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#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years

07 November 2025

Fourteen key discoveries over 25 years

Highlighting 14 high-impact discoveries from the Stowers Institute's inception

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#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years

28 October 2025

Making the impossible possible: 25 years of innovation and technology

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

Century-Old Mystery of Robertsonian Chromosomes Solved

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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Lab Fun

27 October 2025

Pumpkin Carving

Fall fun!

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Press Release

22 October 2025

Stowers Institute appoints first AI Fellow to help advance biological research with artificial intelligence

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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Press Release

22 October 2025

Stowers Institute appoints first AI Fellow to help advance biological research with artificial intelligence

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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Lab Fun

21 October 2025

First HHMI Meeting

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In The News

20 October 2025

Cells Have a Crystal Trigger That Makes Them Self-Destruct When Viruses Invade

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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News

20 October 2025

The power of peer mentorship at the Stowers Graduate School

From leading lab sessions to seeing complex concepts “click,” Stowers Graduate School Ph.D. students reflect on how teaching their peers strengthens both their own science and the Graduate School community.

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In The News

16 October 2025

AI unlocks the hidden grammar of gene regulation

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

AI unlocks the hidden grammar of gene regulation

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

Flatworm Stem Cells Regenerate Through Contactless Communication

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

New research shows a tiny, regenerative worm could change our understanding of healing

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

Researchers may have discovered why cells sometimes kill themselves unnecessarily

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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Lab Fun

10 October 2025

Lab Outing

A lab outing for some fall fun!

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