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🔬✨ 2025 in Review
From welcoming new scientists to bold discoveries across #biology, 2025 was a milestone year at the Institute, marking 25 years of curiosity-driven #discovery.
Explore 15 highlights ➡️ bit.ly/48JGku3
From welcoming new scientists to bold discoveries across #biology, 2025 was a milestone year at the Institute, marking 25 years of curiosity-driven #discovery.
Explore 15 highlights ➡️ bit.ly/48JGku3
One of the features of a Stowers Research Conference? Tandem talks. Mentors & mentees share the stage side-by-side to present their most exciting discoveries.
Join us at #SRCKC26 for 3 days of #science, collaboration, & career-building innovation: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Hear from a previous attendee⬇️
Join us at #SRCKC26 for 3 days of #science, collaboration, & career-building innovation: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Hear from a previous attendee⬇️
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
One of the features of a Stowers Research Conference? Tandem talks. Mentors & mentees share the stage side-by-side to present their most exciting discoveries.
Join us at #SRCKC26 for 3 days of #science, collaboration, & career-building innovation: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Hear from a previous attendee⬇️
Join us at #SRCKC26 for 3 days of #science, collaboration, & career-building innovation: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Hear from a previous attendee⬇️
Check out the #StowersGrad 2025 Year in Review! ⬇️
🎓🔬 2025 in Review: This year we celebrated student discoveries, new cohorts, major publications, awards, conferences, and milestones in mentorship. #SciSky #GradSchool
Explore 11 moments that defined the year ➡️ www.stowers.org/gradschool/n...
Explore 11 moments that defined the year ➡️ www.stowers.org/gradschool/n...
2025 in Review
Eleven key moments and achievements from the Stowers Graduate School in 2025
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December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Check out the #StowersGrad 2025 Year in Review! ⬇️
#2025Rewind ⏪ Stowers scientists discovered a new cell-death pathway in cholera-causing bacteria, showing microbes may self-destruct to survive. A surprising insight with potential therapeutic impact. 🦠 #SciSky #ResearchSky
🔗 Read more: www.stowers.org/news/stowers...
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December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#2025Rewind ⏪ Stowers scientists discovered a new cell-death pathway in cholera-causing bacteria, showing microbes may self-destruct to survive. A surprising insight with potential therapeutic impact. 🦠 #SciSky #ResearchSky
🔗 Read more: www.stowers.org/news/stowers...
🔗 Read more: www.stowers.org/news/stowers...
🪱 New #research from the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social, reveals that whole-body #regeneration in #planarian flatworms depends not only on stem cells, but on metabolically specialized support cells that fuel the process.
🔗Read more: www.stowers.org/news/support...
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Support cells fuel flatworm regeneration
Stowers scientists discover how metabolically specialized support cells orchestrate whole-body regeneration, reshaping our understanding of tissue repair…
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December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🪱 New #research from the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab, published in @dev-journal.bsky.social, reveals that whole-body #regeneration in #planarian flatworms depends not only on stem cells, but on metabolically specialized support cells that fuel the process.
🔗Read more: www.stowers.org/news/support...
🔗Read more: www.stowers.org/news/support...
We’re closing out 2025 with gratitude for the science, the people behind it, and the community that fuels discovery. Wishing everyone a new year filled with curiosity, purpose, and wonder. 🔬🧬
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We’re closing out 2025 with gratitude for the science, the people behind it, and the community that fuels discovery. Wishing everyone a new year filled with curiosity, purpose, and wonder. 🔬🧬
Plants don’t just grow, they communicate. 🌱
New #research in @plos.org Genetics from Investigator Siva Sankari shows how plants use antimicrobial peptides to “talk” to soil bacteria, with insights for future antibiotics and agriculture. #SciSky
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3Y2BOR6
New #research in @plos.org Genetics from Investigator Siva Sankari shows how plants use antimicrobial peptides to “talk” to soil bacteria, with insights for future antibiotics and agriculture. #SciSky
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3Y2BOR6
Plants, proteins, and new possibilities for antibiotics and…
Stowers scientist discovers insights into how plants “talk” to bacteria in soil, possibly informing future antimicrobial therapies
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December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Plants don’t just grow, they communicate. 🌱
New #research in @plos.org Genetics from Investigator Siva Sankari shows how plants use antimicrobial peptides to “talk” to soil bacteria, with insights for future antibiotics and agriculture. #SciSky
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3Y2BOR6
New #research in @plos.org Genetics from Investigator Siva Sankari shows how plants use antimicrobial peptides to “talk” to soil bacteria, with insights for future antibiotics and agriculture. #SciSky
🔗 Read here: bit.ly/3Y2BOR6
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Please consider attending and RT. Great lineup of speakers!
Registration is OPEN for #SRCKC26: Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI! Organized by Neşet Özel, @juliazeitlinger.bsky.social, & @saukaspengler.bsky.social.
