Past Events
Structural Enzymology: A Symposium Honoring Dr. Rowena E. Matthews
18-19 May 2007
Presented by the University of Michigan Department of Biological Chemistry, Biophysics Research Division, and the Life Sciences Institute
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Sixth Annual Life Sciences Institute Symposium
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
"Frontiers in Stem Cell Biology"
Featuring the Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecturer Stuart H. Orkin, M. D.
David G. Nathan Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Chair, Department of Pediatric Oncology
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Biomedical Sciences Reasearch Building Auditorium
University of Michigan
Co-hosted by the U-M Center for Stem Cell Biology
The Seduction of Scale
The University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute Library
April 2-30, 2007
Open 8:30-5 daily
A group exhibition of artists engaging nature in a micro/macro world featuring the work of Jan-Henrik Andersen, Beverly Fishman, David Mann, Patricia Olynyk, Brad Smith.
Fifth Annual LSI Symposium - May 11, 2006
Molecular Insights into Metabolic Disease
The symposium featured the Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture by Dr. Bruce Spiegelman, Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, on the topic, "Transcriptional Control of Systemic Energy Homeostasis." Leading scientists addressed their research in endocrinology and diabetes research, and the symposium featured an introduction by LSI Director and renowned diabetes expert Alan Saltiel.
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Sensing Terrains - Date TBA, LSI Lobby
Spring, 2006 - An artistic exploration of the natural world, with works by Patricia Olynyk, LSI Research Associate Professor and Associate Professor at the UM School of Art & Design. Olynyk's works were recently on exhibition at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC...
Fourth Annual LSI Symposium - May 12, 2005
Cancer Insights: Molecules to Medicine
The symposium featured the Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture by Dr. Charles Sherr, co-chair of the Department of Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, on the topic, "Oncogene Surveillance by Ink4a-Arf." There were also many other prominent scientists discussing breakthrough research in oncology.
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Positive Exposure: Spirit of Difference Exhibit - March 28-April 25, 2005
Over the past six years, fashion photographer Rick Guidotti and Diane McLean, MD, PhD, MPH, have photographed and videotaped interviews of hundreds of individuals living with genetic conditions with a central focus on albinism in the United States including American Indian communities, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Canada, Mali, Cameroon, South Africa, French Polynesia, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Panama, the United Kingdom and France. Their work was featured in this month-long art exhibit, to create a window into the lives of people living with genetic conditions.
Depression on College Campuses: Third Annual Symposium - March 22-23, 2005
Fighting Stigma with Knowledge and Understanding
This national conference, co-sponsored by the Medical School and the Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies, presented expert speakers from around the world, who discussed the prevalent issue of depression at university settings, along with workshops and panel discussions.
Manya: A Living History of Madame Curie - March 8, 2005
This one-woman play chronicled the life of Marie Curie, the discoverer of radium and radioactivity, the first woman to receive a doctorate in the sciences in Europe, the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize, the first person to receive a second Nobel Prize, and the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne in its 600 year history.
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The 2005 Jerome B. Weisner Symposium - Feb. 14, 2005
A distinguished panel of scientists and policy officials discussed the important topic, Academic Freedom and National Security: Biological Research in the Post 9/11 Era.
Performance by Australian Artist Stelarc - Dec. 9, 2004
The cutting edge artist Stelarc performed Augmented and Avatar Bodies: Muscle Machine, Prosthetic Head and 1/4 Scale Ear.
Grand Opening Celebrations - May 12-14, 2004
The distinguished Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson, who was named one of Time magazine's 25 most influential people of the 20th century, delivered the keynote address at the Grand Opening Convocation of the Life Sciences Institute, outlining his vision of "Unified Biology and the Future of Life."
The grand opening celebrations also included a student art exhibit on "Life After Sex: Imagining the Genomic Era," as well as an orchestral concert, featuring the Life Sciences Orchestra and hosted by LSI Director Alan Saltiel.
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Pictures From The Grand Opening
Third Annual LSI Symposium - May 13, 2004
Exploring the Complexity of Life
The symposium featured the Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture by 2003 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Peter Agre of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, titled, "Aquaporin water channels--From atomic structures to clinical medicine."
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Second Annual LSI Symposium - May 13, 2003
Genetic Insights into Biology and Disease
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First Annual LSI Symposium - May 9, 2002
The Structural Biology of Cell Signaling
Speaker Roderick MacKinnon, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator at Rockefeller University, shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the structure and function of ion channels in the cell membrane.
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