biosciences

  1. February 12, 2018

    Biosciences Initiative releases first Request for Applications

    U-M’s Biosciences Initiative has issued its first Request for Applications to U-M faculty, calling for high-impact research initiatives focused on solving critical problems in the biosciences.

  2. August 31, 2017

    Biosciences Initiative Coordinating Committee

    Members of the Biosciences Initiative Coordinating Committee are: • Roger Cone, chair; vice provost and director of the Biosciences Initiative; Asa Gray Collegiate Professor of the Life Sciences, Mary Sue Coleman Director of the Life Sciences Institute; research professor, LSI; and professor of molecular and integrative physiology, Medical School. • Huda Akil, Gardner C. Quarton…
  3. August 31, 2017

    Committee to help find emerging opportunities for bioscience research

    President Mark Schlissel has commissioned a new multidisciplinary faculty committee to help U-M researchers identify and pursue the “spectacularly fertile landscape for discovery” in today’s biological sciences.

  4. May 18, 2017

    Roger Cone named vice provost, director of the biosciences initiative

    Roger Cone, director of the Life Sciences Institute, has been named to an additional role as the university’s first vice provost and director of the biosciences initiative.

  5. October 23, 2015

    Biosciences effort includes new vice provost, 30 faculty positions

    The university will create a vice provost for biological sciences, add 30 new faculty members and invest $150 million to make U-M a “a powerhouse in the biosciences.”

  6. September 23, 2015

    Panel says cultural, structural changes needed to transform U-M biosciences

    U-M must transform its “bioscience ecosystem” if it is to attract the best biosciences faculty, postdoctoral researchers and students, according to a faculty panel convened by President Mark Schlissel.

  7. April 28, 2015

    Plenary session to explore the future of bioscience training

    A plenary session next Monday is part of a three-day workshop bringing more than 250 bioscience education leaders to campus to explore the future of the field.