Several MSI PIs in the University of Minnesota Medical School and their colleagues have developed two new rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19.

The University of Minnesota Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) has announced that their new director will be MSI PI Allison Hubel (professor, Mechanical Engineering).

A recent study by MSI PI Patrick Alford (associate professor, Biomedical Engineering; Institute for Engineering in Medicine) and colleagues shows that neurons in the brain do not need to be crushed or torn to result in brain injury.

On Wednesday, March 3, 2021, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

Assistant Professor Edward McFowland, an MSI PI from the Department of Information and Decision Sciences, is one of four faculty in the Carlson School of Management who have been selected for 2021 Mary and Jim Lawrence Fellowships.

VETERINARY MEDICINEMSI PI Eva Furrow (associate professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences) is featured in a recent story in the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Profiles publication.

COVID-19Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) host Angela Davis recently led a program in which experts discussed how growing up during this pandemic is affecting brain development in children, and how adults can help them.

Several MSI PIs are members of a new online platform, the UMN Water Network, that will allow researchers throughout the University of Minnesota system to find collaborations and share their expertise in water-related research.

MSI PIs and Stem Cell Institute researchers Ann Parr (associate professor, Neurosurgery) and James Dutton (associate professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development) have developed a faster way to generate neural and glial cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs).

Research by the University of Minnesota’s NeuroPlasticity Research in Support of Mental Health collaborative (NeuroPRSMH, pronounced “neuro-prism”) is featured in the Winter 2021 issue of the U of M Foundation’s Legacy magazine.

ENGINEERING MSI PI Keshab Parhi (professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering) Keshab Parhi has been named as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

PI Jaime Modiano (professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Masonic Cancer Center) was interviewed by Steve Dale’s Pet World on Chicago radio station WGN 720.