By: Vanessa Nyarko
The building housing the University of Minnesota’s Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center was originally built in 1911 as a farmhouse equipment repair shop.
In the 1990s, it was renovated to study aquaculture and genetically modified fish. And now, some say it’s in desperate need of another upgrade.
The water filtration system is falling apart, the thermostat needles no longer work, the water supply system is unreliable and there are no backup alarms to monitor animal life support, said Becca Nash, associate director of the MAISRC.