Recent News

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Voices of the LSI: Moving forward after crisis

"Voices of the LSI" is a quarterly column on the LSI’s work to cultivate a diverse, equitable and inclusive climate. In this column, Stephen Joy, Ph.D., reflects on his recent journey to share — and learn more about — his Japanese American family history and the challenges they faced during and after World War II.

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President Emerita Mary Sue Coleman recognized in building naming

The building that houses the LSI will be named Mary Sue Coleman Hall. This naming recognizes her enduring commitment to the sciences and her role in spearheading the Life Sciences Institute, as well as her highly successful tenure as president of U-M.

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New faculty member broadens U-M’s structural biology expertise

Shyamal Mosalaganti’s new research program at U-M will take advantage of the LSI’s cutting-edge cryo-ET resources to investigate how multi-protein cellular complexes perform their functions within the context of the cell environment — and how these functions contribute to health and disease.