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18 September 2024

Stowers Institute welcomes inaugural Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellows

Alex Garruss, Ph.D., and Nelson Hall, Ph.D., join the Institute with a unifying motivation to explore foundational biology, from RNA to flatworms.

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18 September 2024

Stowers Institute welcomes inaugural Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellows

Alex Garruss, Ph.D., and Nelson Hall, Ph.D., join the Institute with a unifying motivation to explore foundational biology, from RNA to flatworms.

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17 September 2024

Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival

We celebrated by making dumplings as a group

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16 September 2024

Postdoc Profile: Shixiong Cheng

A Q&A with Shixiong Cheng, postdoc in the Özel Lab

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16 September 2024

Postdoc Profile: Shixiong Cheng

A Q&A with Shixiong Cheng, postdoc in the Özel Lab

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13 September 2024

#BioBasics: What are neural crest cells?

Learn biological basics of neural crest cells and why scientists at the Stowers Institute study them in our next #BioBasics episode!

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11 September 2024

Confronting congenital conditions for hope

The importance of foundational research for understanding and potentially addressing congenital conditions

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11 September 2024

How bats regulate their blood sugar levels could lead to new therapies for metabolic conditions like diabetes

From Diabetes.co.uk, New research into how bats have evolved to survive blood sugar levels which would be fatal in humans could pave the way for new treatments for conditions including diabetes.

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03 September 2024

See inside KC labs where fish regrow their hearts, research ‘sounds like science fiction’

From the Kansas City Star, Tens of thousands of zebrafish capable of regrowing their hearts and thousands of snails that can regenerate their eyes are being cultivated at a Kansas City institute — laying the foundation for future cures to human diseases.

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28 August 2024

Stowers scientists show bats are surviving and thriving on nothing but sugar

The team of researchers recorded the highest natural blood sugar levels ever observed in a mammal, now they hope it could help them better understand diabetes.

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28 August 2024

Bats’ sky-high blood sugar levels offer new hope for diabetes research: Study

To explore how bats diversified their diets, Stowers Institute researchers embarked on extensive fieldwork in the jungles of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

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28 August 2024

How Do Bats Thrive With Blood Sugar Levels That Would Kill Humans?

From U.S. News and World Report, new research results from the Stowers Institute indicate bats have evolved strategies to survive based on the diet they are presented in their environment.

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28 August 2024

How Do Bats Thrive With Blood Sugar Levels That Would Kill Humans?

From Drugs.com, Some bats have the highest blood sugar levels ever observed in any mammal, surviving and even thriving with levels that would kill a human, researchers report.

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28 August 2024

Some bats are surviving and thriving with blood sugar levels that would be lethal for other mammals

From Phys.org, New research from the Stowers Institute may enable potential solutions to metabolic disease by turning to evolution and to bats.

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26 August 2024

Stowers Postdoc shares insights from MBL’s Embryology course

Q&A with Ekasit Sonpho, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Sánchez Alvarado Lab

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26 August 2024

Stowers Postdoc shares insights from MBL’s Embryology course

Q&A with Ekasit Sonpho, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Sánchez Alvarado Lab

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26 August 2024

The Stowers Graduate School Welcomes the 2024 Class of Predoctoral Researchers

Fostering the future of foundational science leaders

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23 August 2024

Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes. Are there lessons for diabetes?

From NPR, Jasmin Camacho, Ph.D., discusses research related to bats and metabolism during a recent field study in Belize.

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21 August 2024

A new view of DNA organization

Stowers scientists develop visual tool providing insight into the regulation of protein-producing ribosomes and how faulty ribosomes may lead to human disease

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17 August 2024

Some bats eat a ton of sugar and have no health woes. Are there lessons for diabetes?

From NPR, Stowers Postdoctoral Researcher Jasmin Camacho, Ph.D., wants to know which molecules bats are using during exercise to regulate their blood sugar in order to bring their glucose levels down. And she’s curious about how they protect their bodies from accumulating the kind of damage to their cells and DNA that usually comes from digesting a lot of sugar.

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