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At the Stowers Institute, great minds are at work seeking to understand the function & behavior of living organisms, paving the way for future medical advances. Celebrating 25 years of discovery. #Stowers25
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(1/2) A century-old puzzle, solved. 🧩 Scientists in the Gerton, @aphillippy.bsky.social and @thinks.lol Labs mapped the exact #DNA breakpoint where human Robertsonian chromosomes fuse together — a landmark #discovery published in @nature.com.
➡️Read more: bit.ly/4pJxSBw
➡️Read more: bit.ly/4pJxSBw
📻Tune into @kcur.org at 9:25 to hear Investigator @juliazeitlinger.bsky.social and AI Fellow Sumner Magruder discuss the Institute’s #AI Initiative and Sumner’s recent appointment to help advance biological research with artificial intelligence.
Listen live: www.kcur.org/listen-live
Listen live: www.kcur.org/listen-live
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December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📻Tune into @kcur.org at 9:25 to hear Investigator @juliazeitlinger.bsky.social and AI Fellow Sumner Magruder discuss the Institute’s #AI Initiative and Sumner’s recent appointment to help advance biological research with artificial intelligence.
Listen live: www.kcur.org/listen-live
Listen live: www.kcur.org/listen-live
Tonight is the night! Join us for a #BIGIDEAS conversation with genomics pioneer Craig Venter and President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social. Reflecting on 25 years since the human genome draft. 🧬
⏰ TONIGHT! ➡️ Register now & come join us! bit.ly/3XjA4SU
⏰ TONIGHT! ➡️ Register now & come join us! bit.ly/3XjA4SU
A conversation with Craig Venter: presented by the Stowers BIG IDEAS…
Craig Venter, Ph.D., is the founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Tonight is the night! Join us for a #BIGIDEAS conversation with genomics pioneer Craig Venter and President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social. Reflecting on 25 years since the human genome draft. 🧬
⏰ TONIGHT! ➡️ Register now & come join us! bit.ly/3XjA4SU
⏰ TONIGHT! ➡️ Register now & come join us! bit.ly/3XjA4SU
Tomorrow’s the day! Genomics pioneer Craig Venter joins President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social for a #BIGIDEAS conversation on the future of #science and the human genome. 🧬
🎟️ Don’t forget to save your spot: bit.ly/3XjA4SU
🎟️ Don’t forget to save your spot: bit.ly/3XjA4SU
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Tomorrow’s the day! Genomics pioneer Craig Venter joins President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social for a #BIGIDEAS conversation on the future of #science and the human genome. 🧬
🎟️ Don’t forget to save your spot: bit.ly/3XjA4SU
🎟️ Don’t forget to save your spot: bit.ly/3XjA4SU
The first snow of the season found us! #KansasCity is officially in winter mode. ❄️
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The first snow of the season found us! #KansasCity is officially in winter mode. ❄️
This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a #killifish larva after hatching, transgenic for a fluorescent epithelial marker (EPCAM, magenta) and a lateral line marker (she, cyan). 🔬 (Piotrowski Lab) #ResearchSky #SciSky
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a #killifish larva after hatching, transgenic for a fluorescent epithelial marker (EPCAM, magenta) and a lateral line marker (she, cyan). 🔬 (Piotrowski Lab) #ResearchSky #SciSky
This #Thanksgiving, we're grateful for the curiosity that drives discovery, the innovation that moves #science forward, and the hope that inspires our work every day. From all of us at the Stowers Institute, thank you for supporting us for the past 25 years in #KansasCity. 🧬🥼🔬
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This #Thanksgiving, we're grateful for the curiosity that drives discovery, the innovation that moves #science forward, and the hope that inspires our work every day. From all of us at the Stowers Institute, thank you for supporting us for the past 25 years in #KansasCity. 🧬🥼🔬
From the first human genome draft to the next breakthroughs—hear it straight from Craig Venter during a #BIGIDEAS conversation with President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social. 🧬12/2 at the Institute.
🔗 Register now before space fills!
www.stowers.org/events/craig...
🔗 Register now before space fills!
www.stowers.org/events/craig...
A conversation with Craig Venter: presented by the Stowers BIG IDEAS…
Craig Venter, Ph.D., is the founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute.
www.stowers.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
From the first human genome draft to the next breakthroughs—hear it straight from Craig Venter during a #BIGIDEAS conversation with President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social. 🧬12/2 at the Institute.
🔗 Register now before space fills!
www.stowers.org/events/craig...
🔗 Register now before space fills!
www.stowers.org/events/craig...
