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Research Projects at Michigan Universities (Partial list)

Biotechnology


  • Computer aided drug discovery
  • Novel antibiotics
  • Biosensors to monitor drugs
  • Cell membrane studies
  • Cell and molecular and structural biology
  • Genetic engineering for toxic substance treatment
  • Fertility and Contraception - molecular endocrinology
  • Molecular approaches to tissue damage and repair
  • Applied bioelectrochemistry
  • Simple chemical compounds, powerful anti tumor drugs
  • Novel gene with potential application in leukemia therapeutics and diagnostics
  • Novel D3 receptor compounds - potential therapeutics for Parkinson's and other CNS disorders
  • Prostate carcinoma cell lines for establishing an experimental metastatic prostate tumor model
  • Highly effective ocyte/embryo cryopreservation medium
  • Cell lines for establishing an experimental bone metastatic prostate tumor model
  • Gene sequencing software
  • Drug discovery and development
  • Molecular oncology and genetics
  • Functional genomics and genetic engineering of tree growth, defense and wood properties
  • Comparative genomics of cereal crops
  • Biogenesis and biochemistry of extracellular matrix polymers
  • Computational disease mapping
  • Population genetics
  • Mechanotransduction and osteoporosis
  • Injury biomechanics
  • Crash safety using bioengineering
  • Orthopaedic biomechanics
  • Diagnosing articular joint pathologies via non-invasive, acoustical methods
  • Automotive child seat safety using bioengineering
  • Biomechanics of musculoskeletal function and dysfunction
  • The use of geraniol synthase to produce geraniol
  • Continuous multicomponent focusing in a magnetically stabilized fluidized bed
  • Pluripotent mouse embryonic stem cell line
  • Small RNA molecules for the inhibition of gene expression in cells
  • FluMist vaccine - invented in Michigan
  • Proteome research
  • Endoproteases -subtilisinline proprotein convertases (SPCs) in infectious diseases
  • Development of an integrated microsystem for early breast cancer detection
  • Molecular mechanisms underlying the age-related macular degeneration
  • Monoclonal antibody technology core (MATC)
  • Development of a model system for toxicological studies and drug screening using embryonic stem cell




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