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomics & #AI.
📅 Register now: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomics & #AI.
📅 Register now: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
December 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Please consider attending and RT. Great lineup of speakers!
Registration is OPEN for #SRCKC26: Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI! Organized by Neşet Özel, @juliazeitlinger.bsky.social, & @saukaspengler.bsky.social.
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomics & #AI.
📅 Register now: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomics & #AI.
📅 Register now: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
December 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Registration is OPEN for #SRCKC26: Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI! Organized by Neşet Özel, @juliazeitlinger.bsky.social, & @saukaspengler.bsky.social.
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomics & #AI.
📅 Register now: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomics & #AI.
📅 Register now: bit.ly/4rMvVoI
Nature's "blue" isn't pigment — it's physics.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium,
@mblscience.bsky.social Director Nipam Patel showed how butterflies use nanostructured scales to refract light into brilliant colors. 🦋🌈
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium,
@mblscience.bsky.social Director Nipam Patel showed how butterflies use nanostructured scales to refract light into brilliant colors. 🦋🌈
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
December 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Nature's "blue" isn't pigment — it's physics.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium,
@mblscience.bsky.social Director Nipam Patel showed how butterflies use nanostructured scales to refract light into brilliant colors. 🦋🌈
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium,
@mblscience.bsky.social Director Nipam Patel showed how butterflies use nanostructured scales to refract light into brilliant colors. 🦋🌈
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
🔬✨ 2025 in Review
From welcoming new scientists to bold discoveries across #biology, 2025 was a milestone year at the Institute, marking 25 years of curiosity-driven #discovery.
Explore 15 highlights ➡️ bit.ly/48JGku3
From welcoming new scientists to bold discoveries across #biology, 2025 was a milestone year at the Institute, marking 25 years of curiosity-driven #discovery.
Explore 15 highlights ➡️ bit.ly/48JGku3
December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🔬✨ 2025 in Review
From welcoming new scientists to bold discoveries across #biology, 2025 was a milestone year at the Institute, marking 25 years of curiosity-driven #discovery.
Explore 15 highlights ➡️ bit.ly/48JGku3
From welcoming new scientists to bold discoveries across #biology, 2025 was a milestone year at the Institute, marking 25 years of curiosity-driven #discovery.
Explore 15 highlights ➡️ bit.ly/48JGku3
1 in 800 people carry a Robertsonian chromosome, often undetected until #infertility testing.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, Investigator Jennifer Gerton highlighted how assembling the full structure opens new paths to understanding human health and #evolution.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, Investigator Jennifer Gerton highlighted how assembling the full structure opens new paths to understanding human health and #evolution.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
1 in 800 people carry a Robertsonian chromosome, often undetected until #infertility testing.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, Investigator Jennifer Gerton highlighted how assembling the full structure opens new paths to understanding human health and #evolution.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, Investigator Jennifer Gerton highlighted how assembling the full structure opens new paths to understanding human health and #evolution.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
A community willing to share expertise makes all the difference. Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellow Nelson Hall, Ph.D., reflects on what makes the Institute such an incredible place to do #science.
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A community willing to share expertise makes all the difference. Jim and Virginia Stowers Fellow Nelson Hall, Ph.D., reflects on what makes the Institute such an incredible place to do #science.
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
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Some of the images are really wild. Like the scientist in the open cockpit of an early airplane holding petri dishes on sticks to collect atmospheric samples of life.
Progress in #science is rarely smooth.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
December 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Some of the images are really wild. Like the scientist in the open cockpit of an early airplane holding petri dishes on sticks to collect atmospheric samples of life.
Progress in #science is rarely smooth.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Progress in #science is rarely smooth.
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, @carlzimmer.com from @nytimes.com explored how forgotten research on airborne disease shaped the COVID pandemic, and why revisiting scientific history matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
Congratulations to Investigator Ameya Mashruwala on receiving a prestigious Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation #research grant!
His project explores how programmed cell death in #bacteria reveals deeper principles of tissue #development across life. 🦠
His project explores how programmed cell death in #bacteria reveals deeper principles of tissue #development across life. 🦠
December 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Congratulations to Investigator Ameya Mashruwala on receiving a prestigious Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation #research grant!
His project explores how programmed cell death in #bacteria reveals deeper principles of tissue #development across life. 🦠
His project explores how programmed cell death in #bacteria reveals deeper principles of tissue #development across life. 🦠
From decoding the human genome to exploring life across the world’s oceans, Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) shared a remarkable journey on the #BIGIDEAS stage.
📹The full conversation with President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c30p...
📹The full conversation with President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c30p...
BIG IDEAS: A Conversation with Genomics Pioneer Craig Venter
YouTube video by Stowers Institute for Medical Research
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December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
From decoding the human genome to exploring life across the world’s oceans, Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) shared a remarkable journey on the #BIGIDEAS stage.
