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Michael Poirier

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Michael G. Poirier
Born
Michael Guy Poirier
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisMicromechanical Biochemical Studies of Mitotic Chromosome Elasticity and Structure (2001)
Doctoral advisorJohn F. Marko[2]
Websitehttp://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

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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] In 2006 he was hired as an assistant faculty member at Ohio State University. In 2012 he was promoted to associate faculty and in 2016 he became full faculty at Ohio State University.

Publications

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Poirier is author and co-author of numerous publications in biophysics.[1] His most frequently cited paper is "Post-Translational Modifications of Histones That Influence Nucleosome Dynamics"[6] which he co-authored with Gregory D. Bowman.

Another notable publication is "Basic helix-loop-helix pioneer factors interact with the histone octamer to invade nucleosomes and generate nucleosome-depleted regions"[7] which was highlighted in a magazine article[8] for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

Awards and honors

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In 2020, Poirier won the Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award from the Ohio State University college of engineering.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Michael Guy Poirier Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  2. ^ a b "Physics Tree John F. Marko". academictree.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  3. ^ "Michael G. Poirier Department of Physics". physics.osu.edu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  4. ^ "Michael G. Poirier Department of Physics". chemistry.osu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  5. ^ Poirier, Michael G. (2002). Micromechanical Biochemical Studies of Mitotic Chromosome Elasticity and Structure (PDF) (PhD dissertation). Northwestern University. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  6. ^ 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. PMC 4375056. PMID 25424540.
  7. ^ 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. PMC 10182836. PMID 36996811.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Gail McCormick (May 20, 2023). "How 'master regulators' of cells make DNA accessible for gene expression". ASBMB Today.
  9. ^ "Michael G. Poirier receives a 2020 Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award Department of Physics". physics.osu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-21.