University Imaging Centers operates several facilities on campus that offer advanced optical imaging services and training for research and business applications.

The road from research to commercialization can be a long one, and obtaining a patent on intellectual property is a key milestone along the way. Congrats to U of M faculty, students and colleagues who were issued patents this quarter.

An electrical engineer by training and medical device entrepreneur by trade, Gerry Timm serves as associate director of external relations with the Institute for Engineering in Medicine. Here, he offers his perspective on an ever-changing field.

The University of Minnesota’s Research Animal Resources office has revised its fiscal 2013 per diem rates.

McKnight Land-Grant professor Dominique Tobbell studies the social, political and economic history of the American health care industry. Her current project examines the relationship of academic health centers in the United States with the communities they serve, and their impact on health care policy.