Science
The LSI’s mission is to advance the understanding of the fundamental processes of life, and to pioneer new ideas to improve human health.
The LSI’s mission is to advance the understanding of the fundamental processes of life, and to pioneer new ideas to improve human health.
Our world-class faculty members have broad and diverse expertise — ranging from cell biology to medicine, from chemistry to structural biology. And the LSI provides them with a research home purposefully designed to foster creative risk taking, interdisciplinary collaboration and professional growth.
Our approach is to provide superior scientific tools and administrative support, allowing each faculty member to spend more time focused on what really matters — their research.
At a fundamental level, much about how cells organize and regulate their activities remains unclear. LSI researchers are probing the most basic processes of living organisms to shed new light on human health and disease.
Of all the organs, the brain remains the most mysterious. LSI researchers are exploring vital questions across many areas — like the regulation of the senses, and the molecular underpinnings of neurodegeneration and neurological disease.
Genetic analysis plays a key role in basic science research at the LSI — from investigating why patients react differently to radiation therapy, to understanding blood clotting disorders, to studying how sensory information can influence genetic programs related to longevity.
Form is the gateway to function. By solving three-dimensional structures of proteins in their folded forms, scientists can glean important insights into how they work. LSI faculty have expertise in X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy.