Elvan Böke studied Molecular Biology & Genetics for her undergraduate degree at the Middle East Technical University (METU/ODTU) in her native Turkey and was the valedictorian of her graduating class of 2008. She earned her PhD at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute (CRUK-MI) where she studied to understand aspects of mitotic exit. She then moved to Harvard Medical School for her postdoctoral studies on the organization of the cytoplasm in oocytes, female germ cells that become eggs. In 2017, Elvan started her own lab at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona. Elvan is an EMBO Young Investigator (2021) and a recipient of several international awards, including two consecutive European Research Council (ERC) Grants (Starting in 2017 and Consolidator in 2022), a Barcelona City Prize (2022), a GCRLE (Global Consortium for Reproductive Longevity & Equality) award in 2023, and most recently a Vallee Scholar Award (2023).