The Northern Harrier flies at the edge of falling. Its flight so slow that it is as if it was held aloft by desire alone. And when the flight ends and the Nothern Harrier lands in the tall grass and disappears from view, it is as if the entire field goes away with it.

Planarian flatworms have amazing regenerative abilities. After being sliced in half, wounds close within minutes, new eyes appear in days, and by day seven, the regenerated body is behaving like a functioning flatworm. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social bigpicturescience.org/episodes/wor...

President and CSO @planaria1.bsky.social featured on Big Picture Science podcast⬇️

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Planarian flatworms have amazing regenerative abilities. After being sliced in half, wounds close within minutes, new eyes appear in days, and by day seven, the regenerated body is behaving like a functioning flatworm. @stowersinstitute.bsky.social bigpicturescience.org/episodes/wor...

Alexander Calder’s birth certificate says 22 July 1898. His mother insisted on August Fitting for a man whose life’s work was to show that balance is provisional, and that the finest structures are those still deciding where to rest

Recreating the Great Barrier Reef in a basement in the heart of the Midwest? Very few people ever witness #coral spawning in the wild. But on Floor B3 of the Stowers Institute, our team of researchers has discovered what it takes to successfully spawn coral in the lab. 🪸Learn more: bit.ly/4fAYkcb

Coral Keepers

Inside our coral spawning success. In the heart of the midwest.

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From specialized #ribosomes to translational control, the 2026 Stowers Research Conference will explore the latest discoveries shaping our understanding of protein synthesis across #biology. #SRCKC26 🗓 October 21–23, 2026 📍 Kansas City, Missouri Register now: bit.ly/43Vb9so

What if #AI could predict a cell's future? Researchers at the Institute and @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social are working toward that with RegVelo—an AI tool that helps reveal where cells are headed and what drives their fate. On #WorldAIDay, explore how AI is advancing #biology⬇️ bit.ly/4f7jlvZ

New AI Tool RegVelo Predicts Cell Fate & Gene Regulation | Stowers

Stowers researchers unveil RegVelo, an AI tool predicting how cells change and identifying gene regulators to advance regenerative medicine.

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Evan Morrison, Ph.D., didn't always envision a career in #science. Today, he continues his @hhmi-science.bsky.social Gilliam Fellowship in the @kkostova.bsky.social Lab, where he's pursuing curiosity-driven #research to better understand how cells function. 🔗Read more: bit.ly/4wMAYqX

From philosophy to proteins: Stowers postdoc continues his HHMI…

Evan Morrison, Ph.D., a Stowers Institute postdoctoral researcher and a 2021 recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship, followed…

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Today’s Faculty EDGE seminar series is underway, featuring #research presentations from four Institute postdocs!

How is translation regulated across different cell types, tissues, and organisms? Join us October 21–23 as experts explore #ribosome heterogeneity, specialized ribosomes, translational control, and the technologies driving the next generation of discoveries. #SRCKC26 🔗 Register: bit.ly/43Vb9so

Institute postdocs are sharpening their scientific stories & preparing for the academic faculty job market through Faculty EDGE. The workshop offers personalized application review, job talk feedback, mock interviews, & guidance from faculty w/ firsthand search committee experience. bit.ly/4wi5nxB

This beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows the muscle and other tissue organization around the mouth and pharynx of the #planarian flatworm. 🪱 @planaria1.bsky.social Lab

Last night at the @acchampionship.bsky.social, Pres. & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social shared how curiosity-driven #science is transforming our understanding of life and why investing in foundational #research today can improve human health. @americancentury.bsky.social #ACCGolf ⛳

Summer at @mblscience.bsky.social 🌊 Stowers Fellow Nelson Hall and @stowersgrad.bsky.social student in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab Dung Vuu are helping train the next generation of developmental biologists – from collecting specimens to exploring the earliest stages of life.

