Life Sciences Institute
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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March 25, 2021
President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman recognized in building naming
U-M will name the building that houses the Life Sciences Institute after President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman to honor the university’s first woman president and her many accomplishments.
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September 21, 2020
Campus briefs
U-M ranked No. 1 public university in U.S., 23rd overall The University of Michigan was ranked as the top U.S public university by The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education in their 2021 U.S. college ranking. U-M moved up four spots to No. 23 overall in a list of universities throughout the United States,… -
September 16, 2020
Life Sciences Symposium explores broadening biosciences
The 2020 virtual Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium, “Broadening the Biosciences,” will explore innovative and creative research already taking place to address scientific challenges across the biosciences.
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May 16, 2020
University to gradually reopen some research activity
Laboratory and studio-based research activity at U-M, the majority of which has been paused since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will gradually resume during the next several weeks.
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May 11, 2020
U-M advances antibody test development in COVID-19 fight
Scientists at U-M are advancing new antibody tests, being validated now, to identify people who have been infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease.
