A Vibrant Community

The Stowers Institute attracts the best minds from all over the world. At last count, our scientists and students hailed from 30 different countries.

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Going it alone

The all-female lizard species Aspidoscelis tesselata successfully carries on without any males. Peter Baumann discovered how the ladies do it.

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Mind the prion

When you hear “prion” you might think “mad cow disease.” Think again. Kausik Si’s lab found that a prion-like protein plays a key role in storing memories.

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Graduate School

We invite applications from curious, enthusiastic students who enjoy the company of critical thinkers and the rigors of a challenging curriculum.

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Finding your niche

Left to their own devices stem cells are lost. Instead, their fate is determined by cells around them, Ting Xie discovered.

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Coming full circle

Closing a line of inquiry opened over a decade ago, Ali Shilatifard and his team traced a key complex implicated in human leukemia all the way from yeast to fruitflies to humans.

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Meet Our Scientists

“I was doing it for fun,” is something you’ll hear molecular biologist Peter Baumann say frequently. But it was his fun little side projects that led to his most important discoveries.

In the Spotlight

For Stowers researchers “flipping flies”, the tedious chore of moving hungry fruit flies into vials with fresh food, is a thing of the past.

WATCH A VIDEO of the recently installed fly-flipping robot in action.

Graduate School

The Summer Scholars Program provides a stimulating research opportunity for the serious pre-doctoral science student.

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