{"id":4679,"date":"2015-09-01T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/nick-boyer\/"},"modified":"2018-07-09T15:32:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:32:13","slug":"nick-boyer","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/nick-boyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Boyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p>I grew up in the woods of Johns Island, SC, before moving to downtown Charleston just before high school. I went to Clemson university for 4 years, initially for biomedical engineering, and ended up graduating with a BS in Biochemistry. After college I moved back to Charleston, where I was a tech in the lab of Dr. Yiannis Koutalos at MUSC for 2 1\/2 years studying age-related macular degeneration. I moved to Chapel Hill just before orientation, and now I spend most days doing science, playing guitar or going to see local musicians play.<\/p>\n<h3>Research<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m currently studying the role of the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM9 in netrin-1 signaling in cortical and retinal neurons, along with its potential association with neurological diseases. In a broader sense, I hope to research the underlying mechanisms of psychological disorders, and potentially spend time in translational research on schizophrenia, Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and ALS.<\/p>\n<h3>Publications<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26702829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-inline\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/778\/2018\/07\/pubmed.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Activities\/Awards<\/h3>\n<p class=\" \">2013-2015, Neuroscience Predoctoral Training Grant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography I grew up in the woods of Johns Island, SC, before moving to downtown Charleston just before high school. I went to Clemson university for 4 years, initially for biomedical engineering, and ended up graduating with a BS in Biochemistry. After college I moved back to Charleston, where I was a tech in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/directory\/nick-boyer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Nick Boyer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2800,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4679","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_upd_display_name":["Nick Boyer"],"_upd_reverse_display_name":["Boyer, Nick"],"_upd_last_name":["Boyer"],"_upd_first_name":["Nick"],"_upd_sortorder_override":[],"_upd_sortorder":["1"],"_upd_gallery_summary":["<strong>Lab Name<\/strong>: Gupton\r\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\"><strong>Lab Room #<\/strong>: 4332 MBRB\r\n<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.43em\"><strong>Lab Phone #<\/strong>: 919-843-7387<\/span>\r\n<strong>Email<\/strong>: npboyer@email.unc.edu"],"_upd_no_link":[],"_upd_degree1":[],"_upd_degree2":[],"_upd_email":[],"_upd_phone":[],"_upd_address":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/directory"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory\/4679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/curriculum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}