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21 August 2026
Decoding a stinging cell shaped by half a billion years of evolution
Postdoc Profile: Anna Klompen, Ph.D., on her Stowers research experience — "My experience at the Institute has been exceptional."
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22 July 2026
Coral Keepers
Inside our coral spawning success. In the heart of the midwest.
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25 June 2026
Stowers Postdoc honored with Wellcome Early-Career Award
The highly competitive award will help Helen R. Horkan, Ph.D., a Stowers Institute postdoctoral researcher, take the first steps to launch her independent research program at the University of Exeter in the UK.
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24 June 2026
Stowers Postdoc honored with prestigious Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship
The award will support Kira Marshall, Ph.D., a Stowers postdoctoral researcher, as she investigates coral reproduction and how reproductive systems evolve across species.
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04 February 2026
Postdoc Profile: From a toy microscope to the rules that shape animal life
Carlos Sanchez-Higueras, Ph.D., studies how gene-regulating “switches” evolved—linking DNA, development, and evolution across animals. Read the Q&A.
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03 June 2025
Imperiled Great Barrier Reef corals are healthy and reproducing in a Kansas City lab
With the hope of discovering new ways to save these iconic animals from extinction, scientists at the Stowers Institute have successfully induced sexual reproduction in a population of Great Barrier Reef coral housed hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean.
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17 March 2025
Postdoc Profile: Q&A with Helen Horkan, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Gibson Lab
“The sky is the limit at the Stowers Institute. If you have an idea, there is always somebody willing to help you make it happen.”
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01 November 2024
Stowers Institute hosts "Stowers Research Conferences: Developmental Cell Biology"
Organized by Stowers Institute Investigators Matt Gibson, Ph.D., Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Ph.D., and Robb Krumlauf, Ph.D., the conference facilitated a collaborative environment aimed at creative scientific exchange. More than 100 participants attended, including 20 distinguished speakers and trainees.
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03 July 2024
Ageless Animals
What can we learn from animals that are “immortal”? Stowers scientists are trying to find out.
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20 December 2023
2023 in Review
Follow along as we highlight 2023 and impactful scientific discoveries ranging from the origins of Huntington’s and infertility to animal evolution and adaptation.
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18 August 2022
How does a jellyfish pack such a tiny sting?
Research from the lab of Stowers Investigator Matt Gibson, PhD was recently featured in an article in the September 2022 issue of Scientific American.
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