Researchpalooza

Date:
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Time:
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location:

1150 West Medical Center Drive
(Driveway on the north side of the MSRBs)

people at Researchpalooza event outdoors

About This Event


Researchpalooza is the perfect opportunity for colleagues and friends to have a great time and meet, mingle, and learn more about many of the organizations that offer their stellar services to faculty, students, and staff, all at one convenient time and location.

Researchpalooza takes place in the driveway north of the MSRB buildings


EXHIBITING ORGANIZATIONS

Adult Hospitals Patient Education
Advanced Research Computing
Animal Care & Use Program
Biointerfaces Institute
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Research Core Facilities
BioNMR
Biosafety & Controlled Substances
Calendar Review & Analysis Office
Caswell Diabetes Institute
Center for Clinical Outcomes Development & Application (CODA)
Center for History, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences & Ethics in Medicine
Center for Molecular Imaging & Preclinical Molecular Imaging
Central Biorepository
Central Ligand Assay Satellite Services Lab
Clinical Trials Management Systems
Clinical Trials Support Office
College of Engineering - Research Development
Consulting for Statistics, Computing & Analysis Research 
Data Office
Deep Blue Repository & Research Data Services
Department of Communication
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Environment, Health & Safety
Fast Forward Medical Innovation
Frankel Cardiovascular Center Research
Grant Services & Analysis
Health Econometrics Action Lab
Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program
HITS
Human Organoid Core
Human Stem Cell & Gene Editing Core
ICPSR Summer Program
Injury Prevention Center
Institute for Social Research
IRBMED
Kratz Lab
Life Sciences Institute Cores
Lurie Nanofabrication Facility
Medical School Office of Resarch
MI-CARES
Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center
Michigan Creative
Michigan Diabetes Research Center Chemistry Laboratory
Michigan IND/IDE Investigator Assistance Program
Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research
Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering
Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society
Michigan Medicine Community Health Services
Michigan Medicine Health Advancement
Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Michigan Perioperative Pain Research
Michigan Space Institute 
Michigan Technology Community
Microbiome Core
Mixed Methods Program
Office of Counseling & Workplace Resilience
Office of Regulatory Affairs
Office of Research & Sponsored Projects
Office of Research Compliance Review
Office of the Staff Ombuds
Office of the Vice President for Research
Planet Blue
Procurement Services
Radiology 3D Imaging Lab
Research Pharmacy
Research Store
Rogel Cancer Center
School of Dentistry Cores
Single Molecule Analysis In Real-Time (SMART) Center
Strategies to Innovate Emergency Care Clinical Trials Network
SuperAging Research Initiative
Survey Research Center & Operations
Taubman Health Sciences Library
Taubman Institute
Taubman Nanobody Initiative
Transplant Clinical Research Office
Women's Health & Reproductive Disparities Collaborative

Is your organization interested in exhibiting at Researchpalooza? CLICK HERE to sign up for a table. 

Questions? Contact Ann Curtis at [email protected].

Upcoming Events

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9 17 2026 2:00 pm 9 17 2026 - 3:00 pm

The Funding Forum

Join the Grant Services and Analysis Research Development (RD) team on Zoom every third Thursday at 2:00 pm for the Funding Forum – a 60-minute session designed to help UMMS faculty gain an advantage in grant seeking and proposal development.
Event runs May 21, 2026 - December 17, 2026
A person sits at a laptop at BSRB.
9 22 2026 10:00 am 9 22 2026 - 11:00 am

Best Practices for Preparing Large Team Grant Proposals

The Large Team Grant Core hosts a virtual seminar addressing best practices for submitting complex, interdisciplinary grant proposals.
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10 8 2026 2:00 pm 10 8 2026 - 4:00 pm

Central Biorepository Open House

Get an inside look at a state-of-the-art facility at Michigan Medicine that helps researchers access, collect, manage, process, protect, and share human biospecimens. Join the Central Biorepository (CBR) for an upcoming Open House and tour our molecular and biorepository facilities, where we process and safely store more than 900,000 biospecimens.
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10 12 2026 8:00 am 10 12 2026 - 6:00 pm

