Life Sciences Institute

April 10, 2019
Speaker series aids effort to engage public in scientific inquiry

The Life Sciences Institute is launching the SciComm Speaker Series to highlight the importance of disseminating scientific findings beyond the walls of the academy.
March 11, 2019
Michigan Drug Discovery awards grants for five new projects

Michigan Drug Discovery has awarded early-stage funding for three new drug discovery projects by U-M faculty, and will assist two early-stage cancer projects funded by the Rogel Cancer Center.
February 1, 2019
Biosciences Initiative releases RFA to address critical challenges

The Presidential Biosciences Initiative has issued its second-round Request for Applications to U-M faculty, seeking high-impact scientific research initiatives aimed at solving critical problems in the biosciences.
December 6, 2018
Center for Discovery of New Medicines now Michigan Drug Discovery

In a reflection of the changing landscape for academic drug discovery at U-M, the Center for the Discovery of New Medicines will now be known as Michigan Drug Discovery.
July 18, 2018
Michigan Life Sciences Fellows program offers mentorship, resources

The first Michigan Life Sciences Fellows are investigating important biological questions related to multiple sclerosis, triple-negative breast cancer, and how complex living architectures form.
April 18, 2018
Three faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Three U-M faculty members — Roger Cone, Christian Davenport and Stephen Forrest — have been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
February 5, 2018
Center awards grants for seven new drug discovery projects

The Center for the Discovery of New Medicines has awarded early-stage funding of up to $50,000 each for seven new drug discovery projects by faculty from across U-M.
September 5, 2017
Fellows program aims to develop life sciences leaders

The university is launching a new, multidisciplinary, postdoctoral research fellowship program — the Michigan Life Sciences Fellows — to help attract early-career researchers of exceptional promise.
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…
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.