MSI News

On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

MSI PI Tiffany Wolf (assistant professor, Veterinary Population Medicine) has been named the U of M 2021 President’s Community-Engaged Scholar.

MSI PI Richard James (professor, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics) is a co-author on a paper that describes the path to developing a new form of ceramic with shape memory.

Researchers at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain (MIDB), Associate Professor Steven Nelson (Pediatrics, MIDB Imaging Core Director) and MSI PI Christine Conelea (assistant professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; director, MIDB Neuromodulation Program) have received a Masonic Cross-Departmental Grant in Children’s Health Research.

MSI PI Jeannine Cavender-Bares (professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior) is featured in an article in the prestigious journal Science about using new remote-sensing techniques to study ecosystems.

On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to various MSI systems.

The Carlson School of Management has teamed up with the Minnesota Hospital Association to explore how societal health issues can be addressed by innovations in healthcare funding.

Two MSI PIs from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Regents Professor David Pui and Associate Professor Jiarong Hong, led a new study that demonstrated the use of filtration devices to mitigate the spread of aerosols during dental procedures.

A recent story on the OVPR’s Inquiry blog features MSI PI Paul Dauenhauer (professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science) and his lab, who have developed a method of using biomass to create surfactants that work even better than petroleum-based ones.

The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) Conference series is an international and interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of knowledge in scientific computing and computational science with a strong focus on methods, tools, algorithms, application challenges, and novel techniques and usage of high-performance computing.Research paper submissions are being solicited for PASC22, which will be held at the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland, from June 27 to 29, 2022.

The U of M Udall Center of Excellence for Parkinson’s Disease Research, directed by MSI PI Jerrold Vitek (professor and head, Neurology), was recently awarded a new $11.3M grant from the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke to continue its research into using deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat Parkinson’s disease.

MSI PI Gabe Chan (professor, HHH School of Public Policy) is helping to lead a new speaker series focusing on climate change.