eph-related receptors and ligands confer rostrocaudal pattern to trunk neural crest migration
- Source: CURRENT BIOLOGY, 7 (8): 571-580 AUG 1 1997, Times Cited: 203
- Wallingford, JB; Fraser, SE; Harland, RM
- Title: Convergent extension: The molecular control of polarized cell movement during embryonic development
- Source: DEVELOPMENTAL CELL, 2 (6): 695-706 JUN 2002 Times Cited: 166
- Serbedzija, GN; Bronner-Fraser, M; Fraser, SE
- Title: A VITAL DYE ANALYSIS OF THE TIMING AND PATHWAYS OF AVIAN TRUNK NEURAL CREST CELL-MIGRATION
- Source: DEVELOPMENT, 106 (4): 809-& AUG 1989 Times Cited: 154
- Author(s): Woo, K; Fraser, SE
- Title: ORDER AND COHERENCE IN THE FATE MAP OF THE ZEBRAFISH NERVOUS-SYSTEM
- Source: DEVELOPMENT, 121 (8): 2595-2609 AUG 1995 Times Cited: 153
He has also received 43 patents for inventions in magnetic resonance technology and molecular biology.
References
- ^ "Scott Fraser: live action embryology". The Journal of Cell Biology. June 4, 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Pamela J. (November 9, 2012). "Scott Fraser named Provost Professor at USC". USC News. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ^ "Interdisciplinary Possibilities Pull Caltech Biologist to U. of Southern California". The Chronicle of Higher Education. December 17, 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ^ "Scott E. Fraser joins USC Viterbi's Department of Biomedical Engineering". USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
External links
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