NEW #research in @washingtonpost.com: "Junk #DNA" may hold the key🔑 Stowers researchers in the Gerton Lab, in collaboration in w/ @aphillippy.bsky.social & @thinks.lol Labs uncovered how Robertsonian chromosomes fuse in a common anomaly tied to #infertility. www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

(2/2) Hear more about the landmark #discovery published today in @nature.com. 🧬

Meet a #StowersGrad PhD student! ⬇️ Applications for the #PhD in #biology program are now open.

#Behindthepaper stories: @accorsi-alice.bsky.social & @planaria1.bsky.social share how curiosity & passion driven research revealed that apple snails can regenerate full camera type eyes. @the-node.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social #regeneration #applesnails #devbio

Regrowing eyes? Yes. 🐌 A new feature in @the-node.bsky.social spotlights how former Stowers postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social (now @ucdavis.bsky.social) and @planaria1.bsky.social uncovered the apple snail’s astonishing ability to #regenerate complex, camera-type eyes. 👀 👉Read here bit.ly/3VyAHY7

🍁 First day of fall = the countdown to campus covered in gold + crimson leaves. We can’t wait!

As we wrap up #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek, hear Scientific Director Kausik Si's message to postdocs & his reflections on the value they bring to the Institute. 🎥 ⬇️🔬 #NPAW2025

Chronic inflammation has been linked to #cancer, #Alzheimers, and other age-related diseases. New #research from the Halfmann Lab explains why our immune system may be both a protector and a risk factor. 🔗 Read the @newscientist.com article: bit.ly/3K4FttT

Is aging the price we pay for an immune system? A new study from the Halfmann Lab, published in @elife.bsky.social reveals how protein ‘batteries’ that power immune defense can also spark inflammation tied to diseases like #Alzheimers, #Parkinsons, and #cancer. 🔗Learn more: bit.ly/4pm9Zjf

From wealth to health: Hear from Jonathan Thomas, Chairman of the Stowers Institute & CEO of @americancentury.bsky.social, & @planaria1.bsky.social, President & Chief Scientific Officer, in this Kansas City Business Journal profile on the enduring vision of Jim & Virginia Stowers. 🔗 bit.ly/4gkAZLU

Happy #PostdocAppreciationWeek! Our postdocs are driving discovery forward every single day. Hear from President & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social as he shares why their contributions are essential—and why we’re grateful to celebrate them this #NPAW2025.

Be part of the conversation on how avian models are transforming multiple fields of #research at #AvianModels25 – in person or virtually. 🎟️Register today: bit.ly/3ZBw2qS

For those in Iowa State and in the area, we have a fantastic start to the GDCB departmental seminar for Fall 2025 as we host Prof. Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado @planaria1.bsky.social from the Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social. It is an honor & privilege to host him. ✨

Are you a graduate student, postdoc, or early-career researcher using #AI in protein #science? Submit your abstract to present at our October #SRKC25. 🧬Hear from a previous SRC attendee! ⬇️ Register + submit here: bit.ly/4m1BGvu

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Join us this fall at #SRCKC25 for a deep dive into protein behavior, artificial intelligence, and the future of molecular #research. Check out the great lineup of speakers. ⬇️ Register + submit an abstract: bit.ly/3GgsQtC

Great opportunity to hear from @juliazeitlinger.bsky.social! ⬇️ #SciSky

#Science takes flight at the XII Avian Model Systems Meeting — and you can save by registering early! #AvianModels25 🐥 Secure your early bird rate today: bit.ly/3ZBw2qS

¡Felicitaciones, Horacio!

🎉 Congrats to postdoc Horacio Martín Pallarés on being named a 2025 @pewtrusts.org Latin American Fellow! His work in the @bazzinilab.bsky.social (a 2010 PEW Fellow) investigates how #Zika & #dengue viruses hijack host cells. Read about the fellowship and full circle moment: bit.ly/4mHWJTS

Today at #OpenMicScience! 🎙️

“These snails regrew a working eye—and now they’re helping us understand how to heal human vision.” Featured in @sciencenews.bsky.social, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs apple snail #research. 👉Read here: www.sciencenews.org/article/snai...

A new feature in @iflscience.com explores how researchers in the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs uncovered the apple snail’s remarkable ability to regrow its eyes & what that could mean for human #medicine. Originally published in @natcomms.nature.com. 🔗 bit.ly/4lbdTId

Apple snails can regrow their eyes & @popsci.com is talking about it. #Research published in @natcomms.nature.com from the @planaria1.bsky.social and @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs reveals how these snails rebuild complex, camera-like eyes after injury. 📰 Read the feature: bit.ly/45kXdIn

🐌👀What do apple snails have to do with human vision? Stowers scientists took a chance on a tiny creature, with big results. Learn how @planaria1.bsky.social & then postdoc @accorsi-alice.bsky.social brought apple snails to the Institute. ⬇️ #ResearchSky #SciSky Learn more: youtu.be/U-yQ7z1e6nA

Snails with human-like eyes?! Published in @natcomms.nature.com, the @planaria1.bsky.social & @accorsi-alice.bsky.social Labs have established apple snails as a novel model for studying vision restoration. They have complex camera-type eyes & the ability to regrow them in 28 days: bit.ly/4mvaxkq

