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Remote Sensing Data Can Help Uncover Underground Plant Processes

Research by MSI PI Jeannine Cavender-Bares (professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior) is the lead author on a study that describes using remote sensing techniques to determine underground plant and soil processes based on their aboveground traits.

Developing Gene Therapy for Cockayne Syndrome

MSI PI Christina Pacak (assistant professor, Neurology) has received a new $1.8M grant to develop an efficient manufacturing process of a gene therapy for Cockayne Syndrome, a rare accelerated aging disorder that currently has no treatment.

March 2022 Maintenance

On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

Duo 2-Factor Authentication Coming to MSI

On March 2, 2022, after scheduled maintenance, all researchers using secure shell (ssh) to connect to MSI high-performance computing cluster Mesabi, Mangi, and (very soon) Agate will be required to use Duo 2-factor authentication.

Air Pollution Filtration

Many large Asian cities suffer with air pollution, including large amounts of particulate matter (PM2.5), which causes severe health problems.

MSI PIs Named Optica Fellows

Two MSI PIs from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor Steven Koester and Professor Sang-Hyun Oh, have been named Fellows of Optica (formerly The Optical Society).

MSI PIs Receive 2022 Grants From Minnesota Partnership

MSI PIs are among the researchers who have received grants from the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics.

Studying Tiny Things

Three MSI PIs who study very small things are profiled in the Fall 2021 issue of the College of Science and Engineering’s Inventing Tomorrow magazine.

MSI PIs Named as 2021 AAAS Fellows

Two MSI PIs, Professor Gary Muehlbauer (Agronomy and Plant Genetics) and Professor Peter Tiffin (Plant and Microbial Biology), have been named lifetime fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

MSI PI Jian-Ping Wang Named to National Academy of Inventors

MSI PI Jian-Ping Wang (Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, Center for Spintronic Materials for Advanced Information Technologies) has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

February 2022 Maintenance

On Wednesday, February 2, 2022, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

3D Printing an OLED Display

In exciting new research, MSI PI Michael McAlpine (professor, Mechanical Engineering) led a team that used a 3D printer to create a flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display.

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