The Innovation Lab is a research group within the UMGC that focuses on the development of novel genomics research tools. Under the leadership of Dr. Daryl Gohl, the Innovation Lab has established an externally-funded research program, obtaining independent and collaborative grants from the NIH, CDC, and other agencies.

The University of Minnesota Genomics Center (UMGC) invites you to a webinar to hear Dr. Kenny Beckman, Director of the UMGC, present on new technologies and services, new rates, and organizational changes to the UMGC. We will encourage – and be happy to answer – questions from attendees.

Starting in October 2021, the UMGC will be delivering data for UMN users with MSI accounts to MSI's Shared User Resource Facility Storage (SURFS). Delivered data will be located in the "data_delivery" folder in your group's folder on MSI's primary filesystem (/home/GROUP/data_delivery/umgc).

We've partnered with PacBio to bring you this exciting opportunity to win a SMRT sequencing project with us. Tell us in 100 words or less how characterizing genetic variation in your favorite plant or animal species with HiFi sequencing will contribute to a healthier population and planet for a chance to win SMRTbell library preparation, up to 6 SMRT Cells 8M, sequencing on the Sequel IIe System, and bioinformatics support.

Throughout the country, scientists are studying a range of control methods to uproot invasive mussels, hoping that — like the threads that glue the mollusks down — something eventually sticks. Dr. Daryl Gohl, from the UMGC Innovation Lab, discusses working on RNA-interference screens for zebra mussel biocontrol.