Featured Event
A conversation with Craig Venter
December 02, 2025
5:30 pm | Stowers Institute
Join us for an evening of conversation and discovery with genomics pioneer Craig Venter. This event is presented as part of the Stowers BIG IDEAS series.
Events
Events at Stowers
From seminars to conferences, lectures to symposia, the Stowers Institute offers a variety of events where scientific knowledge and ideas are shared.
Events
Nov 142025
Symposium
25th Anniversary Celebration Symposium
10:00 am | Stowers Institute for Medical Research
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research hosted its 25th Anniversary Celebration Symposium November 14, 2025, honoring a quarter century of discovery, innovation, and hope.
Nov 122025
Stowers Seminar Series
Microcin diversity, function, and export
12:00 pm | Bryan Davies, Ph.D.
Nov 052025
Translational Research Seminar Series
Leukemia and stem cell microenvironment
Stowers Institute Auditorium
4:00 pm | Xunlei Kang MU School of Medicine and Ruochen Dong | Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Oct 292025
Stowers Seminar Series
Imaging the microbe-host interface with genome-scale microscopy
12:00 pm | Jeffrey Moffitt, Ph.D.
Oct 22-242025
Stowers Research Conferences
Stowers Research Conferences: AI-Driven Approaches to Emergent Protein Behaviors
Kansas City, MO
Organized by Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., Jay Unruh, Ph.D., Arvind Pillai, Ph.D., and Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Ph.D.
Oct 152025
Stowers Seminar Series
Evolution of mRNA translation across the diversity of life
12:00 pm | Amy Lee, Ph.D.
Sep 29- Oct 012025
Conference
Research Organisms in Flight: Revealing the Roots of Vertebrate Form and Function
8:00 am | Kansas City, MO
Organized by Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Ruth Williams, Ph.D.
Jun 26-292025
Meeting
ASBMB Evolution and core processes in gene expression
Kansas City, MO
This meeting examines gene expression from an evolutionary, developmental, and mechanistic angle, by integrating classical approaches with synthetic biology, genomics and deep learning.
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Event Series
Stowers Research Conferences
The Stowers Institute hosts conferences and symposia that encompass an array of research topics. The goal of these events is to bring together eminent scientists from all over the world and provide them an opportunity to explore scientifically challenging ideas. These events are often the catalysts for collaborations that result in significant scientific findings.
BIG IDEAS
BIG IDEAS is a scientific lecture series from the Stowers Institute that explores how science informs and inspires our communities. It aims to bring cutting-edge and provocative scientific ideas in an engaging and accessible way to the greater Kansas City community. The series is designed to inspire a thirst for scientific knowledge and illustrate the roles that scientific discoveries play in our lives and communities.
Stowers Seminar Series
This ongoing seminar series explores topics in many areas of research through scientifically technical presentations by distinguished researchers from institutions across the country and around the world. This public lecture series, geared for scientific audiences, is held during the academic fall and spring semesters.
The Stowers Seminar Series is supported by a generous grant from the Stowers Foundation.
For more information and to request a recorded stream of a lecture, contact .
Translational Research Seminar Series
The Translational Research Seminar Series highlights research from Kansas City area institutions. These seminars are intended to provide an avenue for meaningful discussions and collaborations that move foundational science discoveries into practice more quickly and efficiently for the benefit of human health. Held during the academic year, the seminars are co-organized and attended by researchers from the Stowers Institute, Children’s Mercy, the University of Kansas Medical Center, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Seminars are currently offered in hybrid format. For more information and the virtual attendance link, please contact .
