Inspiring tomorrow's scientists
Learning Resources
The Stowers Institute is committed to scientific discovery for the benefit of humankind and to science education for the benefit of a better future. The scientific research conducted at the Institute aims to inspire and educate the next generation of scientists. Learn more about our educational materials and opportunities below.
Resources for Educators
Research Organisms
Research organisms from single-cell yeasts and zebrafish to chameleons and mice can provide clues to the processes governing human health and disease.
Our Impact
From diabetes to neurodegeneration, infertility to regeneration, and congenital syndromes to cancer, the potential impact of our research has a far-reaching impact.
Our discoveries and news
Discoveries at the Stowers Institute help increase our knowledge of foundational science and unlock the mysteries of life.
Education Resources
If you're an educator interested in learning more about our research or would like to request a scientist to speak with your students contact us at communications@stowers.org.
See our science in action
Tour the Stowers Institute
Learn about our foundational research and its impacts on generating new knowledge to benefit human health. Plus, explore our Technology Centers. The Institute welcomes a limited number of tours for high school students and educators each year. You can submit your tour request below.
The Basics of Biology
Learn more about the basics of biology in our video series #BioBasics.
We take complex subjects and help you understand their impact and importance in foundational research.
Do you have a minute?
Get to know some of the researchers behind the science in our video series Do You Have a Minute?
Big questions, surprising answers, and a glimpse into life as a scientist, all in about a minute.
Planarian Outreach Program
The Planarian Outreach Program (POP) is designed to connect the field of stem cell regeneration and educational classrooms by utilizing planarian as a basic model organism. POP incorporates classroom curriculum with experimental experiences to promote student interest in biological research.
Cutting Class: Planarian Education Resource
In this resource, you'll find a detailed explanation of the experiments that you as a teacher or a student can perform in the classroom.
Planarians are wonderful creatures with remarkable regenerative capabilities. Cut them into many pieces and each piece will grow back into a complete worm! You might think growing an entire animal from a piece would take a long time, but it only takes about two weeks for all the missing pieces to grow into a complete animal! These little worms are helping scientists around the world to unravel the mysteries of regeneration and can help you explore fundamental biological questions related to growth, regrowth, aging, and even stem cell biology. Learn more at the button below.
Planarian Education Resource: Where cutting class is required
Our Organisms
Turning to nature, to answer life's biggest mysteries
Meet our organisms
Research organisms at the Stowers Institute are carefully chosen to answer a question or help solve a biological mystery. Learn how they're helping reveal new solutions and insights for human health and disease.
OrganismsPlanaria
Apple Snails
Sea Lamprey
More Organisms
Five Questions about Diabetes
Investigating how metabolism works in humans and other species may yield answers for controlling and one day even curing diabetes.
Five Facts about Memory and the Brain
Memories of “firsts”—a first kiss, first love, first heartbreak—feel permanent. But why do we remember some moments yet forget others?
Unmasking five mysteries of metabolism
Stowers scientists are uncovering many mysteries underlying metabolism. Here we ask five questions to unravel metabolism and its complexities.
#StowersImpact
The Stowers Institute has earned a reputation as an influential center for biomedical research that broadly spans life science disciplines, asking the big questions in biology wherever they can be studied most effectively.
Built on the cornerstone of imagination and daring just like our founders’ vision, this bold and far-reaching approach sets the stage for transforming biological insights into new ways to alleviate disease and improve human health. From diabetes to neurodegeneration, infertility to regeneration, and congenital syndromes to cancer, the potential impact of our research knows no bounds.
Join us for a summer of research and learning!
Summer Scholars Program
Stowers Summer Scholars spend 8 weeks over the summer conducting full-time research under the guidance and supervision of a Principal Investigator or a senior member of the lab. All Scholars are required to attend weekly scientific seminars on an array of research topics. Other activities include a weekly lunch where scholars learn about different research topics and scientific careers from Stowers Scientists. At the completion of the program, Scholars present their work in an all-Institute poster session. The Summer Scholars program is supported by a generous donation from the Stowers Foundation.
Undergraduate students interested in an intensive eight-week summer internship should apply through the Stowers Summer Scholars Program.
Graduate School Opportunities
Graduate students interested in our Ph.D. program can apply through the Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research Ph.D. Program.
The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute also offers a Computational Biology Scholars Program.