- Enhance information exchange among basic, translational, and applied researchers,
- increase interdisciplinary research in cell plasticity and organ design,
- assist emerging investigators to establish externally funded research programs,
- train doctoral students and postdocs in interdisciplinary research in the field of organogenesis,
- promote the dissemination of new technologies for cell and organ manipulation and imaging.
The Center was established through a grant from the Presidential Initiatives Fund (Office of the President, University of Michigan) and through generous additional support from the Office of the Dean, Medical School.