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Biology
MSI PIs Featured in Spring 2018 Petri Dish Series

The College of Biological Science’s Petri Dish Series, a series of conversations with University of Minnesota experts on a wide variety of biology-related topics,

Computer Science
New Kind of Magnetoresistance Discovered

Researchers developing improved kinds of computer memory have been working with a phenomenon known as magnetoresistance.

Biology
MSI PI Jonathan Schilling Becomes Director of Itasca Biological Station

MSI PI Jonathan Schilling (associate professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology) took over as dir

Ecology and Environment
Scientific Collaboration With NutNet

The Nutrient Network, a global collaborative to study how humans affect grasslands, is co-directed by MSI PI Eric Seabloom and Elizab

Social Science
The Intersection of Swimming and Racial Inequality

MSI PI Samuel Myers , director of the Roy Wilkins Center for Hu

Medicine
New Device for Treating Parkinson’s Disease

MSI PI Jerrold Vitek (Head, Department of Neurology) recently led a surgical team that implanted a newly approved treatment d

Ecology and Environment
Studying Wolves at Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

In Fall 2017, a group of researchers began a project to understand how the reintroduction of large predators will affect an ecosystem.

Agriculture
Engineered Enzymes Neutralize Harmful Compounds

MSI PI Mikael Elias (assistant professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics) has recently publ

Medicine
3D Printing of Artificial Organs

MSI PI Michael McAlpine (associate professor, Mechanical Engineering) is the lead researcher on a recent project to use 3D printing te

Ecology and Environment
Mapping Plants by Trait

Several MSI users are participating in a multidisciplinary project to create maps that show key traits in plants, such as leaf nitrogen concentration, leaf phosphorus concentration, and specific le

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