⏰ Tomorrow is the last day to register! Don't miss your chance to join researchers from around the world at #SRCKC26! 🔬 Join us October 21–23 in #KansasCity for cutting-edge #science, engaging discussions, networking, and opportunities for collaboration. 🔗 Register today: bit.ly/43Vb9so

Stowers Research Conferences: Ribosome Heterogeneity and…

Organized by Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D., Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., and Maria Barna, Ph.D.

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NEW research from the Gibson Lab 🔬Cell division does more than make new cells—it helps reshape tissues. Stowers scientists discovered how dividing cells trigger neighboring cells to rearrange, helping growing tissues stay organized. Published in @currentbiology.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3UkC1Rk

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A little Latin jazz to end the week! 🎶🎺 We welcomed the @kclatinjazz.bsky.social to the Institute on Friday for another lively performance in our Experiments in Sound concert series!

Where can your scientific curiosity take you? 🔬 Hear from Stowers Graduate School alum Augusto Ortega Granillo about how his Ph.D. experience helped shape his scientific journey. Ready to start yours? Applications are open!

Stowers Grad School@stowersgrad.bsky.social · 3d ago

Where can your scientific curiosity take you? 🔬 At the Stowers Graduate School, students have the freedom to pursue ambitious questions and grow as independent scientists. Hear from alum Augusto Ortega Granillo, #PhD, about how that freedom shaped his journey. 🔗 Apply today: bit.ly/44VM6DI

Can #AI predict the protein changes behind #Alzheimer's and #ALS? 🧬 Investigator Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., will receive ~$4.1M from @arpa-h.bsky.social to generate 10 billion+ measurements to train it, part of a $28.6M national effort led by @innovativegenomics.bsky.social. 🔗 bit.ly/4dwI4Zw

Stowers scientist selected for $28.6 million effort to predict…

The new award brings together a team of scientists who will combine AI, large-scale experiments and human-cell studies to predict harmful protein changes…

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Stowers Investigator Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., and his lab are contributing to this ARPA-H-funded #research initiative! 🧬 Using technology developed in the Halfmann Lab, they'll generate experimental data to help train #AI models to predict #protein aggregation.

ARPA-H@arpa-h.bsky.social · 7d ago

Protein dysfunction can begin years before disease takes hold or symptoms appear ARPA-H’s BIOGAMI announced the teams decoding how proteins misfold and finding ways to intervene earlier in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and more. Learn more ➡️ arpa-h.gov/explore-fund...

#WhatIf we didn’t have to age? What if we could prevent #cancer? What if nature holds the answers? 🔬 Introducing #WhatIf, a new Stowers Institute storytelling series exploring biology’s biggest questions and the scientists driven to answer them. 🎥 Watch our first three episodes: bit.ly/4v1D85W

Taking big questions to new heights! 👀 Our new #WhatIf banners are officially up around the neighborhood! Go behind the scenes (and up in the air!) for a unique look at how they got there. Discover the questions driving our scientists: bit.ly/4yzLx1T

Thank you to Judith Frydman (@stanforduniversity.bsky.social) for joining us for a great #StowersSeminarSeries hosted by @bazzinilab.bsky.social.

We have some BIG questions. 👀 So naturally, we put one on the side of our parking garage. Our #Whatlf series launches this week, stay tuned: bit.ly/4v1D85W

Discover the newest tools transforming translational biology—from advanced ribosome profiling and proteomics to innovative imaging and functional genomics. 🧬 Join us at the 2026 Stowers Research Conference, #SRKC26. Register now: bit.ly/43Vb9so

Congratulations to the 2026 laureates on this extraordinary achievement! 👏

Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org · 2w ago

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

This #MicroscopyMonday shows the early formation of a small colony of corals from the Hawaiian Montipora capitata coral. Coral polyps have autofluorescence by the expression of the Green Fluorescent Protein. 🪸 (Gibson Lab)

These programs have been very generous to #zebrafish researchers! (Shoutout to @kkostova.bsky.social from @stowersinstitute.bsky.social in the photo!)

HHMI@hhmi-science.bsky.social · 2w ago

Postdoc or early career faculty? Applications for our '28 #FreemanHrabowski Scholars & #HannaGray Fellows Programs open 11/3! Prep by joining us 10/22 @ 2pm ET for a live informational webinar w/the HHMI Science Programs team — comp details, how-tos, & a Q&A session. Register at bit.ly/3VHe2fq

Spend your summer exploring science at Stowers! 🔬 Applications are now open for our 2027 Summer Scholars Program, offering undergraduate students eight weeks of hands-on research experience alongside our scientists. Learn more and apply below! ⬇️

Stowers Grad School@stowersgrad.bsky.social · 2w ago

Applications are NOW open for the Stowers Summer Scholars Program! 🔬 Spend 8 weeks immersed in #science — work alongside Stowers scientists, gain hands-on lab experience and become part of our collaborative scientific community. 🔗Apply here: bit.ly/3SDVdGo

This week's #MicroscopyMonday is a side view of #zebrafish sensory organs, called neuromasts. These organs detect water flow based on the deflection of the protruding hair bundles (stereocilia). @daniomuench.bsky.social (Piotrowski Lab)

🚨 Last chance for early-bird registration for #SRCKC26! Join researchers from across the field to explore emerging concepts in #ribosome heterogeneity, specialized translation, quality control and more. Today is also the deadline to submit an abstract for consideration. 🔗 bit.ly/43Vb9so

Stowers Research Conferences: Ribosome Heterogeneity and…

Organized by Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D., Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., and Maria Barna, Ph.D.

