#Stowers25: Celebrating 25 Years
21 August 2025
An experiment that worked
The Stowers Institute celebrates 25 years of discovery, innovation, and hope.
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12 August 2025
Stowers postdoc receives prestigious Pew Fellowship
Horacio Martín Pallarés, Ph.D., in the lab of Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D., a 2010 Pew Fellow, plans to bring his research on viral epidemics to aid his home country of Argentina
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14 July 2025
Regrowing hearing cells: New gene functions discovered in zebrafish offer clues for future hearing loss treatments
Stowers scientists identify specific genes involved in zebrafish sensory hair cell regrowth, providing new insights that could inform future research into hearing loss treatments
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26 June 2025
Stowers Institute Investigator Named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by HHMI
Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., is among a select group of scientists recognized nationwide for their promise to help shape the future of scientific discovery.
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17 June 2025
2025 Faculty EDGE Workshop gives postdocs confidence for the job market
The Faculty EDGE series is one of many opportunities for postdoctoral researchers at the Stowers Institute to help prepare them for the next steps in their careers.
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06 June 2025
New research reveals a deadly fungal pathogen’s vulnerabilities
The study from the Stowers Institute and the University of Georgia uncovers more than 300 potential targets for drug development for a lethal fungus.
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03 June 2025
Imperiled Great Barrier Reef corals are healthy and reproducing in a Kansas City lab
With the hope of discovering new ways to save these iconic animals from extinction, scientists at the Stowers Institute have successfully induced sexual reproduction in a population of Great Barrier Reef coral housed hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean.
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16 May 2025
#BioBasics: What is a ribosome?
Learn the biological basics of ribosomes—the molecular machines that build life-sustaining proteins—and why Stowers scientists are studying them.
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15 May 2025
Stowers Institute appoints new Investigator and Fellow to explore protein evolution and the origins of cellular complexity
Arvind Pillai, Ph.D., from the University of Washington, and Friederike Benning, Ph.D., from Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital, will join the Institute in Fall 2025
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15 April 2025
Light sheet microscopy: A decade-long journey from DIY innovation to cutting-edge imaging
A look at the technology that provides researchers with deeper insights into complex biological systems.
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07 November 2024
Road to Research: A Q&A with Laboratory Manager Rachel Livella
"It excites me to know that, as a team, we can accomplish things that few people in the world can do, and the Institute enables us to do that by providing all the necessary resources."
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23 October 2024
The Stowers Institute launches a new AI Initiative to power biological research
Stowers Investigator Julia Zeitlinger, Ph.D., selected to head this effort
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26 September 2024
Stowers scientists uncover a critical component that helps killifish regenerate their fins
The findings are a step toward closing the gap on how we could one day deploy regenerative medicine in humans
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24 September 2024
New Investigators open labs, begin research at the Institute
Four new Principal Investigators recently opened their labs at the Institute. Learn about their research and the impact of their science.
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18 September 2024
Stowers Institute welcomes inaugural Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellows
Alex Garruss, Ph.D., and Nelson Hall, Ph.D., join the Institute with a unifying motivation to explore foundational biology, from RNA to flatworms.
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13 September 2024
#BioBasics: What are neural crest cells?
Learn biological basics of neural crest cells and why scientists at the Stowers Institute study them in our next #BioBasics episode!
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28 August 2024
Stowers scientists show bats are surviving and thriving on nothing but sugar
The team of researchers recorded the highest natural blood sugar levels ever observed in a mammal, now they hope it could help them better understand diabetes.
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08 August 2024
Five Facts Concerning Chromosomes
Learn what chromosomes are and why scientists at the Stowers Institute study them in our next #BioBasics episode!
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30 July 2024
Postdoc Profile: A Q&A with Horacio Pallares, a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Bazzini Lab
"My ultimate goal is to identify potential targets for the development of innovative antiviral therapies."
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22 July 2024
Exposing dengue’s invasion strategies
Stowers scientists uncover fundamental rules for how dengue virus infects its mosquito and human hosts, providing hope for identifying therapeutic approaches
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04 June 2024
Three insights regarding regeneration
Learn what regeneration is, why scientists at the Stowers Institute study it, and discover the incredible regenerative capacity of research organisms in our latest installment of our #BioBasics series!
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30 May 2024
A full circle moment: Stowers Investigator named Co-Director of Embryology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory
Nearly 30 years after taking the MBL's esteemed Embryology course as a student, Tatjana Piotrowski, Ph.D., has been named Co-Director.
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23 May 2024
Stowers scientist providing new insight into ALS
Though presently incurable, research from Stowers Associate Investigator Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., is helping improve our understanding of how the ALS amyloid protein that forms aggregates in the brain first starts. Recently, the team made an unexpected, exciting discovery that offers hope for the future.
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10 May 2024
Road to Research: A Q&A with Associate Scientist Olivia Lynch
“I am fortunate to work at a place where we are all able to collectively contribute to realizing the vision and mission of our founders, Jim and Virginia Stowers.”
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