Scott Cram
- Please tell us about a significant event or moment in Cytometry that you experienced, in a lab, at a conference, or at an informal gathering.
- There are too many, starting with my first exposure to flow microfluorometry (FMF) in 1968 and continuing today. The opportunity to present lectures and laboratory sessions around the world has been a special event, especially when helping a new convert realize the power of single cell analysis as contrasted with bulk/average cell measurements.
- What do you feel was your major contribution to the field of Cytometry?
- Working with Los Alamos colleagues and international collaborators to develop and obtain funding for the NIH/Research Resources supported “National Flow Cytometry and Sorting Research Resource” at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- What drove you to this achievement?
- The joy of working with state-of-the-art experts in the areas of biology, physics, engineering, fluid flow, machining, electronics, data analysis, theory, light scatter, and optics.
- Why was it that your team was able to do it?
- First and foremost it was the selflessness of each and every team member combined with their combination of skills and diverse backgrounds.
- Was someone else’s work or influence fundamental in driving your work?
- In addition to the outstanding colleagues I enjoyed and benefited from on a daily basis at Los Alamos I count my interactions with folks such as Tom Jovin, Donna Jovin, Samuel Latt, Bernie Shoor, Wallace Coulter, Mack Fulwyler, Joe Gray, Noel Warner, Wright Langham and Marv VanDilla as major motivators in my cytometry career.
- How do you think your work impacted the field of Cytometry?
- Whatever my contributions, they always arose from the combined efforts of the Los Alamos cytometry group. From early cell cycle measurements to chromosome analysis, karyotype instability occuring with spontaneous tumorigenicity and the National Laboratory Gene Library Project, it was always a highly collaborative and true team effort.
- Dr. L. Scott Cram
- Bioscience Division (Guest Scientist)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Los Alamos, NM 87545