01 November 2021

Bringing a mission to life

At the Stowers Institute, the mission set forth by founders Jim and Virginia Stowers continues to inspire employees and shape growth.

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21 September 2021

Trainor honored for contributions to craniofacial sciences

Investigator Paul Trainor, PhD, has been named the recipient of the 2021 David Bixler Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology (SCGDB).

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02 September 2021

TRACS set the stage in flatworm regeneration

Transient regeneration-activated cell states can exist in tissues near to and distant from a wound site during planarian whole-body regeneration

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27 August 2021

Bigger than the sum of its parts

Scientific trio works together to expand the flatworm community toolbox

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12 August 2021

Three postdocs presented with funding notifications

Kristin Watt, Curtis Bacon, Jasmin Camacho receive notification of funding.

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28 July 2021

Jennifer Pawlosky named Vice President of Communications for the Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Stowers names new communications leader

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07 July 2021

Leadership Fellows Program fills a need for executive level training and experience

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24 June 2021

A fond farewell to the Conaways

The Stowers Institute recognizes two decades of research, service, and achievements by Investigators Joan and Ron Conaway.

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14 June 2021

Celebrating a life of service

Longtime Kansas Citian, Virginia Glascock Stowers—wife of the late James “Jim” E. Stowers Jr., mother of three daughters and one son, nurse, and co-founder of the research institute that bears the family name—died at her home in Kansas City, MO, on June 5, 2021. She was 91.

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17 May 2021

Shuonan He: finding evolutionary biology in the weird

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03 May 2021

Scientists in the making

Meet this year’s ensemble of new predoctoral researchers at the Graduate School of the Stowers Institute and find out some of what spurred their scientific curiosities.

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23 April 2021

Discovery of an elusive cell type in fish sensory organs

Capturing highly motile and invasive neuromast-associated ionocytes

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19 April 2021

When science meets art

“I was always so fascinated by those images,” says Peloggia de Castro. “I looked at them and thought, one day I want to do that."

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07 April 2021

A discussion with Ron Conaway, PhD

An exchange with one part of the dynamic duo known as “The Conaways”

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05 April 2021

New year brings new grant announcements for Stowers researchers

Several Stowers researchers have received funding notifications during the first quarter of 2021, including both investigators and trainees.

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