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29 September 2026
Rapidly Evolving Aphid Proteins Share a Common Structural Blueprint
From Technology Networks: The Stern Lab reveals a shared structural blueprint among thousands of rapidly evolving aphid proteins.
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Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado honored as lifetime AAAS Fellow
In recognition of his distinguished scientific achievements
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Stowers Institute and HHMI Investigator, Stowers Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD, to the newest class of AAAS Fellows. The 2021 class of AAAS Fellows includes 564 scientists, engineers, and innovators spanning 24 scientific disciplines who are being recognized for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.
This tradition stretches back to 1874. AAAS Fellows are a distinguished cadre of scientists, engineers, and innovators who have been recognized for their achievements across disciplines ranging from research, teaching, and technology, to administration in academia, industry, and government, to excellence in communicating and interpreting science to the public.
The new Fellows will be celebrated later this year during an in-person gathering when it is feasible from a public health and safety perspective. The new class will also be featured in the AAAS News & Notes section of Science in January 2022.
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From Phys.org: The Stern Lab reveals how evolution helped AI predict the structures of thousands of rapidly evolving aphid proteins.
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Stowers scientists uncover a hidden blueprint in aphids, providing a way to predict what AI couldn’t solve alone
In an evolutionary arms race with plants, aphids deploy thousands of rapidly evolving proteins. A team led by Stowers Institute and HHMI Investigator David Stern, Ph.D., discovered a shared architecture beneath them and revealed how evolution can help AI predict similar protein structures across biology.
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Stowers Institute and Stanford University study reveals a marine worm rebuilds its cellular identity during metamorphosis
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