📹The full conversation with President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c30p...
📹The full conversation with President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social is now available to watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c30p...
This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows digital collage of bacteroids, a special form of bacteria that lives inside alfalfa roots. 🌱 (Sankari Lab)
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows digital collage of bacteroids, a special form of bacteria that lives inside alfalfa roots. 🌱 (Sankari Lab)
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, Investigator Matt Gibson invited us to imagine exploring "new worlds" in #biology, only to reveal that some of the most astonishing creatures aren't on distant planets, but right here on Earth. 🌎
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
At the #Stowers25 Symposium, Investigator Matt Gibson invited us to imagine exploring "new worlds" in #biology, only to reveal that some of the most astonishing creatures aren't on distant planets, but right here on Earth. 🌎
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
From the mysteries of nitrogen fixation to the potential for sustainable agriculture and future therapies, Investigator Siva Sankari shared that big breakthroughs start with big questions at the #Stowers25 symposium. 🌱
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From the mysteries of nitrogen fixation to the potential for sustainable agriculture and future therapies, Investigator Siva Sankari shared that big breakthroughs start with big questions at the #Stowers25 symposium. 🌱
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
Learn more: bit.ly/3XLLxee
From partnering across labs to learning directly from experts, Jim & Virginia Stowers Fellow Alex Garruss, Ph.D., reflects on the unique environment that fuels #discovery at the Institute. 🧪
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
From partnering across labs to learning directly from experts, Jim & Virginia Stowers Fellow Alex Garruss, Ph.D., reflects on the unique environment that fuels #discovery at the Institute. 🧪
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Learn more about #Stowers25: bit.ly/477ywSr
Why study a flatworm? Because it may hold the key to regenerating human organs. @danimateria.bsky.social from @elpais.com spoke w/ Pres & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social, about what #planarians can teach us about #regeneration, aging, & the possibilities of future medicine.
🔗 elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
🔗 elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
Alejandro Sánchez-Alvarado, el científico que quiere desvelar los secretos del gusano inmortal
El investigador explica cómo un animal diminuto nos puede enseñar a regenerar órganos
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December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Why study a flatworm? Because it may hold the key to regenerating human organs. @danimateria.bsky.social from @elpais.com spoke w/ Pres & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social, about what #planarians can teach us about #regeneration, aging, & the possibilities of future medicine.
🔗 elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
🔗 elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
Scenes from an unforgettable #BIGIDEAS evening with Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) and President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social. Swipe through for moments from the conversation, the crowd, and the energy that filled the auditorium. ✨
We hope you’ll join us for the next #BIGIDEAS event!
➡️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
We hope you’ll join us for the next #BIGIDEAS event!
➡️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Scenes from an unforgettable #BIGIDEAS evening with Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) and President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social. Swipe through for moments from the conversation, the crowd, and the energy that filled the auditorium. ✨
We hope you’ll join us for the next #BIGIDEAS event!
➡️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
We hope you’ll join us for the next #BIGIDEAS event!
➡️ bit.ly/3XjA4SU
Thank you to all who filled our auditorium for an engaging #BIGIDEAS conversation with Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) and President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social.
We're grateful to share these convos with such a curious and enthusiastic community.
💻 Read a full recap of the event here: bit.ly/3Yrz1AV
We're grateful to share these convos with such a curious and enthusiastic community.
💻 Read a full recap of the event here: bit.ly/3Yrz1AV
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thank you to all who filled our auditorium for an engaging #BIGIDEAS conversation with Craig Venter (@jcvi.org) and President & CSO @planaria1.bsky.social.
We're grateful to share these convos with such a curious and enthusiastic community.
💻 Read a full recap of the event here: bit.ly/3Yrz1AV
We're grateful to share these convos with such a curious and enthusiastic community.
💻 Read a full recap of the event here: bit.ly/3Yrz1AV
🚨 👏 🔬 Register now for #SRC2026: Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI!
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomic innovation, & #AI-powered approaches to understanding development.
Speaker line-up & registration here: bit.ly/48K1BlV
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomic innovation, & #AI-powered approaches to understanding development.
Speaker line-up & registration here: bit.ly/48K1BlV
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🚨 👏 🔬 Register now for #SRC2026: Development, Regulatory Genomics & AI!
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomic innovation, & #AI-powered approaches to understanding development.
Speaker line-up & registration here: bit.ly/48K1BlV
Join us April 22–24 in #KansasCity to explore cis-regulatory logic, genomic innovation, & #AI-powered approaches to understanding development.
Speaker line-up & registration here: bit.ly/48K1BlV
Spotify Wrapped, but make it #Stowers25 version. 🧬
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Spotify Wrapped, but make it #Stowers25 version. 🧬