Kara Headley, Communications Specialist for the Departments of Cell and Developmental Biology, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, and Microbiology & Immunology. Kara graduated with her Masters in Strategic Communication from MSU in 2025, and her bachelors in Professional Writing from MSU in 2020.

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Health Lab

Studying neurons using neurons

Labs at the University of Michigan Medical School are exploring a new technology that leverages the biological capabilities of human neurons for artificial intelligence.

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Health Lab

Your gut is home to an entire ecosystem, and scientists are finding new residents

There is an entire ecosystem living in your gut, and researchers want to identify each microorganism that makes up this community. University of Michigan researchers recently found–and named– a previously unknown resident.