Partnerships

Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain

MSI partners with experts in pediatric medicine and research at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB) to diagnose, prevent and treat neurodevelopmental disorders in early childhood and adolescence. MSI Informatics staff provide computational environments, workflows and analysis for research. A recent project was featured on the MSI website: A New Computational Method for Improving Brain-Behavior Correlation Associations. 

Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology

MSI works with researchers and clinicians in Lab Medicine & Pathology on a broad variety of projects that impact human health, including cancer, immunology, neurology, and infectious disease.This includes clinical genetic testing for inherited and acquired diseases and single-cell sequencing and spatial transcriptomics, breaking new ground by exploring novel methods and tools.

GEMS

MSI provides computing resources and expertise to GEMS Informatics, a joint initiative led by the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and Research Computing, MSI's parent organization. GEMS Informatics produces and enables the creation of research-ready scientific data, and turns that data into actionable information for farmers, scientists, governments, or companies. More information on the GEMS platform can be found here. Recent work was featured on the MSI website: Improving Data-Analysis Capabilities for Wheat Breeders.

MSI also has partnerships with the following departments, including at least one MSI consultant dedicated to their research projects:

Department of Agronomy & Plant Genetics

Department of Microbiology & Immunobiology

Department of Surgery

Institute for Translational Neuroscience and the Department of Neuroscience

MSI also supports external engagements, such as CFANS's work with PepsiCo.

PepsiCo