Goals and History of the Center

Goals:

  1. Enhance information exchange among basic, translational, and applied researchers,
  2. increase interdisciplinary research in cell plasticity and organ design,
  3. assist emerging investigators to establish externally funded research programs,
  4. train doctoral students and postdocs in interdisciplinary research in the field of organogenesis,
  5. 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.