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MSI PI Reuben Harris Named to HHMI
MSI Principal Investigator Reuben Harris, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, has been selected to be a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator. His five-year term will begin in September.
Antibiotic Use in Infants Affects Adult Health
A new study has linked the use of antibiotics in infants to diseases in adults. The study includes a new model that could help measure healthy development of gut bacteria in children. MSI PI Dan Knights, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, is a co-author on the paper, which was published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. The research may have implications for how doctors prescribe antibiotics to children.
Minnesota Partnership Grants Awarded
MSI PIs were on five of the six teams recently awarded research grants by the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics. The grants were awarded based on competitive applications and are intended to provide a means for innovative research projects to get started. The Minnesota Partnership is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, and the state of Minnesota. Each research team includes members from the University and Mayo.
Treatment for Clostridium difficile Infections
MSI PIs Dan Knights (Computer Science and Engineering - College of Science and Engineering) and Michael Sadowsky (Soil, Water, and Climate - College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences), are co-authors on a recent study supporting the value of fecal transplantati
Biodiversity and Ecological Stability
A new study in the prestigious journal Science examined 28 years of data collected from the University’s Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve (CCESR) and showed that biological diversity may be the key to keeping ecosystems stable.
May Maintenance
On Wednesday, May 6, from 04:00 - 15:00, MSI staff will perform scheduled maintenance and upgrades to the network and various systems. This downtime will be a global, system-wide maintenance to upgrade the network components providing Panasas Connectivity. 

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