U-M Expands Stem Cell Research Efforts

The University of Michigan will significantly expand its efforts in stem cell science with a new interdisciplinary center for stem cell research, to be based at the Life Sciences Institute.

The center for stem cell biology was established with $10.5 million in funding provided by the Medical School, the Life Sciences Institute and the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute. Under the leadership of Sean Morrison, Ph.D., associate professor of internal medicine and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, the center will emphasize using stem cell science to answer the most pressing questions of fundamental human biology, such as how specific tissues in the body are formed and how cells communicate with one another.