U of M Receives
$10 Million Gift from Cargill for Microbial
and Plant Genomics Building
The University of Minnesota has received
a gift of $10 million from Cargill to
expand the university's work in the emerging
field of microbial and plant genomics.
The gift will be used for a facility on
the St. Paul campus, and is expected to
strengthen the university's position in
the genomics field. The building, which
will cost $20 million, will provide a
setting for an expanding number of university
scientists working in genomics, which
is transforming many related disciplines.
The university has identified molecular
and cellular biology as an area for strategic
investment. This initiative includes the
establishment of a Microbial and Plant
Genomics Institute, funded through private
and public sources, that would bring together
faculty and graduate students from several
university departments and provide facilities
and other resources for research, teaching
and outreach.
