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DARPAConnect Regional Pop-Up Event

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025Time: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CTLocation: McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and onlineRegisterThis full-day event offers industry, academ

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2025 Research Ethics Day Conference

This virtual conference is sponsored by the Research and Innovation Office; the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment, and the Life Sciences; the Masonic Cancer Center; and the Clinical

UMN Policy Bootcamp

A grassroots UMN Policy Boot Camp begins on January 9. Led by Faith Goenner, Crystal King, and Rachel Schreiner, each week will have either an experienced policy user and/or the policy owner go deeper

January 2025 Maintenance

 Maintenance

On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems. During this month’s scheduled maintenance period, primary storage and Agate will be una

2025 Research Computing Exhibition

Join us for the 2025 Research Computing Exhibition on Thursday, April 24, 2025 in Walter Library.Date, time, location:Thursday, April 24, 20254th and 5th floors, Walter LibrarySchedule:The schedule is

Perennial Flax as a Pollinator Food Source

 Agriculture Ecology & Environment Research

Research into perennial flax by MSI PI Neil Anderson (professor, Horticultural Science; director of the U of M’s Herbaceous Ornamental Breeding Program) is featured on the website of the College of Fo

GEMS Learning - Agri-Food Digital and Data Science Training

GEMS Learning currently provides modular, non-credit digital and data science training for working professionals and students interested in hands-on food, agriculture, and natural resource application

Research at MSI

Genetics of Human Milk Production

Breast feeding is widely accepted as the best way for infants to get the nutrition they need to grow and develop. Many factors contribute to the content of a mother’s milk. In the MILK (Mothers and In

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Improving Cassava Breeding

Cassava is an important food crop worldwide that can also be used for animal feed and as a source of starch for multiple uses. Researchers are working to develop new varieties of cassava that will be

Atmospheric Chemicals and Their Reactions

The presence and reactions of atmospheric chemicals affect conditions at the ground level. MSI PI Dylan Millet (Professor, Soil, Water, and Climate) studies these chemicals. He uses MSI resources for

Predicting Neurodegenerative Diseases With Deep Learning

A primary goal of genetic studies on complex diseases is to build predictive models to assess an individual's disease risk based on their genome. Current approaches primarily rely on collections of in

Understanding the Development of

Antibiotic resistance is a global public health crisis. Fluoroquinolones are one of the most successful classes of antibiotics to date and are an incredibly important tool for treating infections. How

Using Multi-omics Methods to Understand Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a heterogeneous disease, and the granular PDAC categorization has offered little insight into the biologically and functionally important changes during dise

A Communication System for Underwater Robots

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are being used in a number of different aquatic applications, such as environmental monitoring, cable and wreckage inspection, and search-and-rescue missions. The