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MSI PI Damien Fair Discusses How the Pandemic May Affect Children’s Brains

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.

New Water Network To Enable Research Collaborations

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 Develop Improved Method for Generating Cells for 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).

Collaborative Research to Treat Mental Illness

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.

Parhi Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

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).

MSI PI Jaime Modiano Interviewed About Canine Cancer

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

February 2021 Maintenance

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

MSI PIs Receive Grants From Minnesota Partnership

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

Plants Into Products

PI Paul Dauenhauer (professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) is featured in the Winter 2021 issue of the University of Minnesota Foundation’s magazine, Legacy.

Advances in the Fight Against Wheat Stem Rust

MSI PI Brian Steffenson (professor, Plant Pathology) provides insights in a Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) story about a new genetic modification technique that shows promise in developing strains of wheat that are resistant to wheat stem rust.

MSI PI Damien Fair Discusses Research and Activism

An interview with MSI PI Damien Fair (professor, Institute of Child Development (ICD); Pediatrics; co-director, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain) appeared recently in the magazine Minnesota Monthly.

Computational Methods for Discovering Drug Combination Efficacy

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