LSI Timeline

1998

April – Life Sciences Commission Formed

1999

February – Life Sciences Commission recommends new Institute
April – Regents approve plans for an Institute building
May – Regents approve creation and endowment of Institute

2000

September – Ground broken on Palmer Drive site
October – Biological Chemistry chair Jack Dixon named institute director

2001

March – Alan Saltiel named first LSI faculty
April – Kickoff celebration

2002

April – Elizabeth Barry named managing director
May – First LSI symposium: “Structural Biology of Cell Signaling”
July – Jack Dixon announces his departure for UCSD
September – Mary Sue Coleman named president of University of Michigan
Alan Saltiel named LSI director
Charter faculty appointed

2003

May – Advisory Board and Executive Committee named
Second LSI Symposium: “Genetic Insights into Biology and Disease”
September – LSI building complete, move-in begins

2004

April-- Perrigo Co Perrigo Summer Fellows Program announced
May – Grand opening celebration and third LSI Symposium
Two centers announced: Center for Chemical Genomics and Center for Structural Biology
June -- LSI faculty at 13

2005

April – LSI faculty at 17
May—Fourth annual LSI Symposium
September --Center for Stem Cell Biology announced

2006

September – LSI faculty at 25