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04 June 2026
Aging and regeneration in one of nature’s most unusual organisms
Postdoc Profile: Jorge Moreno on his Stowers research experience — “a place where unconventional ideas are encouraged and explored.”
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19 May 2026
Leukemia’s hiding places
For Stowers Investigator Linheng Li, Ph.D., a new leukemia study builds on a career spent asking how the places stem cells call home can shape health, disease, and future treatments
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08 May 2026
Rethinking protein: Scientists explore the hidden “dark proteome”
A new study in Nature, co-authored by Stowers Investigator Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D., demonstrates the human genome may produce thousands of previously overlooked protein-like molecules, challenging long-held definitions of what counts as a protein.
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30 April 2026
Remembering genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter
Venter, who helped catalyze the decoding of the human genome, spoke at the Stowers Institute’s BIG IDEAS event in December 2025.
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29 April 2026
Meet a PI & Faculty: Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., on new paths for future scientists
From Bosnia to Paris, then Oxford to Kansas City, a Stowers Investigator shares how her nonlinear journey shapes her approach to research and mentoring
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27 April 2026
How do you assemble a billion-piece puzzle?
Bioinformatics and the tools of artificial intelligence
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27 April 2026
Stowers Investigator named NextGen Leader
From the Kansas City Business Journal, Investigator Julia Zeitlinger recognized as a 2026 NextGen Leader for scientific leadership, mentorship, and her work guiding the Institute’s AI initiative.
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20 April 2026
Exploring the hidden minds of insects at BIG IDEAS
David Stern, Ph.D., and Lars Chittka, Ph.D., speakers at the Stowers Institute’s Spring 2026 BIG IDEAS lecture series, reveal how aphids and bees are reshaping what we understand about intelligence, behavior, and the natural world.
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11 April 2026
What is the spark that lights the fire?
Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s often begin small and then rapidly spread like wildfire. The Halfmann Lab is uncovering the places where disease begins.
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10 April 2026
BioBasics: What is bioinformatics?
As biology produces more data than ever before, scientists rely on bioinformatics to uncover patterns hidden within DNA, proteins, and other biological systems.
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24 March 2026
Drawn to the invisible
From Germany to Harvard, from Seattle to Kansas City: One scientist's journey on the highway of discovery
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20 March 2026
What the brain still has left to teach us
Understanding the brain means confronting some of biology’s toughest questions. Stowers scientists are exploring how memories last, how neurodegenerative disease begins, and how the brain’s circuitry takes shape.
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19 March 2026
Curiosity, Cartoons, and Molecular Biology: Meet the postdoc exploring how proteins fold and function
Postdoc Profile: Inspired by childhood curiosity, Mansoor Hussain, Ph.D., is now building a career around understanding how cells work at their most fundamental level.
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18 March 2026
The things around us that remember it all differently
What does it mean to remember? From planarians and fruit flies to jellyfish, zebrafish, and even AI, explore a few of the unique ways memory appears across life and technology. Each of which can be found inside the Stowers Institute.
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10 March 2026
A postdoc's quest to help sensory cells grow back
Postdoc Profile: Raman Kaushik joined the Piotrowski Lab to explore why zebrafish regenerate hair cells so well, and why mammals struggle.
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03 March 2026
#BioBasics: What are hair cells?
These tiny sensory cells offer big implications for human health. Learn the biological basics of hair cells, how they allow us to hear and balance, and what makes zebrafish so important for regeneration research.
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03 March 2026
Hearing is more than meets the ear
How do our ears allow us to hear? How does music become part of our memory? Here are three ways Stowers science is revealing the mysteries and mechanisms of hearing.
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27 February 2026
Stowers Investigator tackles a mystery hiding on leaves — and the proteins behind it
After more than a decade at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, David Stern, Ph.D., moved his research program to the Stowers Institute. He arrived in early February and is now exploring how sap-feeding insects steer plant growth, the role of newly discovered proteins, and potential paths to next-gen pest control.
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26 February 2026
Untapped Potential: What we miss if we only study ourselves
Discovery often starts with the unexpected, and Shane Miller, the Stowers Institute's Director of Research Organisms, believes turning to nature is how we can turn big questions into breakthroughs.
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20 February 2026
#BioBasics: What is an amyloid?
An enigma to human health: How amyloids shape disease and memory
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13 February 2026
From lab bench to classroom: Stowers postdocs expand their impact through education
By stepping into classrooms and community programs, Stowers postdocs strengthen their ability to translate complex science.
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06 February 2026
Stowers scientists discover a delivery system that helps fuel regeneration in planarians, solving a 25-year mystery
The new study reveals miniature “packages” help planarian cells share gene-silencing instructions across the body.
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04 February 2026
Postdoc Profile: From a toy microscope to the rules that shape animal life
Carlos Sanchez-Higueras, Ph.D., studies how gene-regulating “switches” evolved—linking DNA, development, and evolution across animals. Read the Q&A.
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29 January 2026
#BioBasics: What is CRISPR?
Learn the biological basics surrounding CRISPR, the revolutionary technique that can modify DNA, and follow along as a Stowers scientist shows how the Institute harnesses it to study gene function.
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