16 June 2020

Persistent DNA damage in the placenta affects pregnancy outcomes

Scientists at the Stowers Institute have shown that a dysfunctional placenta can play a previously unrecognized role during the earliest stages of development in mouse models

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27 April 2020

Joan W. Conaway elected to the National Academy of Sciences

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20 April 2020

What’s old is new again

The study’s researchers found that low doses of the anthracycline antibiotic doxorubicin inhibit the interaction between two molecular pathways that work closely together to promote tumor growth and resistance to therapy. The targeted approach also clears the way for cancer-targeting immune cells to do their work, an unexpected and novel finding, according to the study authors.

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14 April 2020

Technologies converge on interacting surfaces in protein complexes

Researchers at the Stowers Institute have fine-tuned a method to pinpoint surfaces within large multi-protein complexes that are close to, and likely to be directly interacting with, one another.

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06 April 2020

First quarter 2020 awards acknowledge research efforts

Assistant Investigator Randal Halfmann, PhD, was awarded a four-year grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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13 March 2020

How the historically misunderstood amyloid helps to store memories

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12 March 2020

Charles German named co-general counsel of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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03 March 2020

Hybrid microscopes increase versatility and enhance collaboration for researchers at Stowers

Two innovative microscopes offering versatility and a streamlined user experience were installed at the Stowers Institute

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23 October 2019

Zeroing in on how a tumor suppressor protein is cast away

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16 October 2019

X marks the spot: recombination in structurally distinct chromosomes

A recent study from the laboratory of Stowers Investigator Scott Hawley, PhD, has revealed more details about how the synaptonemal complex performs its job, including some surprising subtleties in function.

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05 September 2019

Size matters: how cells pack in epithelial tissues

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19 August 2019

EMBO Laboratory Leadership training offered at the Stowers Institute

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16 August 2019

Looking to small worms for big answers

Animals come in all shapes and sizes, as do their tissues and organs.

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26 July 2019

In memory of Susan Abmayr, PhD

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08 July 2019

New osteoporosis advance rooted in Stowers research

Pioneering research from the laboratory of Stowers Investigator Robb Krumlauf, PhD, helped lay the groundwork for a new approach to treating osteoporosis—an often debilitating disease that affects millions of people worldwide.

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