On May 20 and 21, 2024, the LSI will host a special two-day Saltiel Life Sciences Symposium highlighting the impactful science and scientists that have emerged from the LSI’s first 20 years.

View more details: https://www.lsi.umich.edu/events/2024-05/saltiel-life-sciences-symposium-2024-celebrating-20-years-impact

Schedule

Day 1: Monday, May 20, 2024
9:00 a.m. | Welcome

9:15 a.m. | Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture:
Genetics of hemostasis — From bedside to bench and back again
David Ginsburg, M.D., U-M Life Sciences Institute

10:10 a.m | Session 1: Biological mechanisms at the finest scale — Insights from structural biology

11:55 a.m. | Break

12:10 p.m. | LSI Alumni Talks — Structural Biology

12:45 p.m. | Lunch and Poster Session

2:15 p.m.| Session 2: Exploring the building blocks of life — Cell and developmental biology

3:40 p.m. | Break

3:55 p.m. | The LSI at 20: Origin and Evolution of the Life Sciences Institute

5:00 p.m. | Day concludes


Day 2: May 21, 2024
9:00 a.m. | Welcome

9:10 a.m. | Session 3: From cells to systems — The physiology of health and disease

10:35 a.m. | Break

10:45 a.m. | LSI Alumni Talks — Physiology

11:35 a.m. | Lunch Break

12:30 p.m. | Session 4: Untangling the complexity of the nervous system — New frontiers in neuroscience

1:55 p.m.| Break

2:05 p.m. | Session 5: Catalyzing discovery — Innovation at the intersection of chemistry and biology

3:30 p.m. | Break

3:40 p.m. | Session 6: Computation & Artificial Intelligence in Life Sciences

5:00 p.m.| Closing Remarks