U-M study reveals how cinnamon turns up the heat on fat cells
How a common holiday spice — cinnamon — might be enlisted in the fight against obesity
Seven U-M scientists, engineers named 2017 AAAS Fellows
LSI faculty member Shawn Xu was among the newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Biocatalysts are a bridge to greener, more powerful chemistry
How enzyme catalysts can overcome the flaws of an important synthetic chemical process
Michigan Medicine enters drug discovery collaboration with AstraZeneca in Chronic Kidney Disease
Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease may benefit from a new collaboration between U-M and AstraZeneca, who have partnered to develop a new therapeutic strategy for treatment.
Tiny worms may offer new clues about why it’s so hard to quit smoking
A previously dismissed genetic mechanism may contribute to nicotine dependence.
Fat hormone linked to progression of fatty liver disease may hold key to new treatments
Scientists identify a key driver of the progression to the most harmful form of fatty liver disease.
Study by Russell Ryan and colleagues links mutations in Notch gene to role in B cell cancers
Reserach led by LSI affiliate faculty member Russell Ryan provides new insights into how Notch drives the growth of B-cell cancers
Form reveals function in new study of HIV-fighting protein
Findings provide clues about how one protein utilizes RNA binding to get into the HIV cell and mutate the virus' DNA.
LSI faculty member Daniel Klionsky receives Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award
LSI faculty member Daniel J. Klionsky was recognized for consistently demonstrating outstanding achievements in research, teaching and mentoring, service and a variety of other activities.
Chilled proteins and 3-D images: The cryo-electron microscopy technology that just won a Nobel Prize
LSI faculty members Michael Cianfrocco and Melanie Ohi explain the technology that won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
Springboard to 'Science': Students' leap into cryo-EM program leads to high-impact findings
How two U-M graduate students came to co-first author a high-impact paper and develop expertise in one of the hottest areas of biology.
Pure Science, Pure Michigan
In the last century, Michigan was a driving engine of America’s manufacturing economy. Today, programs like the Perrigo Undergraduate Fellowship at the LSI are helping to fuel a new knowledge-based economy in the state.
LSI adds new affiliate faculty role
The LSI expands its scientific reach with the addition of an affiliate faculty role. Affiliate faculty members will have labs located at the LSI — where they will have an adjunct appointment in addition to a tenure-track appointment in another unit on campus.
New understanding of protein machine function may aid chemotherapy development
Researchers have discovered how an unlikely protein promotes cell division, even when the cell is treated with drugs to halt the process
LSI welcomes new faculty member
The welcomes structural biologist Melanie Ohi, Ph.D., to its faculty.
Fellows program aims to develop life sciences leaders
To help attract early-career researchers of exceptional promise, the University of Michigan is launching a new, multidisciplinary, postdoctoral research fellowship program: the Michigan Life Sciences Fellows.
Gene mutation thought to protect heart may actually increase susceptibility to heart failure, researchers find
A mutation underlying the most common genetic cause of early-onset obesity was thought to potentially protect patients from heart disease. New research shows otherwise.
Symposium: Technologies that are rewriting the future of the life sciences
This year’s annual symposium explores the galloping pace of discovery, bringing to campus five pioneers and innovators in different areas of bioscience technology and research.
Research uncovers new clues to reproductive cells’ quality assurance program
Connectivity between reproductive cells — or germ cells — in males serves as a quality assurance mechanism by making clusters of cells more sensitive to damage.
Researchers identify factors driving brown fat development
How a network of proteins and long noncoding RNA work together to push fat cells into fat-burning mode
One amino acid, a whale of a difference
International research team reveals why some species of cetaceans evolved sleek, muscular bodies while others grow to massive sizes
No pain, no gain: investigating how painful experiences change neural circuits and behavior
Research sheds new light on long-lasting changes that painful stimuli can exert at the level of a neural circuit — changes that can have a powerful impact on behavior.
Repurposed asthma drug shows blood sugar improvement among some diabetics
After 12 weeks of taking an anti-asthma drug, a subset of patients with type 2 diabetes showed a clinically significant reduction in blood glucose during a clinical trial.
Oh, it's a switch
A long-term collaboration reveals the critical role played by the RNA binding protein LARP1 for mTORC1-mediated translation of an important class of mRNAs, including those that encode ribosome proteins.
Tangs for the memories
After a file cleanup unearthed a 1970s Tang commercial staring LSI Professor Emerita Rowena Matthews, we reached out to her for the backstory.