The Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellows program at the Stowers Institute seeks to advance scientific knowledge by funding early-career investigators who have distinguished themselves with novel and bold ideas to understand fundamental biological processes. Fellows are given a five-year term to pursue their own ideas independently.
Garruss is leveraging his knowledge and skills toward developing cutting-edge methodology for adapting artificial intelligence (AI) methods to approach central concepts governing RNA—a type of molecule integral for life for which many basic properties remain largely mysterious—from a fundamentally different angle.
Hall is working to accomplish two main goals during his time as a Fellow. His first goal is to streamline the genetic tools for manipulating M. lignano while his second goal is broader. Hall wants to expand and optimize gene editing tools that can be more universally applied to a wide variety of unstudied organisms.
News
18 September 2024
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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News
07 November 2024
"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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News
01 November 2024
Organized by Stowers Institute Investigators Matt Gibson, Ph.D., Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Robb Krumlauf, Ph.D., the conference facilitated a collaborative environment aimed at creative scientific exchange. More than 100 participants attended, including 20 distinguished speakers and trainees.
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In The News
01 November 2024
From the Kansas City Business Journal, The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is turning to artificial intelligence to more rapidly make discoveries about human health and disease.
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