28 July 2021

Jennifer Pawlosky named Vice President of Communications for the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Stowers names new communications leader

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07 July 2021

Leadership Fellows Program fills a need for executive level training and experience

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24 June 2021

A fond farewell to the Conaways

The Stowers Institute recognizes two decades of research, service, and achievements by Investigators Joan and Ron Conaway.

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14 June 2021

Celebrating a life of service

Longtime Kansas Citian, Virginia Glascock Stowers—wife of the late James “Jim” E. Stowers Jr., mother of three daughters and one son, nurse, and co-founder of the research institute that bears the family name—died at her home in Kansas City, MO, on June 5, 2021. She was 91.

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17 May 2021

Shuonan He: finding evolutionary biology in the weird

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03 May 2021

Scientists in the making

Meet this year’s ensemble of new predoctoral researchers at the Graduate School of the Stowers Institute and find out some of what spurred their scientific curiosities.

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23 April 2021

Discovery of an elusive cell type in fish sensory organs

Capturing highly motile and invasive neuromast-associated ionocytes

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19 April 2021

When science meets art

“I was always so fascinated by those images,” says Peloggia de Castro. “I looked at them and thought, one day I want to do that."

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07 April 2021

A discussion with Ron Conaway, PhD

An exchange with one part of the dynamic duo known as “The Conaways”

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05 April 2021

New year brings new grant announcements for Stowers researchers

Several Stowers researchers have received funding notifications during the first quarter of 2021, including both investigators and trainees.

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31 March 2021

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado appointed the Priscilla Wood Neaves Endowed Chair in the Biomedical Sciences

Stowers President Emeritus William B. Neaves, PhD, offers commentary on the appointment of Alejandro Sánchez Alvarada as Priscilla Wood Neaves Endowed Chair in the Biomedical Sciences at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

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30 March 2021

Penny Spence named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is pleased to announce that Penny Spence has been named the new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Stowers Group of Companies, including not only the Institute, but also BioMed Valley Discoveries and Stowers Resource Management.

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29 March 2021

Decoding the sense of smell

Neural code determines instinctual responses to attractive or aversive odors

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24 March 2021

American Century hosts Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado in COVID-19 webcast series

American Century Investments talks with Stowers Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado in a COVID-19 webcast series focusing on the science behind the Sars-CoV-2 virus, variants of the virus, and vaccine development.

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