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04 December 2023
Centromeres—specific regions of DNA typically located near the center of chromosomes—achieve a common core structure to ensure proper alignment and segregation of chromosomes during cell division.
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30 November 2023
Q&A with Stowers Postdoc Riley Galton: "It was really important to me to find a place where I could do top-notch research in an open and collaborative environment."
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29 November 2023
From KMBC, The Stowers Institute for Medical Research brings a mobile mammogram bus to its employees every year, ever since Dr. Heather Marshall was diagnosed with cancer seven years ago.
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29 November 2023
Penny Spence, Stowers Executive VP and CFO, was featured in the November 2023 issue of Ingrams as part of the publication's "We KC" series highlighting Kansas City's most prominent female executives.
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16 November 2023
From KMBC, Stowers member Melissa Childers shares her inspiring story of how she remained positive and determined to keep living life after a spinal stroke.
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16 November 2023
"I then made it my goal to be a part of the Stowers Institute one day!"
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06 November 2023
From the Kansas City Business Journal, a wall inside the new headquarters lobby for American Century includes codes visitors can scan with their phone to learn more about the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and its connection to the company.
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30 October 2023
From KCTV5, take a tour of American Century Investment's new lobby, featuring the Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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26 October 2023
By coaxing out the secrets underlying (un)ordinary biological feats of research organisms—like whole-body regeneration in the case of planarian flatworms—Stowers scientists are investigating how life works at its most fundamental level to ultimately understand human health and find treatments for diseases.
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In The News
25 October 2023
From KMBC, For more than two decades, Dr. Heather Marshall has worked with animals — studying diseases and how we cure them. Little did she know her work would come full circle when she became the one fighting for her life.
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24 October 2023
From KCTV5, “When the non-profit BioNexus kc applied through the department of commerce, it highlighted the success of existing biomedical research institutions, like the Stowers Institute in Kansas City.”
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24 October 2023
From Newsweek, the mysteries of why some men can't produce sperm are now closer to being solved by scientists. They have shed light on what might be going wrong in the process of sperm generation, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances.
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Press Release
20 October 2023
Stowers scientists collaborate to uncover one underlying reason for male infertility
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20 October 2023
From KCUR, the research aims to to better understand how coral are being impacted by climate change and, hopefully, to find a way to keep these precious animals alive.
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News
18 October 2023
Stowers Research Conferences bring together leading scientists in the field including mentors and their trainees in a format designed to facilitate discussion and exchange of ideas
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12 October 2023
A bioinformatician’s journey using AI at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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11 October 2023
From KMBZ, Stowers President and Chief Scientific Officer Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Ph.D., and Predoctoral Research Kaelan Brennan discuss how Stowers uses AI to help advance research.
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06 October 2023
Forty-nine members reached 20 years of service at the Stowers Institute. The Institute founders, Jim and Virginia Stowers, envisioned establishing the Institute as a long-term investment for advancing foundational knowledge in biology for the benefit of all.
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Podcast
06 October 2023
In our latest episode about this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, host Kate the Chemist explains quantum dots and how they relate to the budding field of nanotechnology, helping chemists make our world brighter, healthier and more energy efficient.
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In The News
04 October 2023
From NPR, The Stowers Institute's podcast 'Seeking a Scientist' was featured in 8 climate-related podcasts to listen to
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03 October 2023
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research has a new laboratory—with an ocean view.
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02 October 2023
A Stowers Science Writer reflects on a visit to Woods Hole
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29 September 2023
From NPR's Short Wave: A tiny flatworm that regenerates entire organs. A South American snail that can regrow its eyes. A killifish that suspends animation in dry weather and reanimates in water. These are the organisms at the heart of regeneration science. How they do these things is a mystery to scientists. But molecular biologists like Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado believe they may hold the answers to regeneration in humans.
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28 September 2023
From KC Studio Magazine, Michay Diez of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research submitted “Fluorescent Chromosomes,” a work in gold with black and white accents against a scarlet field. Bold and vibrant as graffiti, the fluorescent image enables study of DNA chromosomes that may uncover their role in disease.
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