4 5 ▁million , ▁while ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Engineering ▁was ▁second ▁at ▁more ▁than ▁$ 1 6 0 ▁million . ▁U - M ▁also ▁has ▁a ▁technology ▁transfer ▁office , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁university ▁condu it ▁between ▁labor atory ▁research ▁and ▁corpor ate ▁commercial ization ▁interests . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁university ▁signed ▁an ▁agreement ▁to ▁purchase ▁a ▁facility ▁formerly ▁owned ▁by ▁Pf izer . ▁The ▁ac quisition ▁includes ▁over ▁ ▁of ▁property , ▁and ▁ 3 0 ▁major ▁buildings ▁compr ising ▁roughly ▁ ▁of ▁wet ▁labor atory ▁space , ▁and ▁ ▁of ▁administrative ▁space . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁agreement , ▁the ▁university ' s ▁intent ions ▁for ▁the ▁space ▁were ▁not ▁set , ▁but ▁the ▁expectation ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁space ▁would ▁allow ▁the ▁university ▁to ▁r amp ▁up ▁its ▁research ▁and ▁ultimately ▁employ ▁in ▁excess ▁of ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁people . ▁ ▁The ▁university ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁major ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁the ▁medical ▁field ▁with ▁the ▁E K G , ▁g ast ros cope , ▁and ▁the ▁announ cement ▁of ▁Jon as ▁S alk ' s ▁pol io ▁v acc ine . ▁The ▁university ' s ▁ ▁bi ological ▁station ▁in ▁the ▁Northern ▁Lower ▁Pen ins ula ▁of ▁Michigan ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁only ▁ 4 7 ▁B ios phere ▁Res erves ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 6 0 s ▁U - M ▁research ers ▁worked ▁with ▁IBM ▁to ▁develop ▁a ▁new ▁virtual ▁memory ▁architect