Michael Poirier

Michael G. Poirier
Born
Michael Guy Poirier
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater
Scientific career
Fields
Biophysics[1]
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

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 a full professor at Ohio State University.

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. ^ 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. ^ "How 'master regulators' of cells make DNA accessible for gene expression | Penn State University". www.psu.edu. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  9. ^ "Michael G. Poirier receives a 2020 Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award Department of Physics". physics.osu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  10. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  11. ^ "Michael Poirier Awarded APS Division of Biological Physics Fellowship". Ohio State University. October 7, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
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