MSI News

A research team including MSI PI Christophe Lenglet (associate professor, Radiology; Center for Magnetic Resonance Research) has received grants from the Food and Drug Administration and the State of Minnesota Office of Higher Education to continue research into developing a reliable method of assessing changes in patients with amyotophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in order to evaluate different treatments.

MSI tutorials for Spring 2024 are now available for registration.

MSI PI Zhi-Li Zhang (professor, Computer Science and Engineering; Center for Transportation Studies (CTS)) has received a $4.25 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation for a project that aims to advance autonomous-vehicle technology.

On Wednesday, January 3, 2024, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded MSI PI Samuel Myers, Jr.

MSI PI Georgios Giannakis (professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering) has been elected as a 2023 International Fellow for the Royal Academy of Engineering.

After almost 10 years of service, the Mesabi HPC system will be retired on June 5th, 2024, to make room for the expansion of the Agate cluster.

On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

Research by MSI PI Jennifer Powers (professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior) in Costa Rica’s dry forests is featured in a recent article on the website of the College of Biological Sciences.

Research by MSI PI Thierry Chekouo (assistant professor, Biostatistics and Health Data Science) was recently featured on the U of M News website.

On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

MSI PI Claudia Schmidt-Dannert (director, BioTechnology Institute; professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics) is leading a project to develop biofilms that would have the capability to extract metals from mining or electronic waste products.