Dean's Lecture Symposium

The Dean's Lecture Symposium will offer a day of panel sessions, a poster session, and keynote speaker Sean Morrison from UT-Southwestern.
stem cells
10 13 2026 10:00 am 10 13 2026 - 3:00 pm

10x Genomics Office Hours

Get your questions answered, troubleshoot challenges, or walk through your experimental design to find the platform that best fits your research needs with 10x Genomics and the BRCF Advanced Genomics Core.
Event runs September 08, 2026 - December 08, 2026
The U-M North Campus Research Complex
10 13 2026 12:00 pm 10 13 2026 - 1:00 pm

Quality Control + Genotyping: A necessary step in model validation

Join the BRCF Transgenic Animal Model Core for a complimentary lunch while you learn how to make your own model.
A cell being engineered
10 15 2026 2:00 pm 10 15 2026 - 3:00 pm

The Funding Forum

Join the Grant Services and Analysis Research Development (RD) team on Zoom every third Thursday at 2:00 pm for the Funding Forum – a 60-minute session designed to help UMMS faculty gain an advantage in grant seeking and proposal development.
Event runs May 21, 2026 - December 17, 2026
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10 22 2026 8:00 am 10 22 2026 - 5:00 pm

Write Winning NIH R01 Grant Proposals

This full-day workshop is an annual event for R01 Boot Camp participants, and will be open again this year to U-M faculty members, postdoctoral researchers and administrative staff interested in gaining a competitive edge in grantsmanship.
Faculty and Dr. Robertson in the auditorium at Palmer Commons
11 10 2026 10:00 am 11 10 2026 - 3:00 pm

10x Genomics Office Hours

Get your questions answered, troubleshoot challenges, or walk through your experimental design to find the platform that best fits your research needs with 10x Genomics and the BRCF Advanced Genomics Core.
Event runs September 08, 2026 - December 08, 2026
The U-M North Campus Research Complex
11 10 2026 12:00 pm 11 10 2026 - 1:00 pm

Cryopreservation and Assisted Reproduction: Cost-effective methods for model management & sharing

Join the BRCF Transgenic Animal Model Core for a complimentary lunch while you learn how to make your own model.
A cell being engineered
11 17 2026 1:00 pm 11 17 2026 - 2:00 pm

Writing a Compelling & Competitive Proposal

Hosted by the Grant Services & Analysis Office, this virtual workshop will cover how to effectively convey impact, feasibility, and significance in a research proposal.
a woman brainstorming at a whiteboard
11 19 2026 2:00 pm 11 19 2026 - 3:00 pm

The Funding Forum

Join the Grant Services and Analysis Research Development (RD) team on Zoom every third Thursday at 2:00 pm for the Funding Forum – a 60-minute session designed to help UMMS faculty gain an advantage in grant seeking and proposal development.
Event runs May 21, 2026 - December 17, 2026
A person sits at a laptop at BSRB.
12 8 2026 10:00 am 12 8 2026 - 3:00 pm

10x Genomics Office Hours

Get your questions answered, troubleshoot challenges, or walk through your experimental design to find the platform that best fits your research needs with 10x Genomics and the BRCF Advanced Genomics Core.
Event runs September 08, 2026 - December 08, 2026
The U-M North Campus Research Complex
12 8 2026 12:00 pm 12 8 2026 - 1:00 pm

Trust but Verify: Further validating your model is what you think it is

Join the BRCF Transgenic Animal Model Core for a complimentary lunch while you learn how to make your own model.
A cell being engineered
12 17 2026 2:00 pm 12 17 2026 - 3:00 pm

The Funding Forum

Join the Grant Services and Analysis Research Development (RD) team on Zoom every third Thursday at 2:00 pm for the Funding Forum – a 60-minute session designed to help UMMS faculty gain an advantage in grant seeking and proposal development.
Event runs May 21, 2026 - December 17, 2026
A person sits at a laptop at BSRB.
9 11 2026 9 11 2026

2026 OBGYN/RSP Research Day

Join us for a day dedicated to sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration, and inspiring future research.
9 11 2026 12:00 pm 9 11 2026 - 5:00 pm

