The Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences is a true multidisciplinary team of chemists, physicists, engineers, toxicologists, physicians, biologists, pharmacists, and (bio)informatics specialists collaborating on nanoscience in biology and medicine. The interaction among these groups should accelerate discovery in Nanomedicine. The Institute currently involves approximately 60 faculty, in a "no-walls" model using facilities in the Engineering, Medical and LS&A schools.

The long-term goals of this Institute are to advance science and to commercialize our discoveries, to enhance competitiveness for externally funded grants and contracts, to further establish and build our Rackham Certificate program in Nanobiology, and to design and offer an undergraduate overview Nanotechnology course taught by multiple faculty members.