LSI in the News 2017

Here's a round up of select media mentions from 2017:

• In search of stability As funding sources shift, academic drug discovery centers push into clinical development, Chemical & Engineering News, March 27 (Vince Groppi quoted)
• Your muscles like the 'taste' of sugar, too, Mother Nature Network, May 12 (Lin lab)
• A year in the life of a new professor, Chemical & Engineering News, May 17 (Alison Narayan featured)
• Two teams solve structure of elusive diabetes drug target, Chemical & Engineering News, June 6 (Skiniotis lab)
• New technique gives researchers a near-atom-level view of enzyme’s role in correcting misfolded proteins, ALS News Today, June 28 (Southworth lab) 
• University faculty uncover how yeast cells react to stress, discover implications for humans, Michigan Daily, July 2 (Weisman lab)
• Could a 30-year-old asthma drug lead to a new treatment for diabetes?, FierceBiotech, July 5 (Saltiel lab)
• Whale diet & genetics, AAAS Science Update podcast, July 24 (Cone lab)
• New magic mushroom discovery could reveal how to make your own drugs, Newsweek, Aug. 17 (David Sherman quoted)
• U-M Life Sci Institute looks ahead with $150M initiative, symposium, Xconomy, Sept. 4
• Chilled proteins and 3-D images: The cryo-electron microscopy technology that just won a Nobel Prize, The Conversation, Oct. 4 (Michael Cianfrocco & Melanie Ohi)
• TWiV 465: Theodora the explorer, This Week In Virology podcast, Oct. 29 (Smith Lab)
• Hormone loss prevents obesity and diabetes in mice, The Scientist, Nov. 6 (Roger Cone quoted)
• Fat hormone Nrg4 may hold key to new treatments of fatty liver disease: study, Xinhua News, Nov. 7 (Lin lab)
• Previously rejected mechanism could unlock clues to nicotine dependence, FierceBiotech, Nov. 10 (S. Xu lab)
• Chemists conquer oxidative dearomatization with trio of enzymes, Chemical & Engineering News, Nov. 17 (Narayan lab)
• Cinnamon may help attack fat, fight obesity, study finds, USA Today, Nov. 25 (Wu lab)