18 August 2022

Blind cavefish may trade color for energy

The September 2022 issue of Scientific American features an article titled, "Blind Cave Fish May Trade Color for Energy."

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18 August 2022

How does a jellyfish pack such a tiny sting?

Research from the lab of Stowers Investigator Matt Gibson, PhD was recently featured in an article in the September 2022 issue of Scientific American.

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18 August 2022

Welcoming our new class

The 2022 Graduate School class of predoctoral researchers have arrived at Stowers and begun the adventure that will ultimately lead to a Ph.D. in biology.

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04 August 2022

Discovery of a new flatworm?

Peculiar planarian features and functions identified in flatworms from Guanajuato, Mexico

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26 July 2022

Decoding craniofacial defects

Recent studies link severe craniofacial disorders to disruptions during development

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28 June 2022

Stinging starlet sea anemones

Modeling the makeup and mechanism of cnidarian stingers

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22 June 2022

The switch-like nature of the immune system

Immune cells respond to danger in an “all-or-none” fashion via protein aggregation

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14 June 2022

Stowers welcomes 2022 ASBMB PROLAB winner to the Bazzini Lab

Pallarés, a PhD student, will arrive at the Stowers Institute in July after being named a 2022 PROLAB winner.

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09 June 2022

Stowers and UCLA collaboration yields new insights into planarian genetics

A chromosome in a fresh-water flatworm is primed for evolution into a sex chromosome.

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27 May 2022

Stowers’ vision becomes a dream for scientists

The Stowers Institute puts the focus on the work, not finding money, and has built local life sciences culture in the process.

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19 May 2022

She doesn’t mind being called Batwoman

When Jasmin Camacho, PhD, arrived at Stowers in 2020, she brought with her a passion for animals. That passion first manifested itself in her childhood desire to become a veterinarian.

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13 May 2022

Researchers look to cavefish for insight into metabolism

Genomic analysis of cavefish DNA provides clues to their unique metabolic adaptations

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06 May 2022

Stowers Graduate School President Betty Drees receives national ACP award for advancing careers of women in medicine

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04 May 2022

What sets us apart: How research at the Stowers Institute benefits from unique relationship with American Century Investments

American Century Investments CEO, Jonathan Thomas, recently spoke with 401k Specialist Magazine. He highlighted how the world-class research happening at the Stowers Institute is made possible.

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14 April 2022

Uncovering mechanisms of regeneration

In zebrafish, three sequential phases are discovered to control hair cell regeneration

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31 March 2022

Completing the sequence - Part 3

A ‘big data, AI, and genomics’ approach to identifying variation

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31 March 2022

Completing the sequence - Part 2

Insights from evolutionary biology

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31 March 2022

Completing the sequence - Part 1

Seeing is believing

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31 March 2022

Completing the sequence

Stowers Institute researchers help assemble the complete human genome

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28 March 2022

Partners in complexity

Unsung molecular heroes link steps in gene expression, providing another hint to understanding biological complexity in humans

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09 March 2022

A discussion with SaraH Zanders, PhD

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22 February 2022

Stowers Graduate School predoc receives three-year NIH fellowship to study gene regulation during development

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16 February 2022

Backstage Pass

Reptile and Aquatics: By the Numbers

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09 February 2022

Joseph Varberg, PhD: Postdoc magnifies protein research in yeast

For Postdoctoral Research Associate Joseph Varberg, researching proteins in yeast is more fascinating through the lens of a microscope.

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