Research News

Brain Science

MSI PI Alik Widge (assistant professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) is the principal investigator on a new $6.6 mill

Biology

A new research institute aimed at discovering how biological variation influences ecosystem and biosphere dynamics launched this month.

Genetics

Two MSI PIs in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering have been studying the water systems in University of Minnesota Twin Cities buildi

COVID-19

MSI PI Suo Yang (associate professor, Mechanical Engineering) is studying how coronavirus travels through the lungs.

Two MSI PIs are leading a project to create systems that use food waste to create heat, energy, and fertilizer.

Genetics

Two MSI PIs from the School of Public Health (SPH), Professors Baolin Wu (

Ecology and Environment

The Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, a multi-institutional research center, has received a five-year, $20M grant from the National Science Foundation t

COVID-19

MSI PI Chris Hogan (professor, Mechanical Engineering) was interviewed by tv station KSTP recently to talk about using UV light to

Ecology and Environment

Particulate matter, tiny particles of sulfates, nitrates, and carbon found in air pollution, is a serious health hazard.

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