- USC professor Scott Fraser appointed to leadership role at Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeScott Fraser, an eminent USC scientist, was recently named the vice president of science grant programs at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a philanthropy founded by Priscilla Chan and her husband, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2015. In addition to his new role at CZI, Fraser will continue his research at USC as the director of the…by lytal
- USC team shows how memories are stored in the brain, with potential impact on conditions like PTSDWhat physical changes occur in the brain when a memory is made? A team of researchers at the University of Southern California has, for the first time, answered this question by inducing a memory in a larval zebrafish and then mapping changes in their transparent heads with brain cells lit up like Times Square on…by lytal
- Scott E. Fraser wins Edwin G. Conklin Medal from the Society for Developmental BiologyUSC Professor Scott E. Fraser is known for inventing new microscopes and other tools to observe living, developing embryos. But one of his lab’s most important pieces of technology filters coffee instead of light: it’s a restaurant-quality Espresso machine. “I wanted to make a…by lytal
- USC biological imaging innovator elected to National Academy of MedicineScott Fraser, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine,…by lytal
