01 April 2015

The case for curiosity: why basic research matters

Unless you’ve had cancer or supported someone who has, you may not be aware of the Herculean efforts often required to battle the disease. But if you are a cancer survivor, you’ve likely thanked an oncologist, possibly even the nurses and technicians at your cancer hospital.

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01 April 2015

The software behind the science

Technological advances yielding vast amounts of biological data have forever changed the way research is conducted, reported, and shared

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01 April 2015

A discussion with Linheng Li, PhD

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13 March 2015

New technique can locate genes’ on-off switches

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01 March 2015

Wherever the science takes her

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12 February 2015

Researchers design “evolutionary trap” to thwart drug resistance

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31 October 2014

Misfolded proteins clump together in a surprising place

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31 October 2014

New insight that "mega" cells control the growth of blood-producing cells

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31 October 2014

Cutting the ties that bind

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01 October 2014

A discussion with Kausik Si, PhD

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01 October 2014

What's up, postdoc?

To land the most prestigious and demanding jobs out there, a classroom education alone often does not cut it.

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01 October 2014

Aissam Ikmi, PhD: international man of biological mysteries

Aissam Ikmi was hooked from the first photograph of a mutant fly that he spotted in a textbook in college.

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01 October 2014

Biological treasure hunters

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15 September 2014

How an ancient vertebrate uses familiar tools to build a strange-looking head

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03 September 2014

“K-to-M” histone mutations: how repressing the repressors may drive tissue-specific cancers

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06 August 2014

Stowers researchers reveal molecular competition drives adult stem cells to specialize

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28 July 2014

It takes two to court

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10 April 2014

Finding the target: how timing is critical in establishing an olfactory wiring map

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10 April 2014

Planaria deploy an ancient gene expression program in the course of organ regeneration

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02 April 2014

Going global

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01 April 2014

Graduate of the last decade

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01 April 2014

A discussion with Julia Zeitlinger, PhD

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01 April 2014

A great migration

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01 April 2014

Leaving an enduring legacy

From medical school to mutual funds to world-class science, Jim Stowers led an astonishingly remarkable life.

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