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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
New Faculty
4
Impacting Research
10
Accelerating Answers
11
Farm to Wellness
12
Minnesota BioImaging Center 13
Clinical Studies 14
Community Outreach 15
Elevating K-12 16
STEM Education 17
Undergraduate Training 18
Postdoctoral Training 19
Driving Science Forward 20
Amer Alam, PhD 21
George Aslanidi, PhD 22
Aleksandra Babicheva, PhD 23
Ewa Bielczyk-Maczynska, PhD 24
Ann Bode, PhD 25
Robert Clarke, PhD 26
Jarrod French, PhD 27
Sergio Gradilone, PhD 28
David Guinovart, PhD
IN
29
SIDE FRONT COVER
Susan Hafenstein, PhD 30
Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, PhD 31
Edward Hinchcliffe, PhD 32
Luke Hoeppner, PhD 33
We inspire DISCOVERIES Ningling Kang, PhD 34
Gasper Kitange, MD, PhD 35
that IMPROVE and
Annie Lin, PhD 36
Bin Liu, PhD 37
Liang Liu, PhD 38
EXTEND HUMAN LIFE Rebecca Morris, PhD 39
Eric Rahrmann, PhD 40
Vijay Reddy, PhD 41
James Robinson, PhD 42
Qi Tan, PhD 43
Vivek Verma, PhD 44
Dan Xu, PhD 45
Chuanhe Yu, PhD 46
Tianshun Zhang, PhD 47
Operations Departments 48
Publications 50
Funding 52
Executive Advisory Board 53
Employees 54
MISSION STATEMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The Hormel Institute is to conduct research and provide
education in the biological sciences with applications in medicine
and agriculture. In pursuit of this mission, and as intended by its founders, The Hormel Institute generates fundamental knowledge and disseminates it to the scientific community worldwide. It also serves as a center of technical and educational expertise for the benefit of the Austin community, the surrounding region, and the State of Minnesota.