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Thank you to Zhao Zhang (@duke-university.bsky.social) for joining us for a #StowersSeminarSeries talk, hosted by the @kkostova.bsky.social Lab!

One hallmark of Stowers Research Conferences? Tandem Talks. Mentors and mentees share the stage to present discoveries together, highlighting both groundbreaking science and the next generation of scientific leaders. Hear from a previous attendee⬇️ Join us 10/21–23 at #SRCKC26: bit.ly/43Vb9so

1/n New paper! In collaboration with Angela Gronenborn's lab, we solved the crystal structures of 2 bicycle proteins. They share some similarity to saposins, but are clearly not saposins. Instead, this stable backbone provides a platform for crazy diversity of form and surface chemistry.

Applications are open for the @stowersgrad.bsky.social #PhD program! Apply below ⬇️

Stowers Grad School@stowersgrad.bsky.social · 3w ago

Graduate students at #StowersGrad are part of the scientific community at @stowersinstitute.bsky.social from day one, with access to leading scientists, state-of-the-art facilities, technical experts, and resources designed to support ambitious #research. 🔗Apply here: bit.ly/44VM6DI

Happy first day of fall! 🍂 It won’t be long until the Institute is surrounded by these colors again.

(2/2) See how Stowers scientists combined #evolution, fieldwork and #AI to uncover the hidden structure of rapidly evolving aphid proteins. 🧬

Stowers Institute@stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 3w ago

(1/2)When #AI couldn’t solve this protein structure, evolution helped scientists show it how. The @gallseeker.bsky.social Lab combined fieldwork, structural #biology + AlphaFold2 to uncover a hidden blueprint shared by thousands of rapidly evolving aphid proteins. New in @pnas.org: bit.ly/46E2XOx

(1/2)When #AI couldn’t solve this protein structure, evolution helped scientists show it how. The @gallseeker.bsky.social Lab combined fieldwork, structural #biology + AlphaFold2 to uncover a hidden blueprint shared by thousands of rapidly evolving aphid proteins. New in @pnas.org: bit.ly/46E2XOx

What if growing into an adult meant rewriting your cells? 🪱🔬 New #research from the Stowers Institute (@planaria1.bsky.social Lab) & @stanforduniversity.bsky.social reveals how the marine acorn worm transforms from larva to adult by reprogramming many of the cells it already has. 🔗 bit.ly/4hF99Mp

Stowers Institute and Stanford University study reveals a marine worm…

New single-cell atlas of the acorn worm shows that most tissues undergo a genome-wide transcriptional overhaul as larva becomes adult, providing new…

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Why do some memories last a lifetime while others fade? On #WorldAlzheimersDay, explore five facts about memory and the #brain, and how Stowers scientists are studying the fundamental #biology behind how memories form, persist, and are lost. 🧠 Five facts about memory and the brain: bit.ly/4y1JNhy

Five facts about memory and the brain

Memories of “firsts”—a first kiss, first love, first heartbreak—feel permanent. But why do we remember some moments yet forget others?

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This #WorldAlzheimersDay, our stunning #Microscopy Monday is an adult fly #brain, labeled in orange is the mushroom body, the memory center in flies, and the neurons on the sides are part of the medulla of the eye, essential for color vision. 🧠 (Si Lab)

Stowers Pres. & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social, welcomes our scientific community to #CRC26! From #research talks to poster presentations, this annual internal scientific meeting creates opportunities for scientists across career stages to share their work, learn from colleagues & make new connections.

📣 Deadline extended! Abstract submissions for #SRCKC26 are now open through September 28. Join us in #KansasCity, October 21–23, for Ribosome Heterogeneity and Translational Control from Cells to Organisms. 💻Submit your abstract & join the conversation this fall: bit.ly/43Vb9so

Stowers Research Conferences: Ribosome Heterogeneity and…

Organized by Ariel Bazzini, Ph.D., Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., and Maria Barna, Ph.D.

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Stowers Graduate School alum Augusto Ortega Granillo, Ph.D., reflects on his time at the Institute and the experiences that helped shape where his scientific career has taken him today. Check it out ⬇️

Stowers Grad School@stowersgrad.bsky.social · last mo.

From the Stowers Graduate School to @mpi-cbg.de 🧬 Alum Augusto Ortega Granillo, Ph.D., reflects on his journey at #StowersGrad and how pairing #biology with physics is shaping his #research today. 🔗Read more + applications are NOW OPEN: bit.ly/4xpAc2Y