Many species of the bacterium Methylobacterium have agricultural potential, since many species have been shown to stimulate plant growth, seed production, and seed…
Project Highlights
Research Computing supports research from a variety of disciplines. See some of our most recently featured projects below.
MSI is a crucial member of the multi-disciplinary team that develops and supports Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) clinical pipelines that provide cutting-edge…
The research group of Associate Professor Peter Morrell (Agronomy and Plant Genetics and MSI PI) uses high-performance computing and software tools to perform…
Staff from MSI’s Research Informatics Solutions group are developing a set of workflows for automated handling of RNA sequencing data. This project is in progress,…
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks and removes its own blood cells, causing severe anemia and other problems…
Fifteen PhD students at the University of Minnesota have been awarded PhD Graduate Assistantships through UMII. These awards are made to grad students involved in research at the…
Geographical literacy and knowledge of geographic information systems (GIS) technology is highly beneficial to young students. Thanks to many years of work by experts in the…
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is a fatal genetic neurodegenerative disease for which there are no treatments. Over the past seven years, Dr. Christy Henzler…
Staff from the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (MSI), the University of Minnesota Informatics Institute (UMII), and the University of Minnesota Genomics…
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is a rare genetic disorder causing severe neurological diseases and shortened lifespan. Current treatments for this condition are either…