Research Labs & Centers
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Division of Computing
Secure Modeling and Intelligent Learning in Engineering Systems Lab
A forward-thinking interdisciplinary group of faculty and student researchers embracing outside-the-box thinking to develop cutting-edge AI-based solutions to some of the most pressing problems of our time. The translational research put forth by the SMILES team has an impact that extends beyond our community with marketable solutions in cybersecurity and healthcare that will benefit us all.
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Pervasive Personalized Intelligence Center
A partnership between the University of Colorado Boulder, Oregon State University and the University of Michigan-Flint. This industry-focused research center operates under the supervision of the US National Science Foundation using the Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers model. The PPI Center supports the aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, national labs, and high-tech sectors looking to build intelligence platforms that predict, automate, detect and diagnose, pushing intelligence to the edge of the network, where latency is critical and mobility, privacy and context awareness are essential.
Division of Engineering & Technology
Computational Medicine and Biomechanics Lab
Focuses on using computational methods, experimentation and engineering science as platforms to study cardiac disease as well as proposing rational therapeutics for virtual patients. Our long-term vision is to develop non-invasive diagnostic tools and in silico systems to better advance clinical investigations. Current research projects include arterial blood flow, cardiac mechanics, bioinspired microtechnology and innovative medical devices.
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Division of Math & Natural Sciences
Chen Lab
Studies how cancer spreads and how environmental exposures like microplastics affect human health, using cutting-edge 3D cell culture models that closely mimic real tissues.
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Dawson Lab
Focuses on fisheries management and improving native fish populations in Michigan and the surrounding Great Lakes.
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Duncan Lab
Focuses on studying ways to improve musculoskeletal health in aging populations.
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Hollis-Etter Lab
Studies the disease ecology of wildlife populations, especially zoonotic diseases.
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McLaughlin Lab
Characterizes transcriptional regulatory networks in bacteria and phage and discovers novel phage.
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Miller Lab
Focuses on discovering biosynthetic pathways toward various natural products, with the larger goal of enabling their production through biomanufacturing.
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Theoretical Ecology Lab
Aims to build theoretical foundations to address empirically relevant problems in ecology. The lab currently focuses on the effect of plant-soil interactions on plant coexistence.
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Starking Lab
Investigates how wildlife and their habitat respond to management, climate change, and land-use patterns to solve on-the-ground conservation issues.
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Sucic Lab
Studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms that initiate invasive behavior in triple-negative breast cancer.
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Tang Lab
Evaluates the phylogenetic relationships between fishes.
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Tonietto Lab
Studies native bees and the plant communities that support them in cities and restored lands of the Midwest.
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