05 April 2024

Meet a Graduate School Alum: José Fabricio López Hernández

"The Graduate School at the Stowers Institute was fundamental to preparing me for any scientific challenge I want to endeavor."

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22 March 2024

Meet a Stowers Grad Alum: Joaquin Navajas

"The school will provide you with everything you need in order to focus on science."

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20 March 2024

Maternal support: Helping offspring get off to the right start

New research examines the critical transition in development common to all animals—when a zygote switches from using maternally-supplied RNA to the point in time it can transcribe its own RNA.

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19 March 2024

Built differently: Preparing the next generation of biologists

This story is the first in a series about the origins and distinct nature of the Stowers Graduate School.

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20 February 2024

Stowers Graduate School recruiting for inaugural Computational Biology Scholars Program

The Computational Biology Scholars Program seeks to create new possibilities to perform cutting-edge, collaborative, and multidisciplinary computational science in the Midwest.

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28 November 2023

Stowers predoc awarded three-year NIH grant to investigate the role of microproteins during development

Predoctoral Researcher A.J. Treichel received an F31 fellowship award from the National Institutes of Health

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14 November 2023

A Q&A with a Stowers Graduate School alumni

Raquel Barajas, PhD, graduated from the Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in 2019. In this Q&A she shares more about her experience and how it shaped the scientist she is today.

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08 November 2023

Cavefish development and evolution: A research review from two Stowers Graduate School Predoctoral Researchers

Amruta Swaminathan and Fanning Xia, Stowers Graduate School predoctoral researchers published a scientific review article on cavefish research.

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03 October 2023

A lab with a view

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research has a new laboratory—with an ocean view.

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31 August 2023

Stowers Graduate School promotes summer learning

A variety of courses, conferences, and events during the summer provided Stowers predoctoral researchers opportunities to pursue intellectual growth for scientific and professional development.

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17 August 2023

Envisioning a Future

Welcoming the Newest Class of Predoctoral Researchers

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17 August 2023

Research Scholars Postbaccalaureate Program commences its third year

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08 August 2023

When biology and computing collide

Stowers scientists leverage the power of AI to uncover fundamentals of development

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07 June 2023

Welcoming the 2023 Summer Scholars

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11 May 2023

The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute celebrates graduates

The ceremony celebrated the accomplishments and future endeavors of the graduates who are continuing their scientific discoveries at cutting edge industry positions and at academic institutions including Harvard University, the Mayo Clinic, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, and The Rockefeller University.

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06 April 2023

#LookInTheLab: How scientists in the Zeitlinger Lab use computational approaches to learn the fate of cells

Kaelan Brennan is a predoctoral researcher in the Zeitlinger Lab at the Stowers Institute. He provided a “Look in the Lab” to showcase the research the team is currently conducting.

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20 December 2022

Stowers predoctoral scientist awarded prestigious grant

A predoctoral researcher from the Graduate School received outside project funding

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06 September 2022

Postbaccalaureate research fellowship begins its second year for recent STEM undergrads

Two new Research Scholars have embarked on a one-year postbaccalaureate fellowship program designed to facilitate young, promising, STEM undergraduates from diverse backgrounds

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06 May 2022

Graduate School President Betty Drees receives national ACP award

Graduate School President Betty M. Drees, MD, FACP, has been awarded the Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell Award for Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Careers of Women in Medicine by the American College of Physicians.

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22 February 2022

Stowers predoc earns NIH fellowship

Predoc Kaelan Brennan receives three-year NIH fellowship to study gene regulation during development

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19 January 2022

Exposing yeast mating practices

In a recent scientific article, Predoctoral Researcher José Fabricio Hernández López and coauthors describe their latest research to identify rules that govern the spread of certain “selfish” genes.

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23 August 2021

Predocs continue to reap benefits of scientific meetings

Virtual conferences and workshops help predocs gain critical knowledge, skills, and connections

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30 July 2021

Postbac program offers research experience for diverse undergrads

Four recent graduates selected to participate in a year-long mentored intership at Stowers.

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