Evolution’s eye game is wild, but mollusks take it to another level CRISPR in apple snails gives us a new model to dissect how nature rebuilds complex organs like the camera-type eyes we humans possess It turns out Evolution doesn’t just innovate, it rewinds, remixes, & regenerates rdcu.be/ezw0t

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

What can flatworms teach us about healing human injuries? 🪱 Biff Mann, Senior Research Associate in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab, is studying just that. Learn how a guest lecture led him to the Institute & his work with planarians in this #RoadToResearch. 🔗More: bit.ly/4fswjD8

“I study skates, cartilaginous fish related to sharks & rays that sit at the base of the vertebrate tree of life.” At @mblscience.bsky.social, @planaria1.bsky.social postdoc Ivan Candido-Ferreira is exploring evolutionary #biology in a place like no other. #MyMBLStory Learn more: bit.ly/3PWPtWx

Meet @planaria1.bsky.social Lab postdoc, Ekasit Sonpho! ⬇️

Welcome to the Stowers Institute, Kristin!

NEW pub: The role of metabolism in shaping #enzyme structures over 400 million years. Now out in @nature.com Super grateful to have played a small role in this project - congrats to lead/corr authors Oliver, Benjamin, and Markus! www.nature.com/articles/s41... #alphafold #evolution #genomics

Did you know some animals can regenerate their eyes after injury? 👀 Apple snails, studied in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab, can do just that. 🐌 This #HealthyVisionMonth, we’re highlighting the power of #research to uncover the biology behind vision & #regeneration: bit.ly/43JIxl4

We’re excited to share that President and Chief Scientific Officer, @planaria1.bsky.social, has joined the @childrensmercy.org Board of Directors. This partnership represents a powerful convergence of scientific research and pediatric care. Learn more: bit.ly/4leqOtO

The academic job market is competitive—Faculty EDGE helps our postdocs rise to the challenge. This week’s workshop gave them the chance to refine #research talks, practice chalk talks, and get real feedback from experienced faculty. Learn more: bit.ly/4efKcDX

Ever had an injection or surgery? If so, you benefited from the horseshoe crab Its blood lysate clots when exposed to bacterial toxins & is used to test sterility of medical equipment & injectable drugs, saving countless human lives Not bad for an animal inhabiting Earth for ~445 million years

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Registration NOW open for the XII Avian Model Systems Meeting—hosted at the Institute this fall! Join us for a vibrant and highly interactive conference that highlights the powerful role of avian models in advancing #research. #AvianModels25 Learn more + register: bit.ly/3ZBw2qS

“Not everyone will agree with your research topic—but choose the one that grows your curiosity.” Meet @leogdlima.bsky.social, postdoc in the Gerton Lab, working at the intersection of #genetics, #evolution, and genome stability. 🧬 🔗 Read the full #PostdocProfile: bit.ly/4l4P6qe

Navigating the faculty job market is no small task. Postdoc Anand Sasidharan from the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab found our Faculty EDGE workshop to be amazing. Hear how this course helps postdocs prepare for the next chapter. ⬇️ Learn more: bit.ly/4efKcDX

“See how the combs are refracting the light?” Go from #ocean to microscope with us on a day full of discovery at @mblscience.bsky.social. 🔬 🌊 From plankton hauls to late-night lab observations, it’s #science, wonder, and a little saltwater. 🐟 Full story: bit.ly/44dB3XZ

This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a #killifish larva after hatching, transgenic for a fluorescent epithelial marker (EPCAM, magenta) and a lateral line marker (she, cyan). 🔬 (Piotrowski Lab) #SciSky

Beneath the vast night sky, every reflection and shadow invites a question. Science begins with wonder and dares us to ask, to explore, and to illuminate the unknown @mblscience.bsky.social @stowersinstitute.bsky.social

Awesome to see the @planaria1.bsky.social lab continue to be a force of generosity and collaboration in science

🎉 Congratulations to Ekasit Sonpho, postdoc in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab, on being named a 2025 Whitman Early Career Fellow at @mblscience.bsky.social! He’ll spend the summer in #WoodsHole developing cutting-edge tools to explore the power of #regeneration in flatworms. 🪱 More: bit.ly/444TAG3

From hydra grafts to butterfly gene expression, the 2024 @mblscience.bsky.social #Embryology Course was a playground for #discovery. 🌊 @planaria1.bsky.social Lab postdoc Ekasit Sonpho co-authored a reflection in @dev-journal.bsky.social on what made this summer so transformative: bit.ly/3ZIMRQu

Peek behind the tanks! 🧫🐟 Head of Aquatics Shane Miller shows off our aquatics facilities, from the #zebrafish and killifish that help researchers explore development, #regeneration, and genetics to the coral which may help help accelerate conservation #research. 🪸 Learn more: bit.ly/4jvq7dT

Our security team doesn’t just keep us safe — they also reel in the wins! 🏆🎣 Congrats to Team Stowers for taking 1st place in fishing at the Kansas City Corporate Challenge! 🐟👏 #KCCC