Life Sciences Institute

  1. July 18, 2024

    Henry Russel Lecturer, award winners named for 2024

    Ruth Behar, a cultural anthropologist who has spent decades building bridges across political and cultural chasms, has been selected as the 2024 Henry Russel Lecturer.

  2. July 18, 2024

    Regents approve six Distinguished University Professors

    U-M faculty members Roger D. Cone, Deborah Dash Moore, Jeffrey Fessler, Sergey Fomin, Deborah Loewenberg Ball and Robert M. Sellers have been recognized as Distinguished University Professors.

  3. March 11, 2024

    U-M researchers open new leads in anti-HIV drug development

    A team of U-M researchers has successfully modified a naturally occurring chemical compound in the lab, resulting in advanced lead compounds with anti-HIV activity.

  4. November 17, 2023

    Expanded new multidisciplinary program welcomes 13 fellows

    U-M has welcomed 13 postdoctoral researchers as new Michigan Pioneer Fellows for a postdoctoral program that recruits and prepares early-career scientists for independent careers.

  5. September 26, 2023

    Scientists’ model focuses on sudden death in epilepsy

    U-M researchers have developed a model for studying one type of familial epilepsy, opening the door to understanding the mechanisms that lead to the disorder and its associated fatalities.

  6. April 20, 2023

    $2.3M grant will help U-M researcher define ‘RNA alphabet’

    U-M pediatric neurologist Vivian Cheung is launching an international project to identify the full range of RNA building blocks inside human cells.

  7. March 9, 2022

    Michigan Drug Discovery aids new projects to treat obesity, cancer

    Michigan Drug Discovery will support four early-stage drug discovery projects to aid work in the Life Sciences Institute’s Center for Chemical Genomics and Natural Products Discovery Core.

  8. January 26, 2022

    20 U-M scientists, engineers named AAAS fellows for 2021

    U-M led the nation with 20 faculty members elected as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.

  9. December 15, 2021

    $1.5M award helps researchers see inner workings of cells

    A $1.5 million award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation will help U-M researchers open new windows into cells, transforming how biologists can see and learn about them.

  10. September 10, 2021

    U-M leaders hail Mary Sue Coleman’s service at LSI building dedication

    The building that houses U-M’s Life Sciences Institute was formally named Mary Sue Coleman Hall, for the university’s 13th president, who helped bring the institute to fruition.