Lab Fun
27 October 2025
Pumpkin Carving
Fall fun!
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Lab News
Lab Fun
21 October 2025
First HHMI Meeting
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Lab Fun
10 October 2025
Lab Outing
A lab outing for some fall fun!
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News
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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Lab Fun
29 September 2025
Welcome Back Andrew
Welcoming a former lab member back to the lab!
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Lab Fun
20 September 2025
Crossroads Research Conference (CRC)
A great internal conference!
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Lab Fun
05 September 2025
Welcome Gabe
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In The News
11 July 2025
American Century Championship will benefit KC's Stowers Institute
From KSHB 41, the Stowers Institute in Kansas City is one of the primary beneficiaries of proceeds from the American Century Tournament. Go inside the labs to see the work their scientists are currently pursuing.
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News
10 July 2025
Stowers Investigator receives early career alumni award from UC-San Francisco
Stowers Assistant Investigator Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., earned the 2025 Alumni Early-Career Award from UCSF in recognition of her significant scientific achievements.
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Press Release
26 June 2025
Stowers Institute Investigator Named 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by HHMI
Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., is among a select group of scientists recognized nationwide for their promise to help shape the future of scientific discovery.
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11 June 2025
Leo Yan Recognized at 2025 JCC Symposium
Leo Yan Ph.D. was recently recognized for top science presentation at the annual Jane Coffin Childs Symposium in Chicago
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News
16 May 2025
#BioBasics: What is a ribosome?
Learn the biological basics of ribosomes—the molecular machines that build life-sustaining proteins—and why Stowers scientists are studying them.
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News
05 May 2025
Finding faulty ribosomes
Collaboration with Stowers scientists uncovers how cells cope with defective ribosomes
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02 April 2025
Kostova Lab Team Build
We painted each others portraits!
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02 April 2025
Lab Celebration!
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31 October 2024
Celebrating Halloween 2024!
Check out our continued tradition of dressing up for Halloween...this year we were pandas!
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News
24 September 2024
New Investigators open labs, begin research at the Institute
Four new Principal Investigators recently opened their labs at the Institute. Learn about their research and the impact of their science.
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17 September 2024
Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival
We celebrated by making dumplings as a group
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14 August 2024
We moved!
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14 August 2024
Warm Cookie Wednesday
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14 August 2024
Summer Scholars
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Press Release
30 April 2024
Stowers Institute appoints new Principal Investigator
Kamena Kostova, Ph.D., a molecular biologist from Carnegie Science, will open her lab at the Stowers Institute in Fall 2024.
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News
25 April 2024
Stowers Institute hosts Stowers Research Conference: Molecular Cell Biology - RNA Regulation
More than 75 attendees, including 20 speakers consisting of Principal Investigators and their trainees, attended the three-day event.
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15 December 2023
So many awesome events!
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28 September 2023
Welcome Andrew and Benjamin
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28 September 2023
Lab celebration!
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28 September 2023
Welcome to Michael!
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15 December 2022
Welcome to Diego!
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10 May 2022
Dr. Dr. to-be
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05 May 2022
Dr to be!
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05 May 2022
Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship!!!
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11 March 2022
F32 Fellowship
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20 December 2021
Welcome to Martina and Cece!
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20 December 2021
Happy Holidays from the Kostova Lab!
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05 November 2021
Happy Halloween
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05 November 2021
Welcome to Ireh!
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18 October 2021
PURA Award
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13 October 2021
Welcome to Leo!
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20 April 2021
Jared is going to Yale!
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09 February 2021
Welcome Jeffrey!
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14 January 2021
Welcome Tanushree!
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05 October 2020
Welcome Zach
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