🚨Deadline approaching!!🚨 Don't miss your chance to apply for #StowersGrad #PhD program by 12/1⬇️
⏰ Final call! Applications for our #PhD program close December 1. Don’t miss your chance to train with world-class scientists in an independently fully funded program. #GradSchool
Apply today → bit.ly/44VM6DI
Apply today → bit.ly/44VM6DI
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚨Deadline approaching!!🚨 Don't miss your chance to apply for #StowersGrad #PhD program by 12/1⬇️
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¡Enhorabuena al equipo co-liderado por @bazzinilab.bsky.social de @stowersinstitute.bsky.social & @crisprscan.bsky.social del #CABD que ha realizado el trabajo publicado en #EMBOJournal!!!
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
¡Enhorabuena al equipo co-liderado por @bazzinilab.bsky.social de @stowersinstitute.bsky.social & @crisprscan.bsky.social del #CABD que ha realizado el trabajo publicado en #EMBOJournal!!!
Meet Investigator and #StowersGrad faculty member, Arvind Pillai! ⬇️ Also, applications to our #PhD in #biology program close ONE WEEK from today!
Meet the Faculty: Arvind Pillai, a biochemist + evolutionary biologist helping the next generation of scientists ask bold questions & chase the answers with deep evolutionary biology, advanced protein biochemistry, & #AI.
🔗 Read + #PhD apps are open: bit.ly/4immoR9
🔗 Read + #PhD apps are open: bit.ly/4immoR9
Meet the Faculty: Arvind Pillai, Ph.D., on encouraging students to…
Students working with Pillai can look forward to studying deep evolutionary biology paired with advanced protein biochemistry and artificial intelligence…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Meet Investigator and #StowersGrad faculty member, Arvind Pillai! ⬇️ Also, applications to our #PhD in #biology program close ONE WEEK from today!
Heads up, #KansasCity! Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) of the world’s leading voices in genomics, joins Stowers President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social for an unforgettable #BIGIDEAS evening on the #science shaping our future. 🔬
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 Stowers Institute
RSVP 🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 Stowers Institute
RSVP 🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
A conversation with Craig Venter: presented by the Stowers BIG IDEAS…
Craig Venter, Ph.D., is the founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Heads up, #KansasCity! Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) of the world’s leading voices in genomics, joins Stowers President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social for an unforgettable #BIGIDEAS evening on the #science shaping our future. 🔬
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 Stowers Institute
RSVP 🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 Stowers Institute
RSVP 🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
Science starts with curiosity. 💡🐟 Investigator @kkostova.bsky.social visited Epic Elementary to lead students through hands-on #zebrafish lessons as part of the #BioEYES program!
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Science starts with curiosity. 💡🐟 Investigator @kkostova.bsky.social visited Epic Elementary to lead students through hands-on #zebrafish lessons as part of the #BioEYES program!
Honored to be recognized by the #KansasCity City Council & Mayor @mayorq.bsky.social for 25 years of #discovery. Thank you for celebrating our mission to advance basic #research and improve human health. 🧬 #Stowers25 @planaria1.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Honored to be recognized by the #KansasCity City Council & Mayor @mayorq.bsky.social for 25 years of #discovery. Thank you for celebrating our mission to advance basic #research and improve human health. 🧬 #Stowers25 @planaria1.bsky.social
NEW #research: A new @embojournal.org paper from
@bazzinilab.bsky.social reveals how chemical tags on proteins regulate the embryo’s earliest decisions. A major leap in understanding early development. #ResearchSky
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4i6Hdjl
@bazzinilab.bsky.social reveals how chemical tags on proteins regulate the embryo’s earliest decisions. A major leap in understanding early development. #ResearchSky
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4i6Hdjl
Decoding early development
Stowers Associate Investigator Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D., discusses a collaboration that uncovered a new mechanism guiding the earliest steps of life.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NEW #research: A new @embojournal.org paper from
@bazzinilab.bsky.social reveals how chemical tags on proteins regulate the embryo’s earliest decisions. A major leap in understanding early development. #ResearchSky
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4i6Hdjl
@bazzinilab.bsky.social reveals how chemical tags on proteins regulate the embryo’s earliest decisions. A major leap in understanding early development. #ResearchSky
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4i6Hdjl
New #reseach from the @bazzinilab.bsky.social Lab ⬇️
Our new paper is officially published today in
@embojournal.org !
We show that protein phosphorylation plays a key regulatory role during early embryogenesis.
An amazing collaboration with
@crisprscan.bsky.social
🔗 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
.
@embojournal.org !
We show that protein phosphorylation plays a key regulatory role during early embryogenesis.
An amazing collaboration with
@crisprscan.bsky.social
🔗 www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
.
