Biography:Michael Poirier
Michael G. Poirier | |
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| Born | Michael Guy Poirier |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Thesis | Micromechanical Biochemical Studies of Mitotic Chromosome Elasticity and Structure (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | John F. Marko[2] |
| Website | http://u.osu.edu/poirierlab/ |
Michael Guy Poirier is a professor and biophysicist at Ohio State University where he is a faculty member in both the Department of Physics[3] and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.[4]
Education
Poirier attended Truman State University where he earned a BS in physics in 1995. He earned a PhD in physics from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002. His PhD advisor was John F. Marko[2] and his dissertation is entitled "Micromechanical Biochemical Studies of Mitotic Chromosome Elasticity and Structure"[5]
Publications
Poirier is author and co-author of publications in biophysics.[1] His most cited paper is "Post-Translational Modifications of Histones That Influence Nucleosome Dynamics"[6] which he co-authored with Gregory D. Bowman.
Another publication is "Basic helix-loop-helix pioneer factors interact with the histone octamer to invade nucleosomes and generate nucleosome-depleted regions".[7][8]
Awards and honors
In 2020, Poirier won the Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award from the Ohio State University college of engineering.[9]
In 2024, he was elected as a fellow of the American Physical Society.[10][11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Michael Guy Poirier Google Scholar". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LngfqLoAAAAJ&hl=en.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Physics Tree John F. Marko". https://academictree.org/physics/peopleinfo.php?pid=180689.
- ↑ "Michael G. Poirier Department of Physics". https://physics.osu.edu/people/poirier.18.
- ↑ "Michael G. Poirier Department of Physics". https://chemistry.osu.edu/people/poirier.18.
- ↑ Poirier, Michael G. (2002). Micromechanical Biochemical Studies of Mitotic Chromosome Elasticity and Structure (PDF) (PhD dissertation). Northwestern University. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ↑ Bowman, Gregory D.; Poirier, Michael G. (2015). "Post-Translational Modifications of Histones That Influence Nucleosome Dynamics". Chemical Reviews 115 (6): 2274–2295. doi:10.1021/cr500350x. PMID 25424540. PMC 4375056. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr500350x.
- ↑ Benjamin T. Donovan, Hengye Chen, Priit Eek, Song Tan, Lu Bai, Michael G. Poirier (April 20, 2023). "Basic helix-loop-helix pioneer factors interact with the histone octamer to invade nucleosomes and generate nucleosome-depleted regions". Molecular Cell 83 (8): 1251–1263.e6. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2023.03.006. PMID 36996811.
- ↑ "How 'master regulators' of cells make DNA accessible for gene expression | Penn State University". https://www.psu.edu/news/eberly-college-science/story/how-master-regulators-cells-make-dna-accessible-gene-expression.
- ↑ "Michael G. Poirier receives a 2020 Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award Department of Physics". https://physics.osu.edu/news/prof.-michael-poirier-receives-2020-lumley-interdisciplinary-research-award.
- ↑ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. https://www.aps.org/funding-recognition/winners?q=poirier&af=false.
- ↑ "Michael Poirier Awarded APS Division of Biological Physics Fellowship". Ohio State University. October 7, 2024. https://physics.osu.edu/news/michael-poirier-awarded-aps-division-biological-physics-fellowship.
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