April 13, 2012 - Schofield receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Michael Marie Schofield, a second-year PhD student whose research focuses on marine microbial natural products, received a Graduate Research Fellowship Program from the National Science Foundat... Learn more...
February 28, 2012 - Piggott receives Weintraub Graduate Student Award Beverly Piggott, Life Sciences Institute (LSI) graduate student, has received the Weintraub Graduate Student Award. Working in the lab of LSI faculty member Shawn Xu, Piggott’s research f... Learn more...
February 16, 2012 - Lim receives Sloan Research Fellowship Mi Hee Lim, Life Sciences Institute faculty member and an assistant professor in U-M’s chemistry department, was a recipient of the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for 2012. Her lab is examining how... Learn more...
February 14, 2012 - The University of Michigan’s first human embryonic stem cell line will be placed on the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s registry, making the cells available for federally funded research. It is the first of the stem cell lines derive... Learn more...
January 13, 2012 - Lois Weisman named AAAS Fellow Life Sciences Institute faculty member Lois Weisman has been elected as one of the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows. Election as a Fellow, a tradition that began in 1874, is an honor ... Learn more...
December 12, 2011 - So You Think You Can Do Research? LSI faculty member Steve Weiss leads annual course on research for MDs-in-training. It was a beautiful summer day in Ann Arbor -- 80 degrees, high puffy clouds and a warm breeze wafting up from Palmer Field a... Learn more...
October 11, 2011 - Life Sciences Institute names Jason Gestwicki as new Director of the Center for Chemical Genomics October 11, 2011—U-M Life Sciences Institute (LSI) has named Jason Gestwicki as the new Director of its Center for Chemical Genomics (CCG), a cam... Learn more...
October 4, 2011 - Coleman speaks to Business of Biology class By Kaitlin Williams, Daily Staff Reporter University President Mary Sue Coleman addresses The Business of Biology class on Monday, Oct. 3 in the Michigan League. Students in The Business of Biology p... Learn more...
October 3, 2011 - LSI professor and U-M clinician David Ginsburg argues the finer points of whether genomics has been successful from a clinical perspective in the latest issue of the journal Cell. Read the article Visit the Ginsburg lab ... Learn more...
September 29, 2011 - LSI professor David Sherman and his lab are working on a project exploring the production of E. coli bacteria strains that can convert renewable biomass sources into next generation biofuels that have properties closer to gasoline and diesel than tod... Learn more...
September 27, 2011 - Mi Hee Lim receives the Paul Saltman Award for outstanding research in the field of biological inorganic chemistry LSI professor Mi Hee Lim has been named the Paul Saltman lecturer at the 2012 Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference, which will... Learn more...
September 19, 2011 - LSI scientist Yukiko Yamashita receives MacArthur Foundation award Sept. 20, 2011--Life Sciences Institute stem cell biologist Yukiko Yamashita is one of three University of Michigan and 22 overall new MacArthur Fellows announced today by the John D... Learn more...
September 13, 2011 - Shawn Xu receives the U-M Medical School Basic Science Research Award Shawn Xu, Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Associate Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, has been selected to receive the 2011 Basi... Learn more...
August 31, 2011 - Video about the U-M Biological Sciences Scholars Program features the LSI's Jason Gestwicki Watch the video Started in 1998, the Biological Sciences Scholars Program was created as a vehicle for recruiting the most promising junior scientists in th... Learn more...
June 15, 2011 - LSI stem cell scientist Jack Mosher recently appeared along with LSI Leadership Council member Joe Schwarz and others on the show Due Process to discuss the scientific and legal issues surrounding the field in Michigan and beyond. ... Learn more...
June 14, 2011 - Skiniotis named to the esteemed Pew Scholars Program June 14, 2011. Georgios Skiniotis, Life Sciences Institute (LSI) research assistant professor and assistant professor of Biological Chemistry at the Medical School has been named a 2011 Pe... Learn more...
June 1, 2011 - LSI co-sponsors a review series on obesity in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Check out the series... Learn more...
June 1, 2011 - The Ties That Bind: Local Organization Makes a Difference at the LSI Ami Simms founded the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative (AAQI) in 2006 to use her talents as a quilt maker (along with quilters across the country) in order to raise awareness abo... Learn more...
May 25, 2011 - Check out this highlight of David Sherman's lab work currently on the U-M gateway.... Learn more...
