Our latest #SpotlightStowers features #Accounting Specialist Jenny VanBebber. Her eye for detail helps ensure accurate & timely payroll and expense reporting across the Institute and our labs.
Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Research Services
Kansas City, Missouri 9,266 followers
At the Stowers Institute, great minds are at work seeking to understand the function and behavior of living organisms.
About us
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is a non-profit, basic biomedical research organization dedicated to improving human health by studying the fundamental processes of life. Jim Stowers, founder of American Century Investments, and his wife, Virginia, opened the Institute in 2000. Since then, the Institute has spent over 900 million dollars in pursuit of its mission. Currently, the Institute is home to nearly 550 researchers and support personnel; over 20 independent research programs; and more than a dozen technology-development and core facilities. Our Mission To make a significant contribution to humanity through medical research by expanding our understanding of the secrets of life and by improving life’s quality through innovative approaches to the causes, treatment and prevention of diseases.
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http://www.stowers.org
External link for Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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- Research Services
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- 501-1,000 employees
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- Kansas City, Missouri
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- Nonprofit
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1000 E 50th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64110, US
Employees at Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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Evelyn Travnik
Chief Information Officer | Global Technology Executive | Product Innovation | Management Consulting | Engineering Leadership
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Chris Seidel
Genomics Scientist at Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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Cathy Yarbrough
Freelance writer
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Sherry Lockwood
Business Analyst at Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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Register for #SRCKC24: Developmental Cell Biology! Explore #research in #stemcell #biology, tissue #regeneration, & more. Don’t miss tandem talks, where mentors and mentees take the stage together to share their discoveries. Learn more register here: https://bit.ly/3z3VHxM
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Stowers Institute for Medical Research scientists uncover fundamental rules for how #Dengue virus infects its #Mosquito and #Human hosts, providing hope for identifying therapeutic approaches. #HumanHealth #TropicalDiseases #Epidemiology
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"23 pairs! The magic chromosome count that helps humans thrive. Could we thrive if all our #DNA were arranged in two chromosomes? This study with yeast reveals how #chromosome size & number impact cell division, including spindle scaling, dynamics, & gene essentiality." Preethi Kunchala on new #research from the Jennifer Gerton Lab published in Current Biology (Cell Press). https://lnkd.in/g9vVRtD6
Plasticity of the mitotic spindle in response to karyotype variation
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This #WorldBrainDay we are unlocking the secrets of memory! Why do some moments stick while others slip away? Delve into five fascinating facts about #memory and the #brain. 🧠💭 #Neuroscience #BrainScience https://lnkd.in/gPwhSYSe
Five facts about memory and the brain
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To understand how genetic information is translated in proteins, first you need to understand the genetic code. The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research predoc, Luciana Castellano, explains. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4fb7hb3
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"This work has altered how we think about the relationship between a virus & a host cell." New insights from the Bazzini Lab into how #dengue & other viruses infect hosts, potentially paving the way for new treatments & vaccines. Published in Molecular Systems Biology. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fb7hb3
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#DYK apple snails can regrow their eye? 🐌 Institute postdoc alums, Alice Accorsi, Longhua Guo, and Yu-ichiro Nakajima discuss extraordinary model systems for #regeneration like the apple snail & leopard gecko in this perspective article for Development (The Company of Biologists). https://lnkd.in/gqGQNCyy
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Explore the latest #research in cell, developmental and evolutionary #biology at #SRCKC24 with an incredible line up of speakers, including keynotes Carole LaBonne and Marianne Bronner! Join us October 23 -25 at the Institute. Learn more register here: https://bit.ly/3z3VHxM
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