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January 2024 Maintenance

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

MSI PI Samuel Myers Gets Grant to Study Racial Disparities in Drowning

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

MSI PI Georgios Giannakis Elected International Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering

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

Mesabi to Retire June 5, 2024

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.

December 2023 Maintenance

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

Studying Costa Rican Dry Forest

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.

Developing Statistical Analysis Methods for Disease Research

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

November 2023 Maintenance

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

Using Biofilms to Extract Minerals

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.

MSI User Receives 2023 Innovation Impact Case Award

The Office of the Vice President for Research has announced this year’s Innovation Impact Case Award.

MSI PIs Participating in Project to Discover Brain’s “Wiring Diagram”

The University of Minnesota has been awarded a $16M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

October 2023 Maintenance

On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

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