Featured Scientists

Michael Cianfrocco, Ph.D.

Michael Cianfrocco's lab at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute investigates the molecular details that determine how, where, and when motor proteins transport intracellular cargo to better understand their role in human health and disease.

Cianfrocco lab

Melanie Ohi, Ph.D.

Melanie Ohi's lab at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute uses single particle cryo-electron microscopy — in combination with biophysical, biochemical, and genetic approaches — to structurally and functionally characterize molecular machines that affect human health.

M. Ohi lab

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Video: What's cryo-EM and how is it revolutionizing biology?

December 7, 2017

On Sunday, Dec. 10, three scientists from Europe and the US will receive the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work developing cryo-electron microscopy. The University of Michigan has one of the top cryo-EM labs in the country — learn more about how this technology is revolutionizing biology and how U-M is using it to study things like neurodegenerative diseases and bacterial infections.