MSI News

MSI will be upgrading its Panasas storage system to the next-generation Ultra hardware.

MSI has joined the iRODS Consortium, an international membership-based foundation that leads the development and support of the open-source integrated Rule-Oriented Data System (iRODS).iRODS is free data-management software for data virtualization, data discovery, workflow automation, and secure collaboration.

MSI PIs Paolo Provenzano (associate professor, Biomedical Engineering; Masonic Cancer Center), Beau Webber (assistant professor, Pediatrics; Masonic Cancer Center), and Branden Moriarity (assistant professor, Pediatrics; Masonic Cancer Center) and their colleagues have published a new study showing that engineered immune cells can overcome physical barriers and allow a patient’s immune system to fight cancer.

A new study by MSI PIs Jason Hill (professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering) and Stephen Polasky (professor, Applied Economics) and their colleagues describes research showing how agricultural activities contribute to air pollution in the form of fine particulate matter.

The University of Minnesota recently announced new awardees to the McKnight Presidential Fellows Program.

An interdisciplinary team of University of Minnesota researchers has developed a website where bicyclists in Minnesota can locate public restrooms and portable toilets.

MSI PI Amy Kinsley (assistant professor, Veterinary Population Medicine) was recently featured in the Talking With U of M series: Talking Aquatic Invasive Species with the U of M.

ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTA new study co-authored by MSI PI Jason Hill (professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering) shows that people of color are disproportionately affected by particulate matter in the atmosphere.

MSI PI Peter Reich (Regents Professor, Forest Resources) and graduate student Rachel C.

On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

MSI held the 12th annual Research Exhibition on April 20, 2021.

Dr Jim Wilgenbusch, the Director of Research Computing at the University of Minnesota, will serve as the Vice Chair of the Executive Committee of the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation (CASC) for 2021-22.