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Center for RNA Biomedicine Researchers Collaborate on $3 Million Grant to Treat Rare Forms of Cystic Fibrosis
Three U-M researchers and collaborators have received a $3 million Collaborative Research Grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to develop RNA therapeutics to combat cystic fibrosis.
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University of Michigan’s Biosafety Level 3 Facilities: Essential for Advanced Infectious Disease Research
At the University of Michigan, the Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Animal Biosafety Level 3 (ABSL-3) facilities are integral to infectious disease research, offering a secure setting for examining serious pathogens. With support from the Biosciences Initiative (BSI), these labs are tailored for research on high-risk agents, playing a pivotal role in advancing our understanding…
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Five Mid-Career Researchers Receive Biosciences Initiative Award
The University of Michigan’s Biosciences Initiative selected five accomplished scientists as the 2024 recipients of the Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award. Learn about these exceptional, field-leading experts and their groundbreaking work.
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2023 U-M Ideas Lab: Biological Systems on the Edge
Inspired by the National Science Foundation’s Ideas Lab model, the U-M Biosciences Initiative’s (BSI) Ideas Labs are dedicated to the pursuit of groundbreaking ideas that address challenges in the biosciences. They emphasize the discovery of key opportunities and the creation of interdisciplinary teams to tackle these complex issues. The Ideas Lab represents a high-risk, high-reward…
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- New BSI award recognizes mid-career excellence (6/17/21) (June 17, 2021) - The MBioFAR program aims to recognize and provide the most meritorious mid-career faculty with additional discretionary resources to facilitate innovative and higher-risk research that might not otherwise be supported by conventional granting agencies.
- Newsletter: Fall 2020 (September 15, 2020) - BSI releases its fourth newsletter edition, which includes updates on the Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Research, our Scientific Research Initiative and Core Lab Funding Program grantees, 2020 biosciences activities, our BSSP and MLSF partners, and more. Stay up to date on BSI activities and subscribe at the bottom of this News page.
- BSI Community Letter: COVID-19 (4/29/20) (April 29, 2020) - During this challenging time, BSI is committed to doing our part to help in the fight against the pandemic. This message includes the latest updates from BSI and guidance for operations of all BSI programs.
- Final round of SRI and Exploratory funding RFA (3/16/20) (March 16, 2020) - BSI has issued its third and final request for applications of scientific research initiatives and exploratory funding. With this RFA, BSI seeks high-impact projects from U-M faculty as they aim to solve critical problems in the biosciences.
- BSI awards $20M for high-impact research (12/9/19) (December 9, 2019) - A plan to develop three-dimensional tissue transcriptomics, a proposal to engineer programmable biomaterials, and a center for advanced research in brain cancer are among the latest projects funded by U-M’s Biosciences Initiative. Three large projects and a fourth smaller one, totaling more than $20 million, will be funded this fiscal year.
- Expert Stephanie Moon joins U-M as BSI Faculty Hire (11/19/19) (November 19, 2019) - RNA Biomedicine scientific research initiative brings expert Stephanie Moon, Ph.D., onboard as their first BSI faculty hire. Moon joins U-M as an assistant professor for Michigan Medicine’s Human Genetics, and is a faculty scholar of the Center for RNA Biomedicine, and will start in 2020.
- BSI awards $5.1M to enhance research cores (10/23/19) (November 11, 2019) - Scientific equipment used across the breadth of biology at U-M is getting a $5.1 million boost. The four newly awarded research cores are using their BSI funds toward instruments that aid in understanding complex research challenges. Enhanced equipment includes: Mass Spectrometers, Light Sheet Microscope, Acoustic Liquid Handler, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Instrumentation.
- Ideas Lab Workshop on Predicting Human Performance (10/30/19) (October 31, 2019) - With new technologies like wearables, we are closer than ever to understanding and predicting human performance. BSI invited 25 experts in diverse fields from across U-M to collaborate in the 2019 Predicting Human Performance Ideas Lab, giving them the chance to receive a portion of the $3 million in funding toward research in this field.
- U-M Welcomes Inaugural BSI Faculty Hire (6/17/19) (June 17, 2019) - Joining the Natural Products Drug Discovery scientific research initiative, Roland Kersten, Ph.D., is the first official faculty hire for the BSI program. Kersten also comes to U-M as a Biological Sciences Scholar and assistant professor for Pharmacy’s Medicinal Chemistry Department.
- 2019 RFA: Six Applications Invited to Advance to Full Proposal (5/31/19) (June 4, 2019) - In April, BSI received letters of intent for the 2019 RFA Scientific Research Initiative projects. The BICC reviewed all letters of intent and invited the top six scientific research initiative projects to advance and submit a full proposal by Aug. 30. Awards will be announced in December.