Urology Faculty/APP Retreat

Annual department retreat for Urology faculty and APPs
9 11 2026 12:00 pm 9 11 2026 - 1:00 pm

CPC Conference

The conference demonstrates the relationship between clinical presentation and underlying disease pathology to discuss alternative hypotheses and etiologies that may explain the clinical presentation, and utilizes the distinct data elements presented during the session to inform future diagnostic procedures as they relate to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
9 11 2026 12:00 pm 9 11 2026 - 1:00 pm

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Dr. Alison Moore, professor and chief of the Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Care at UC San Diego Health, presents "Substance Use in Diverse Populations with a Focus on Older Adults, Alcohol, and Cannabis."
9 11 2026 1:00 pm 9 11 2026 - 2:00 pm

Anesthesiology Residency Virtual Meet & Greet

Learn more about our program, the application and selection process, and more
9 11 2026 1:15 pm 9 11 2026 - 2:30 pm

"Meet the Pharmacology Faculty and Labs" Poster Session

"Meet the Pharmacology Faculty and Labs" Poster Session
9 14 2026 10:00 am 9 14 2026 - 11:30 am

Catching Your Breath

Catching Your Breath is a monthly well-being and mindfulness program for family caregivers of adults living with dementia.
Event runs January 12, 2026 - December 14, 2026
Water Lily Flowering on a pond
9 14 2026 11:00 am 9 14 2026 - 12:00 pm

Human Genetics Research Seminar Series: Yang Shi, PhD

Part of the Human Genetics Research Seminar Series
9 14 2026 12:00 pm 9 14 2026 - 1:00 pm

Caswell Diabetes Institute Seminar Series

The CDI Seminar Series seeks to address the broad interests in diabetes-, obesity-, metabolism-, nutrition-, and complications-related research and care across UM and the world.
9 14 2026 12:00 pm 9 14 2026 - 1:00 pm

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science - Morgan Salmon, PhD, MBA

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science is a weekly seminar series that showcases advances in cardiovascular research and fosters collaboration among clinicians, scientists, trainees, and staff. Seminars feature a 40-45 minute presentation followed by a Q&A session, with topics chosen to appeal to a broad cardiovascular research audience.
Morgan Salmon, PhD, MBA
9 14 2026 12:00 pm 9 14 2026 - 1:00 pm

Neuroendocrine Control of Metabolism Research Club

In partnership with the MCDTR, the MDRC, the MNORC, and the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, the Caswell Diabetes Institute organizes five research clubs to facilitate interactions amongst investigators, trainees, and staff with shared research interests. The research club meetings occur monthly from September to May in a hybrid format.
9 14 2026 8:00 pm 9 14 2026 - 9:00 pm

Urology Residency Virtual Open House

Informational session offering medical students the opportunity to learn what our program is about, ask questions and gain insight into what days are like for urology residents
9 15 2026 12:00 pm 9 15 2026 - 1:00 pm

M-BoCA Virtual Seminar Series - Rong Tian, MD, PhD

Please join us for the next M-BoCA Seminar Tuesday, September 15th from 12:00pm-1:00pm Rong Tian, MD, PhD, presenting “Mitochondria and Cardiac Remodeling in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction". Please see the full Zoom invitation below.
Rong Lian, MD, PhD
9 15 2026 1:00 pm 9 15 2026 - 2:00 pm

Virtual Mitten Minds Support Group

The Mitten Minds Support Group is a monthly support group for individuals with mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia.
Event runs January 20, 2026 - December 15, 2026
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9 15 2026 3:00 pm 9 15 2026 - 4:00 pm

CCMB Tuesday Popup: Biomedical Gen AI Learning Community

A student-led space to explore the latest GenAI tools, share AI-augmented research workflows, and think critically about how we stay "human" in an increasingly automated world. Open to anyone in the bioinformatics and biomedical community.
9 16 2026 12:00 pm 9 16 2026 - 1:00 pm

Wednesday Seminars by Trainees Series (WeST)

Part of the Wednesday Seminars by Trainees Series (WeST)
Event runs September 02, 2026 - April 28, 2027