Dr. Stephen P. A. "Steve" Fodor (born in Seattle, Washington) is the founder of Affymetrix

Affymetrix

Affymetrix is a company that manufactures DNA microarrays; it is based in Santa Clara, California, United States. The company was founded by Dr. Stephen Fodor in 1992. It began as a unit in Affymax N.V...

, a company that produces DNA microarrays to screen gene expression

Gene expression

Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. These products are often proteins, but in non-protein coding genes such as ribosomal RNA , transfer RNA or small nuclear RNA genes, the product is a functional RNA...

 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

Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities

The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities is dedicated to advancing core and research biotechnology laboratories through research, communication, and education...

 Award for outstanding contributions to Biomolecular Technologies in 2005, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering

National Academy of Engineering

The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...

in 2009.

A scholarly article describing the discovery and advancement of microarray technology and Fodor's contributions to it is available here:

The emergence and diffusion of DNA microarray technology
Author(s): Lenoir Tim, Giannella Eric
Journal: Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration
Year: 2006
Full text: http://www.j-biomed-discovery.com/content/1/1/11

External links

• Steve Fodor Biography on Affymetrix web site