CRISPR-RfxCas13d screening uncovers Bckdk as a post-translational regulator of maternal-to-zygotic transition in teleosts | The EMBO Journal
imageimagePost-translational regulation during the maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT) remains
largely unexplored. Using an optimized CRISPR-RfxCas13d screening strategy, this study
identifies Bckdk ...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New #reseach from the @bazzinilab.bsky.social Lab ⬇️
Read about our 25th anniversary symposium featured in @thebeacon.bsky.social reflecting through the lens of our founders’ mission, our unique support for scientists, and the big questions that drive our work. 🔬 #Stowers25
Read here: bit.ly/4i5RlZC
Read here: bit.ly/4i5RlZC
At 25, Stowers Institute still searching for the secrets of life
When the Stowers Institute for Medical Research opened its Kansas City headquarters in 2000, much of the scientific world was skeptical that biomedical research could succeed in the Midwest.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Read about our 25th anniversary symposium featured in @thebeacon.bsky.social reflecting through the lens of our founders’ mission, our unique support for scientists, and the big questions that drive our work. 🔬 #Stowers25
Read here: bit.ly/4i5RlZC
Read here: bit.ly/4i5RlZC
We were thrilled to welcome @carlzimmer.com (@nytimes.com) to the #Stowers25 Symposium! His talk on his book Air-Borne offered a fascinating look at how airborne life shapes our world — a perfect fit for a day celebrating discovery and the future of #biology. 🧬 Thank you for joining us!
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We were thrilled to welcome @carlzimmer.com (@nytimes.com) to the #Stowers25 Symposium! His talk on his book Air-Borne offered a fascinating look at how airborne life shapes our world — a perfect fit for a day celebrating discovery and the future of #biology. 🧬 Thank you for joining us!
SAVE THE DATE! Genomics pioneer Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) joins Stowers Pres & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social for a thought-provoking #BIGIDEAS conversation on the frontiers of #science, innovation, & the human genome. 🧬
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 the Stowers Institute
RSVP🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 the Stowers Institute
RSVP🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
A conversation with Craig Venter: presented by the Stowers BIG IDEAS…
Craig Venter, Ph.D., is the founder of the J. Craig Venter Institute.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Genomics pioneer Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) joins Stowers Pres & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social for a thought-provoking #BIGIDEAS conversation on the frontiers of #science, innovation, & the human genome. 🧬
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 the Stowers Institute
RSVP🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
📅 Dec 2 | 📍 the Stowers Institute
RSVP🎟️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
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What a day. Yesterday’s #Stowers25 Symposium brought together our community to celebrate 25 years of bold ideas, transformative science, and the vision Jim and Virginia Stowers set in motion. Here’s to the next 25 years of discovery – thanks to all who joined! 🧬💫
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What a day. Yesterday’s #Stowers25 Symposium brought together our community to celebrate 25 years of bold ideas, transformative science, and the vision Jim and Virginia Stowers set in motion. Here’s to the next 25 years of discovery – thanks to all who joined! 🧬💫
What a day. Yesterday’s #Stowers25 Symposium brought together our community to celebrate 25 years of bold ideas, transformative science, and the vision Jim and Virginia Stowers set in motion. Here’s to the next 25 years of discovery – thanks to all who joined! 🧬💫
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What a day. Yesterday’s #Stowers25 Symposium brought together our community to celebrate 25 years of bold ideas, transformative science, and the vision Jim and Virginia Stowers set in motion. Here’s to the next 25 years of discovery – thanks to all who joined! 🧬💫
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Yesterday was my third “Dr. Day” anniversary, and I got to celebrate by submitting one of the last projects I worked on with @pcart.bsky.social @ku-eeb.bsky.social and finished up @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. I’m excited when I get to share! A hint, it is #Hype4Hydrozoa!
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November 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yesterday was my third “Dr. Day” anniversary, and I got to celebrate by submitting one of the last projects I worked on with @pcart.bsky.social @ku-eeb.bsky.social and finished up @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. I’m excited when I get to share! A hint, it is #Hype4Hydrozoa!
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A packed house for the morning session - thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate 25 years of discovery. We're excited for what's ahead this afternoon. #Stowers25
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A packed house for the morning session - thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate 25 years of discovery. We're excited for what's ahead this afternoon. #Stowers25
Celebrating 25 years! ✨ Pres. & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social spoke with @kshb41.bsky.social about what 25 years of #discovery means and what he hopes for the next quarter century.
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Celebrating 25 years! ✨ Pres. & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social spoke with @kshb41.bsky.social about what 25 years of #discovery means and what he hopes for the next quarter century.
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Jim Stowers always said, “The best is yet to be.” A quarter century of discoveries, and we're just getting started. 🌟
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Jim Stowers always said, “The best is yet to be.” A quarter century of discoveries, and we're just getting started. 🌟
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr