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In The News
25 November 2025
From Europa Press, the Bazzini Lab co-led a study identifying a molecular switch that activates the embryonic genome, marking the beginning of autonomous development in vertebrates.
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In The News
25 November 2025
From Antena 3, the Bazzini Lab has identified for the first time a decisive mechanism that allows the embryo to activate its own genome and autonomously begin its development.
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#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years
24 November 2025
25 Years of Discovery, Innovation, and Hope
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News
18 November 2025
Stowers Associate Investigator Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D., discusses a collaboration that uncovered a new mechanism guiding the earliest steps of life.
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In The News
17 November 2025
From The Beacon, when the Institute opened its Kansas City headquarters in 2000, much of the scientific world was skeptical that biomedical research could succeed in the Midwest.
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In The News
14 November 2025
From KSHB, after decades of biomedical research, leaders have big hopes for the future.
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In The News
14 November 2025
From Alzforum, Investigator Randal Halfmann defined a cellular tipping point, beyond which aggregation becomes “runaway.
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#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years
12 November 2025
Institute leaders reflect on the legacy of Jim and Virginia Stowers
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#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years
07 November 2025
Highlighting 14 high-impact discoveries from the Stowers Institute's inception
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#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years
28 October 2025
Jim and Virginia Stowers envisioned a world-class research institute in Kansas City with a mission to unravel the secrets of life. Making their mission a reality required a deliberate commitment to hire the brightest scientists and invest heavily in technology to support innovation.
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In The News
28 October 2025
From the Gerton Lab,Scientists pinpointed the DNA sequence where human chromosomes fuse, solving a century-old mystery in genome biology.
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In The News
23 October 2025
From Popular Mechanics, stem cells, which drive regeneration, require a microenvironment in tissue called a niche, but not so much in this Mediterranean flatworm.
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Press Release
22 October 2025
As part of the Institute’s newly launched AI Initiative, Sumner Magruder, Ph.D., will embed cutting-edge computational tools into foundational biology
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In The News
20 October 2025
From Scientific American, the Halfmann Lab shows a special class of immune proteins protect us from pathogens but also drive inflammation and cell death.
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In The News
16 October 2025
From ASBMB, the Zeitlinger Lab studies how protein transcription factors, or TFs, bind to DNA to regulate gene expression, using fruit flies as her model.
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In The News
16 October 2025
From The Scientist, research from the Sánchez Alvarado Lab shows stem cells in regenerating planarians don’t need their closest neighbors, overturning researchers’ understanding of the worms’ regenerative superpowers.
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Press Release
15 October 2025
Stowers scientists discover new rules about how flatworm stem cells regrow body parts, offering insights into potential tissue repair and regenerative medicine in humans.
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In The News
10 October 2025
From NPR's All Things Considered, in the human body, cells are constantly making life-or-death decisions. If they make the wrong choice, the result can be cancer, infection or even Alzheimer's.
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#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years
08 October 2025
Why the future of biology depends on widening our lens, embracing joy in discovery, and daring to ask the biggest questions.
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News
08 October 2025
Stowers scientists identify “off” switches carried on some clusters of ribosomal RNA genes that can be passed from parent to child, a unique “fingerprint” of cluster size and activity that may help keep ribosomal RNA production in check.
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In The News
06 October 2025
From the Kansas City Business Journal, Investigator Julia Zeitlinger named "20 to Know"
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News
03 October 2025
Stowers scientists discover a master gene in zebrafish that determines hair cell type, a potential target for restoring hearing loss in humans
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In The News
30 September 2025
From Smithsonian Magazine, The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans.
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Press Release
30 September 2025
David Stern, Ph.D., brings groundbreaking research on insect–plant interactions for next-generation pest control to the Institute.
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