Ann Boija

Ann has longstanding expertise in gene control, cancer biology and condensate biology. She is passionate about advancing basic biomedical science into medicine to alter the course of cancer and improve human health.

Ann has a master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from Umeå University and a Ph.D. in Biology from Stockholm University, Sweden. She did her postdoctoral training—and later served as a Senior Researcher—in the laboratory of Richard A. Young at the Whitehead Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During her time at MIT, she led pioneering research focused on the role of condensates in gene control and cancer therapeutic drug activity.