Scott E. Fraser

Scott E. Fraser in 2010.

Scott E. Fraser is an American biologist. 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] 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

Title: In vivo visualization of gene expression using magnetic resonance imaging
Source: NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY, 18 (3): 321-325 MAR 2000, Times Cited: 323
Title: VITAL DYE ANALYSIS OF CRANIAL NEURAL CREST CELL-MIGRATION IN THE MOUSE EMBRYO
Source: DEVELOPMENT, 116 (2): 297-& OCT 1992, Times Cited: 269
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
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
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
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

  1. ↑ Johnson, Pamela J. (November 9, 2012). "Scott Fraser named Provost Professor at USC". USC News. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Interdisciplinary Possibilities Pull Caltech Biologist to U. of Southern California". The Chronicle of Higher Education. December 17, 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Scott E. Fraser joins USC Viterbi's Department of Biomedical Engineering". USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

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