Stephen P. A. "Steve" Fodor (born in

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in 1953) is a

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and businessman in the field of

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technology. He is the co-founder of

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, a company that produces DNA microarrays to screen

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and

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s in large portions of such

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s 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 and the European Inventor of the Year Award in 2006. He was elected to the

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in 2009. Awarded the

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in 1990. Fodor is a member of the Board of Trustees

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Education

Fodor received a BS and MS in Biology from

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. He received a PhD in chemistry from

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in 1985.

References

External links

Steve Fodor Biography on Affymetrix web site
21st-century American biologists Living people Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering European Inventor Award winners 1953 births {{US-business-bio-stub