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Laurie A. Boyer is an American biologist and bioengineer specialising in the field of heart development and heart congenital diseases. She is currently an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an associate member at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

Early life and education
Boyer completed her doctoral studies in biochemistry and molecular pharmacology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2001 studying the conserved features of chromatin reformatting enzymes, supervised by Craig L. Peterson.

Career
After obtaining her PhD degree, she joined the Whitehead Institute as a postdoctoral fellow in the Rudolf Jaenisch and Richard Young labs. During her time there, she developed techniques for the high-throughput genome wide analysis of transcription factors and chromatin regulators in stem cells.

In 2007, Boyer joined the MIT Biology department and successively, the Bioengineering department in 2015. Her research group focuses on the gene regulatory mechanisms controlling lineage commitment during heart development and congenital heart defects. Her lab is also working to develop 3D cardiac organoids.

Awards and honours

 * 2006 - The Scientific American World’s 50 top leaders in research, business or policy
 * 2007 - Honorary Doctorate, Framingham State College
 * 2008 - Pew Scholars Award in the Biomedical Sciences
 * 2008 - Massachusetts Life Sciences Center New Investigator Award
 * 2009 - Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Science
 * 2012 - Irvin and Helen Sizer Career Development Award
 * 2013 - American Heart Association Innovative Research Award
 * 2017 - Cardiovascular Rising Star Distinguished Lecture
 * 2017 - Medicine by Design Distinguished Lecture