30 July 2026

Following proteins into a new chapter

Promoted to Investigator, Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., has built a research program around the molecular events that help cells adapt, defend themselves, and sometimes begin a path toward disease — and there are plenty of questions he still wants to ask.

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02 April 2026

The ultimate puzzle: An Investigator’s pursuit of nature’s best solutions

The first story in the Stowers Institute’s new ‘What if?’ campaign follows Associate Investigator Randal Halfmann, PhD, in his search to understand aging and how nature may hold clues to healthier, longer lives.

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20 March 2026

What the brain still has left to teach us

Understanding the brain means confronting some of biology’s toughest questions. Stowers scientists are exploring how memories last, how neurodegenerative disease begins, and how the brain’s circuitry takes shape.

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09 October 2025

2025 Lab Coat Ceremony Welcomes Graduate Students To Their Thesis Labs

An annual tradition marks the start of scientific discovery for the 2024-2025 class of Stowers Graduate School students.

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29 July 2025

Postdoc Profile: Q&A with Halfmann Lab Postdoc, Alex Von Schulze

"Most of my best ideas—and opportunities—came from conversations with other scientists. Share data, workshop problems, collaborate. It’s the single most valuable habit I’ve cultivated."

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17 March 2025

Stowers scientists uncover principles underlying the toxicity of “selfish” genes

The findings may help scientists better understand infertility, neurodegeneration, and evolution.

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19 February 2025

Meet the Faculty: Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., on the 'freedom to explore’ your curiosity

Stowers Associate Investigator Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., puts it simply: “Stowers offers an opportunity unlike any other program.”

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09 August 2024

Five Stowers postdoctoral researchers awarded grants in 2023

Five scientists' prestigious awards are a testament to the innovative, curiosity-driven, and profound impact and scope of foundational biological research the Institute is committed to fostering.

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24 June 2024

Stowers Faculty EDGE Workshop prepares postdocs for the academic job market

The Faculty EDGE series is just one of many advantages of the postdoctoral training program at the Stowers Institute.

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23 May 2024

Stowers scientist providing new insight into ALS

Though presently incurable, research from Stowers Associate Investigator Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., is helping improve our understanding of how the ALS amyloid protein that forms aggregates in the brain first starts. Recently, the team made an unexpected, exciting discovery that offers hope for the future.

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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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03 October 2023

A lab with a view

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research has a new laboratory—with an ocean view.

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22 September 2023

Five Stowers postdoctoral researchers awarded grants in 2023

Five postdoctoral researchers from four labs received prestigious awards to enhance their research and training.

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13 June 2023

New research reveals the start of Huntington’s disease

Stowers scientists deduce the initiating structure of the amyloid implicated in Huntington’s and present a potential therapeutic treatment approach.

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25 May 2023

How foundational research at the Stowers Institute is helping make progress in the fight against cancer

The Stowers Institute and the American Cancer Society work to uncover the mysteries of cancer

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11 May 2023

The Graduate School of the Stowers Institute celebrates graduates

The ceremony celebrated the accomplishments and future endeavors of the graduates who are continuing their scientific discoveries at cutting edge industry positions and at academic institutions including Harvard University, the Mayo Clinic, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, and The Rockefeller University.

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17 March 2023

#StowersImpact: Overland Park woman honors mother, raises awareness for foundational research in the fight against Alzheimer’s

As part of the #StowersImpact campaign, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research teamed up with the Alzheimer’s Association Heart of America and Greater Missouri Chapter to put a face to the disease that impacts so many people.

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14 March 2023

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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21 December 2022

2022 in Review

Join us as we review scientific discoveries of 2022, ranging from the human genome to planarian flatworms, from regeneration to metabolism

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22 June 2022

The switch-like nature of the immune system

Immune cells respond to danger in an “all-or-none” fashion via protein aggregation

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03 May 2021

Scientists in the making

Meet this year’s ensemble of new predoctoral researchers at the Graduate School of the Stowers Institute and find out some of what spurred their scientific curiosities.

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01 September 2020

Stowers researchers supported by multiple mid-year award announcements

Several researchers at the Stowers Institute received award notifications during the past few months, including investigators, a postdoctoral researcher, and predoctoral researchers.

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06 April 2020

First quarter 2020 awards acknowledge research efforts

Assistant Investigator Randal Halfmann, PhD, was awarded a four-year grant from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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05 July 2018

New assay reveals biophysical properties that allow certain proteins to infect others

Stowers Scientists have identified a physical basis for the spread of corrupted proteins known as prions inside cells. Their research findings are reported Molecular Cell.

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01 October 2016

Returning to the fold: examining prions from new angles

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