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29 May 2024
From The Scientist, Anna Klompen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Stowers Institute, explained how cnidarian stinging cells harpooned their way into her heart and could help answer fundamental questions in biology.
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20 May 2024
From The Journal of Histotechnology, the echoes of the COVID-19 pandemic still reverberate, leaving a profound mark on how we navigate both our professional and personal spheres. Rather than casting judgment on its aftermath, this editorial embarks on a journey to explore the insights of leaders across various research and industry domains.
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17 May 2024
From KSHB 41 (NBC), hope for advancements in ALS research extends to Stowers Institute Investigator Randal Halfmann, who looks at the process of aging and the creation of the ALS chain reaction with his work at the protein level.
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16 May 2024
From The Journal of Cell Science, read a hypothesis from Stowers Investigator Jennifer Gerton, Ph.D., about the formation of Robertsonian chromosomes.
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08 March 2024
From KMBC, Scientists at the Stowers Institute are asking how the human body can make a memory? A lab seeking the answer recently received a financial boost from a well-known name.
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08 March 2024
From KSHB, one of the area's top scientists, Kausik Si, Ph.D., from the Stowers Institute received a coveted award for his "paradigm shifting" work to understand how our memory works and how that defines us.
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07 March 2024
From Tiny Matters Podcast, although we look very different from many of the other creatures on this planet, we’re more connected than you might think. Stowers Investigator Nicolas Rohner discusses what we can learn from cavefish.
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08 January 2024
From The Scientist, craniofacial anomalies are some of the most common birth defects and can severely impact individuals’ lives, potentially compromising the ability to speak, eat, and even breathe. Learn more about Stowers Investigator Paul Trainor, Ph.D.'s research.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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06 September 2023
From Lab Manager, Chongbei Zhao, PhD, the head of Cells, Tissues, and Organoids Center at Stowers Institute explains some of the considerations surrounding different cell models and use of tissue culture in medical research.
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07 August 2023
From Quanta, Investigator SaraH Zanders provides expert commentary on selfish genes.
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13 July 2023
From KCTV5, Science is all around us and yet much of how the world works remains a mystery. Dr. Randall Hoffman, an investigator with the Stowers Institute, and Kate Biberdorf the host of the new podcast “Seeking a Scientist” join the show to talk about the importance of science and “Kate the Chemists’” big social media following.
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