Laurie Boyer

{{Short description|American biomedical engineer and academic}}

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Laurie A. Boyer

| image = Laurie Boyer NHGRI ENCODE 2020.jpg

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| workplaces = Massachusetts Institute of Technology

| alma_mater = Framingham State University
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

| thesis_title = Conserved features of chromatin remodeling enzymes : a dissertation

| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47147047

| thesis_year = 2000

}}

Laurie A. Boyer is an American biologist who is a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the regulation of cell fate decisions and how faulty regulation leads to disease using human stem cells and mice as models.

Early life and education

Boyer is from Western Massachusetts.{{Cite journal |last=Sedwick |first=Caitlin |date=2012-10-15 |title=Laurie Boyer: Stem cell circuitry for commitment |url=https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.1992pi |journal=Journal of Cell Biology |volume=199 |issue=2 |pages=190–191 |doi=10.1083/jcb.1992pi |issn=0021-9525 |pmc=3471231 |pmid=23071147}} She became interested in science and biology while in high school. She was an undergraduate student at Framingham State University where she studied biomedical sciences. She earned her PhD at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, where she researched chromatin remodeling enzymes.{{Cite thesis |title=Conserved features of chromatin remodeling enzymes: a dissertation |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47147047 |date=2000 |language=English |first=Laurie A |last=Boyer|oclc=47147047 }}{{Cite web |title=Allen Discovery Center Opening Event at the Science & Engineering Complex |url=https://allencenter.tufts.edu/events/grand-opening/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University |language=en}} Boyer was a postdoctoral researcher at the MIT Whitehead Institute.

Research and career

Boyer focuses on how cells make decisions early in development to give rise to tissues and organs and how faulty regulation leads to disease with a focus on the heart. {{Cite web |title=Queen of hearts |url=https://news.mit.edu/2021/queen-hearts-laurie-boyer-0616 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en}}

Awards and honors

  • 2006 Scientific American World's 50 Top Leaders in Research, Business or Policy{{Cite web |title=Scientific American 50: SA 50 Winners and Contributors |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-50-sa-2006-12/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Scientific American |language=en}}
  • 2007 Framingham State University Honorary Doctorate{{Cite web |last=staff |first=John Hilliard/Daily News |title=MIT professor to speak at FSC graduation |url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2007/05/24/mit-professor-to-speak-at/41382638007/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=MetroWest Daily News |language=en-US}}
  • 2008 Pew Scholars Award in the Biomedical Sciences{{Cite web |title=Laurie Boyer, Ph.D.—VARI Seminar Series |url=https://vari.vai.org/event/boyer-vss/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Van Andel Institute for Research |language=en-US}}
  • 2009 Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Science{{Cite web |title=Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical Research |url=https://hria.org/tmf/smith/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Health Resources in Action |language=en-US}}
  • 2012 Irvin and Helen Sizer Career Development Award{{Cite web |date=2016-03-24 |title=Who's presenting at Research Week 2016? Announcing this year's keynotes {{!}} OHSU Research News |url=https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/03/24/whos-presenting-at-research-week-2016-announcing-this-years-keynotes/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=OHSU Research News {{!}} Research News at OHSU |language=en-US}}
  • 2013 American Heart Association Innovative Research Award

Selected publications

  • {{Cite Q|Q24322016}}
  • {{Cite Q|Q29547274}}
  • {{Cite Q|Q29615565}}

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