The Media Preparation team provides Stowers labs ready-to-use nutrient plates and broths that support the growth of a variety of cells and microorganisms.
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The Media Preparation team supports Stowers Institute researchers by reducing the time and labor required to prepare reagents necessary for their various projects. Commonly used buffers and growth media, including Tris buffers, Luria broth, and YPD, are stocked in the Institute’s on-site scientific vending facility for around-the-clock availability. The Media Prep team also prepares a variety of plated media poured to order and prepares standard SDS/Polyacrylamide gels. To fill all research needs, the team can prepare customized media, plates, and solutions.
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Director, Cellular, Tissue, and Molecular Biology
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Chongbei Zhao, originally from Henan Province, China, graduated from Zhengzhou University with an M.D. She earned her Ph.D. in veterinary pathobiology from the University of Missouri, Columbia and followed that with a two-year Science Manager Certification from the University of Kansas. Zhao joined the Stowers Institute in 2012 as a Researcher Coordinator. In 2019, she became Head of Cells, Tissues, and Organoids Center and the next year took over management of Media Preparation. In 2023, Zhao is now leading Genome Engineering, serving as Head of three Technology Centers at the Institute. In 2024, Zhao was appointed Director of Cellular, Tissue, and Molecular Biology. With nearly 20 years’ experience in cell biology, including 3D organoid culture, primary cell culture, virus work, and gene editing, Zhao collaborates with Stowers researchers to develop new projects and technologies in the field of cell biology.
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07 May 2018
Scientists have known for decades that the Hox family of transcription factors are key regulators in the formation of blood cells and the development of leukemia.
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News
01 October 2017
Deep inside cells, biologists are mapping new structures and molecular interactions, with unprecedented precision
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Krishnan J, Wang Y, Kenzior O, Hassan H, Olsen L, Tsuchiya D, Kenzior A, Peuss R, Xiong S, Wang Y, Zhao C, Rohner N. Sci Rep. 2022;12:10115. doi: 10110.11038/s41598-10022-14507-10110.
Conkright-Fincham J, Tomomori-Sato C, McGhee R, Leslie EM, Beucher CJ, Weems LE, Sato S, Redwine WB, Weaver KJ, Miller BD, Delventhal KM, Kary JJ, Koebbe AB, Dean A, Witt JL, Remy LM, Parmely TJ, Zhao C, Wang Y, Conaway JW, Unruh JR. Bio-protocol. 2022;12:e4301. doi: 4310.21769/BioProtoc.24301.
He X, Smith SE, Chen S, Li H, Wu D, Meneses-Giles PI, Wang Y, Hembree M, Yi K, Zhao X, Guo F, Unruh JR, Maddera LE, Yu Z, Scott A, Perera A, Wang Y, Zhao C, Bae K, Box A, Haug JS, Tao F, Hu D, Hansen DM, Qian P, Saha S, Dixon D, Anant S, Zhang D, Lin EH, Sun W, Wiedemann LM, Li L. Cell Rep. 2021;36:109674.doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109674.
Differential complex formation via paralogs in the human Sin3 protein interaction network
Adams MK, Banks CAS, Thornton JL, Kempf CG, Zhang Y, Miah S, Hao Y, Sardiu ME, Killer M, Hattem GL, Murray A, Katt ML, Florens L, Washburn MP. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2020;19:1468-1484.
Tao F, Soffers J, Hu D, Chen S, Gao X, Zhang Y, Zhao C, Smith SE, Unruh JR, Zhang D, Tsuchiya D, Venkatraman A, Zhao M, Li Z, Qian P, Parmely T, He XC, Washburn M, Florens L, Perry JM, Zeitlinger J, Workman J, Li L. Stem Cell Rep. 2020;15:662-676.
Suppression of m(6)A reader Ythdf2 promotes hematopoietic stem cell expansion
Li Z, Qian P, Shao W, Shi H, He XC, Gogol M, Yu Z, Wang Y, Qi M, Zhu Y, Perry JM, Zhang K, Tao F, Zhou K, Hu D, Han Y, Zhao C, Alexander R, Xu H, Chen S, Peak A, Hall K, Peterson M, Perera A, Haug JS, Parmely T, Li H, Shen B, Zeitlinger J, He C, Li L. Cell Res. 2018. Author Correction: Cell Res 2018:1-14. doi.org/10.1038/s41422-018-0072-0. Published online July 2018.;28:904-917.
