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Carol Davis received the 2023 EBS Research Staff Award in Physiology
Congratulations to Carol Davis from Molecular & Integrative Physiology for receiving the 2023 EBS Research Staff Award in Physiology. Carol is an expert muscle physiologist providing muscle testing to the Brooks lab and the musculoskeletal community through the Michigan Integrative Musculoskeletal Health Core Center (MiMHC).

Tony DeFazio received the 2023 EBS Teaching Award in Physiology
Congratulations to Tony DeFazio for receiving the 2023 EBS Teaching Award in Physiology. Tony redesigned our Cell Physiology course to make electrophysiology more engaging for our graduate students.

Daniel E. Michele, Ph.D., Appointed Chair of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
The board of regents approved the appointment of Daniel E. Michele, Ph.D., as chair of the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and the John A. Jacquez Collegiate Professor of Physiology, both effective July 1. He had served as interim chair since September 2021.
During his tenure as interim chair, Michele has been a

2023 Bishr Omary Physiology Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Investigator Symposium
Congrats to all of our award winners at the Bishr Omary Physiology Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Investigator Symposium. Megan Radyk, PhD - 2023 Physiology Postdoctoral Fellow Teaching/Service Award. Huilin Wang, PhD - 2023 Physiology Early-Stage Postdoctoral Research Award. Zeribe Nwosu, PhD - 2023 Physiology Senior Postdoctoral Research

Congratulations to Bill Rainey!
William Rainey received the Endocrine Society Outstanding Mentor Award for his dedication “to teaching and transformational influence on their scientific thinking.” Please join us in congratulating him on this outstanding achievement!

New Research from the Mortensen Lab

Another Award!

Sue Moenter and Christy Carter-Su give APS distinguished award lectures at the 2022 Experimental Biology Meeting
Two MIP faculty will present the American Physiological Society’s (APS) most distinguished award lectures at the APS annual meeting at Experimental Biology (EB) 2022. The meeting will be held in Philadelphia April 2–5. This year’s exceptional honorees will present their lectures throughout the EB meeting, culminating with the APS Nobel Prize

Carter-Su Team Highlighted in Journal of Cell Science
The Carter-Su Lab unravel the effect of SH2B1 isoforms on neuronal morphogenesis; read more in the Journal of Cell Science Research highlight: http://ow.ly/

Dr. Christian Burgess named Director of U-M Neuroscience Innovators
Effective January 18, 2022, Christian Burgess, Ph.D., assumes the Director of the U-M Neuroscience Innovators, formerly the Kavli Neuroscience Innovators. The Kavil Group is a forum initiated by early-career scientists to foster collaborative and innovative research across U-M’s neuroscience

Congratulations to Dr. Ling Qi
Congratulations to Dr. Ling Qi for being named a 2021 AAAS Fellow for distinguished contributions to the field of medicine and new insights into the importance of ER-associated protein degradation in disease pathogenesis.

Michigan Postdoctoral Pioneer Program is Accepting Applications

Recruiting an Assistant Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology



