MSI Research

Illustrates a graphical model used for aster analysis

New Supercomputing Tools to Understand Plant Adaptation

Understanding how plants evolve and adapt to changing environmental conditions is important to managing various agricultural and environmental problems, including assisted migrations of native plan

graphic showing process for RNA sequencing

Using Genetic Sequencing to Fight Tick-Borne Diseases

Hard ticks are considered the second most important vector of veterinary and human diseases.

A New Catalysis Method to Create Sustainable Materials

Many industrial and consumer products are made with a material called acrylic acid.

graph showing phylogenetically blind measures of U.S. wheat diversity, 1919 to 2019

Biodiversity in Modern Wheat Varieties

A concern about modern agricultural practices is that breeders, in search of crops with higher yields, are reducing diversity in those plants.

two silphium flowers side by side, a larger one on the left and smaller on the right

Genetic Linkage Map of Silphium

Silphium integrifolium is an American perennial prairie native plant that is being domesticated for a sustainable oilseed crop by researchers at the University of Minnesota.

Explaining Evolutionary Success in Biofilms

Biofilms are collections of microorganisms joined by an extracellular matrix, and are an important survival mechanism. Cells secrete adhesive molecules that allow them to cling to each other.