This #MicroscopyMonday is a developing Apple Snail embryo. On the left is the shell, the middle the body and the foot at the bottom. On the right the head with the eye (green circle) and the tentacle bud. 🐌 (@planaria1.bsky.social Lab)

This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows the cross-section of a developing mouse head with neural crest cells, which migrate to form most of the head and face in vertebrates. 🔬 (@aussiebiologist.bsky.social Lab)

This #MicroscopyMonday is a case of spontaneous axis duplication of a two days post fertilization #zebrafish embryo. Two heads and bodies share the same heart and intricate neuronal connections (orange). (Piotrowski Lab)

At the 2026 International Planarian Meeting in Bangalore, India Remarkable diversity of science and approaches marshaled to dissect the mechanisms of regeneration

Postdoc in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab, Jorge Moreno, investigates aging and regeneration in the so-called "immortal jellyfish," searching for clues about longevity, rejuvenation, and the diversity of life. 🪼 🔗 Read more in this #PostdocProfile: www.stowers.org/news/aging-a...

Aging and regeneration in one of nature’s most unusual organisms

Postdoc Profile: Jorge Moreno on his Stowers research experience — “a place where unconventional ideas are encouraged and explored.”

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Scientists found sea cucumber tissues that survive, swim, & change shape in lab dishes for years. 🧫 In @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, Pres & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social highlighted the most remarkable takeaway is the sustained coordination of complex biological processes still happening: bit.ly/3RDd9ml

Scientists Say They've Discovered 'Little Lab Zombies'—Seemingly Immortal Tissue Taken From Sea Cucumbers

Chunks removed from the marine creatures more than three years ago haven't degraded and show signs of biological activity, raising questions about what it means to be alive

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Could the secret to understanding #immortality be a sea cucumber? 🌊🥒 In a new feature via @sciam.bsky.social, President and CSO @planaria1.bsky.social, provides expert insight on a new marine #regeneration study and what it takes to truly define "biological immortality." Read more: bit.ly/4f8M8kj

Amputated sea cucumber tissue keeps living—possibly forever

The discarded fragments of this creature apparently refuse to die, leading researchers to claim immortality

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Iguanas appear to embody deep time itself and carry themselves as if they still remember they were once dragons.

✨ Join us at #IRBBarcelona Open Day! 📅 Saturday, May 30 A day of science, discovery, and hands-on activities for all ages. 🎟️ Sign up and don’t miss it! 👉 https://bit.ly/4ddD7VA #ExperimentaIRB

Vine a la Jornada de Portes Obertes de l'IRB Barcelona!

L’any passat va ser brutal... 😍🔬 Vam descobrir plegats com la ciè...

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On #WorldBeeDay, we’re revisiting a #BIGIDEAS conversation that explored just how extraordinary insect minds can be. 🐝 Investigator @gallseeker.bsky.social, and author of The Mind of a Bee @larschittka.bsky.social, explored how insects reshape the world around them. Watch the convo: bit.ly/4mD7rfm

Exploring the hidden minds of insects at BIG IDEAS

David Stern, Ph.D., and Lars Chittka, Ph.D., speakers at the Stowers Institute’s Spring 2026 BIG IDEAS lecture series, reveal how aphids and bees are…

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Join us today at noon EST for a Zone 3 webinar on May 15 featuring Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado @planaria1.bsky.social from the Stowers Institute, USA, and Tania Rozario from the University of Georgia, USA. See isrbio.org/webinars for Zoom links and details.

Thank you to Eugene Berezikov for joining us for a #StowersSeminarSeries talk, hosted by Stowers Fellow Nelson Hall.

For those interested, hear from one of the keynote speakers from #ZDM17, @planaria1.bsky.social, on some cool biology!

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Join us for a Zone 3 webinar on May 15 featuring Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado from the Stowers Institute, USA, and Tania Rozario from the University of Georgia, USA. A beautiful story on planarian and tapeworm regeneration! See isrbio.org/webinars for Zoom links and details.

Join us for a Zone 3 webinar on May 15 featuring Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado from the Stowers Institute, USA, and Tania Rozario from the University of Georgia, USA. A beautiful story on planarian and tapeworm regeneration! See isrbio.org/webinars for Zoom links and details.

A new collab from @bazzinilab.bsky.social published in @nature.com explores the “dark proteome” — hidden regions of the #genome that appear to produce thousands of previously overlooked microproteins. 🔗 Read here: bit.ly/4d77ugB

Today at #FridayScienceClub!