Laurie Boyer

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Laurie A. Boyer
Alma mater Framingham State University
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Scientific career
Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis Conserved features of chromatin remodeling enzymes : a dissertation  (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.

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Early life and education

Boyer is from Western Massachusetts. [1] She became interested in science and biology while in high school. [1] 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. [2] [3] Boyer was a postdoctoral researcher at the MIT Whitehead Institute. [1]

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. [4]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

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