Updating the main channel facility at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (pictured here) is one of 13 research infrastructure projects funded in 2024.
The Research and Innovation Office has awarded $2.6 million to 13 projects as part of the 2024 Research Infrastructure Investment Program. One-to-one matching funds provided by supporting units resulted in just over $5 million in total funds awarded. The awards will improve research infrastructure, facilities, and support services across the University.
2024 Research Infrastructure Investment Program funds will support the following projects:
- Comprehensive Lab Animal Monitor System (CLAMS)-HC for the study of mouse metabolism
- Replacement of greenhouse lighting with energy efficient LEDs
- Ultra-high-throughput sequencing of microbial diversity and ecology
- Improving large scale iPSC line banking and distribution infrastructure to support intercollegiate multi-user programs
- Consolidation of the Center for Metabolomics and Proteomics (CMSP)
- Addressing a University-wide capability gap in profiling and imaging with two 3D laser scanning microscopes
- Full spectrum cell sorters for the UMN Flow Cytometry Resource
- Automated near-infrared and optical imaging and spectroscopy with the Mt. Lemmon Observing Facility (MLOF) telescope
- An advanced nanoparticle analysis tool for the Minnesota Nano Center
- Advancing the capabilities of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory main channel facility
- Upgrades for the University of Minnesota Zebrafish Core Facility
- LHI confocal imaging system
- Modernizing data infrastructure of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research