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Walter Low and colleagues receive new NIH funding to study the relationship between the SARS-CoV2 virus and long term neurological disease.

Walter Low, SCI faculty member, Ling Li, and Maxim Cheeran received a 5-year NIH grant to study the acute and long-term impact of SARS-CoV2 infection on cognitive function and neuropathology in mice.
Casim Sarkar, SCI faculty member, advances DNA editing techniques for personalized cell therapies

Dr. Sarkar's biomedical engineering team has leveraged machine learning and high-throughput experiments to control the speed at which therapeutic cells respond to their environment.  Read the news release.
Stem Cell Institute Predoctoral Infuse Award Program Activities are Underway

The Predoctoral Infuse Awards program was initiated by the Stem Cell Institute in May 2021. The program aims to create a community of PhD trainees and faculty who meet regularly to discuss ongoing science and to instruct trainees about stem cell biology and regeneration topics and techniques.
Anatomic graduates from SCI Business Incubator

After two years residency in the Stem Cell Institute Business Incubator, a service providing laboratory space and infrastructure for early-stage stem cell and regenerative medicine businesses, Anatomic is ready to move into their own facilities in northeast Minneapolis.
UMN Stem Cell Automation Lab Open to External Customers

The UMN Stem Cell Institutes Automarion Lab's two robotic cell culture workstations are open to UMN researchers and to external customers.  Get details about a recent project with Recombinetics of Eagan, MN.