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27 October 2026
The 2026 Ingram’s 250—The Most Powerful Business Leaders in Greater Kansas City
Stowers Institute President and Chief Scientific Officer Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado named on Ingram's 250
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Associate Investigator Sue Jaspersen, PhD, was elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for her distinguished contributions to her field.
Associate Investigator Sue Jaspersen, PhD, was elected as an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow for her distinguished contributions to the field of cell biology, particularly for her research on the yeast spindle pole body and nuclear envelope using imaging and genetics.
Jaspersen is one of 391 members elected in 2016 as Fellows of the Association. The tradition of electing AAAS Fellows began in 1874 to recognize members’ efforts to advance science or its applications.
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26 October 2026
Stowers Communications Team earns Emmy Award for visual storytelling of coral research
The winning video highlights research from the lab of Investigator Matt Gibson, Ph.D., whose team has become one of a handful worldwide to successfully maintain and reproduce reef-building corals in a lab. Their work aims to uncover fundamental insights that could help protect coral that are increasingly threatened by climate change and other environmental pressures.
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23 October 2026
From sea anemone to human fertility: A new research organism for understanding meiosis
Stowers Institute scientists found that the sea anemone Nematostella uses many of the same proteins humans rely on to make eggs and sperm, offering the potential for new insights into infertility, miscarriage, and birth defects
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