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We exist to accelerate scientific possibilities.

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With a culture of academic freedom and research excellence, the Life Sciences Institute brings together some of the most respected research programs in the world to unleash maximal impact on the advancement of human health and well-being.

We’re on the precipice of remarkable things. And we’d love for you to join our world-changing mission.

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Strategic Priorities

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We know that the solutions to today’s biggest biological challenges can be found only when inquisitive minds are given the flexibility and opportunity to follow the science.

With your support, we will continue to provide our students, faculty and staff with the cutting-edge tools, next-generation training and creative flexibility to catalyze new discoveries and propel scientific progress across the life sciences.

Together we can:

  • Establish endowed professorships to recruit and retain the exceptional scientists who can unleash novel advances and profound human impact.
  • Provide discovery funds that enable early-stage projects to realize their full potential.
  • Promote collaborative sabbatical experiences within the LSI that expand our discovery potential beyond the U-M campus.
  • Ensure that more aspiring high school scientists from Michigan communities have access to experiences and resources that will enable them to pursue postsecondary STEM education and careers.
  • Invest in the education and professional development of the graduate students driving innovation and discovery in LSI labs.
  • Recruit top-level postdoctoral researchers to the University of Michigan through the Michigan Pioneer Fellows program.
  • Enhance computational and AI-based technologies in our Center for Structural Biology and Center for Chemical Genomics.
  • Augment our cores with RNA therapeutics capabilities for discoveries to treat and prevent human diseases, including those that are “undruggable” with traditional methods.
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Our Mission

The Life Sciences Institute explores biological processes, structures and functions at the finest scale to create impact on a global scale.

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Our Science

The LSI is a place of discovery. We cultivate a culture of academic freedom, research excellence and cross-disciplinary collaboration to generate real-world impact.

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Our Training Programs

Our educational programs create a pipeline to the future, providing hands-on, immersive research experiences for future scientist leaders from the high school through postdoctoral levels.

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