Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for University of Michigan–ann Arbor Department of Biological Chemistry is a 36-PI network with 25 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (49% of slots across 33 PIs; 33 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (36% of slots across 30 PIs; 30 labels), and Protein Structure and Dynamics as the leading topic (6% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Zhan Chen (27.5 weighted works; Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques); Ruma Banerjee (22.7 weighted works; Sulfur Compounds in Biology, Folate and B Vitamins Research). The strongest pairings are Ruma Banerjee and Ömer Kabil (6 shared works, weight 3.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 16.9, around Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Biochemistry, led by Zhan Chen, Ruma Banerjee, E. Neil G. Marsh.