Get to know the scientists behind the #science – in just 60 seconds. ⏲️ In this #DoYouHaveAMinute, Investigator @juliazeitlinger.bsky.social, Ph.D., answers rapid-fire questions about her lab, scientific curiosity, and the collaborative environment that drives #discovery at the Institute.

#MicroscopyMonday | A #zebrafish oocyte (immature egg), including the animal pole where the future embryo will develop (shiny blue upper left), the yolk (central dark space), & follicular cells that support the oocyte maturation (orange). (Si Lab & @bazzinilab.bsky.social Lab)

Great discoveries begin with #curiosity. 🧬 If you're fascinated by #biology, biomedical research, or the people advancing #science, subscribe to our monthly newsletter for stories, videos, and #research updates delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up: bit.ly/45A5tVm

Following proteins into a new chapter. 🧬 Randal Halfmann, Ph.D., has been promoted to Investigator at the Stowers Institute after building a #research program exploring how proteins self-assemble in immunity, #aging, and #neurodegenerative disease. 🧠 Read more: bit.ly/4vRZTbD

What a night at @tedxkc.bsky.social! Investigator @mgstowers.bsky.social shared how pioneering lab-based coral spawning may open new possibilities for marine conservation. 🪸 📸 Highlights from an inspiring talk on #science, #evolution, and protecting coral reefs.

🔬This beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows a #zebrafish karyotype, the complete set of chromosomes in its cells. @michaydiez.bsky.social (Gerton Lab)

Institute postdocs are sharpening their scientific stories & preparing for the academic faculty job market through Faculty EDGE. The workshop offers personalized application review, job talk feedback, mock interviews, & guidance from faculty w/ firsthand search committee experience. bit.ly/4wi5nxB

How is translation regulated across different cell types, tissues, and organisms? Join us October 21–23 as experts explore #ribosome heterogeneity, specialized ribosomes, translational control, and the technologies driving the next generation of discoveries. #SRCKC26 🔗 Register: bit.ly/43Vb9so

Today’s Faculty EDGE seminar series is underway, featuring #research presentations from four Institute postdocs!

From specialized #ribosomes to translational control, the 2026 Stowers Research Conference will explore the latest discoveries shaping our understanding of protein synthesis across #biology. #SRCKC26 🗓 October 21–23, 2026 📍 Kansas City, Missouri Register now: bit.ly/43Vb9so

This beautiful #MicroscopyMonday shows the muscle and other tissue organization around the mouth and pharynx of the #planarian flatworm. 🪱 @planaria1.bsky.social Lab

Last night at the @acchampionship.bsky.social, Pres. & Chief Scientific Officer @planaria1.bsky.social shared how curiosity-driven #science is transforming our understanding of life and why investing in foundational #research today can improve human health. @americancentury.bsky.social #ACCGolf ⛳

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

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This #MicroscopyMonday shows #coral-algae mutualism. Symbiodinium spp, is unicellular dinoflagellates that provides oxygen and organic compounds as products of photosynthesis to the coral. 🪸 @mgstowers.bsky.social Lab

This week, we welcomed a group of new team members from @americancentury.bsky.social. As part of their onboarding experience, they toured our campus, explored our Technology Centers, and got a behind-the-scenes look at the #zebrafish facility. 🐟 Learn more: bit.ly/3LfX0MT

This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows the cross-section of a developing mouse head with neural crest cells, which migrate to form most of the head and face in vertebrates. 🔬 (@aussiebiologist.bsky.social Lab)

This #MicroscopyMonday is a case of spontaneous axis duplication of a two days post fertilization #zebrafish embryo. Two heads and bodies share the same heart and intricate neuronal connections (orange). (Piotrowski Lab)

Summer at @mblscience.bsky.social 🌊 Stowers Fellow Nelson Hall and @stowersgrad.bsky.social student in the @planaria1.bsky.social Lab Dung Vuu are helping train the next generation of developmental biologists – from collecting specimens to exploring the earliest stages of life.

This #MicroscopyMonday is an adult fly #brain, labeled in orange is the mushroom body, the memory center in flies, and the neurons on the sides are part of the medulla of the eye, essential for color vision. (Si Lab) 🧠

This week's beautiful #MicroscopyMonday is a juvenile Nematostella with stinging cells labeled with eGFP (green). (@mgstowers.bsky.social Lab)

Jellyfish, stingers, and #science storytelling. 🪼 Gibson Lab postdoc @gelatinoussting.bsky.social recently shared her #research with the #KansasCity community at Science Over Spirits.

An incredible evening of music in the Library 🎶 Last night, members and guests of the Stowers community gathered for Experiments in Sound featuring vocalist Ron Gutierrez, whose soulful performance brought together influences from jazz, R&B, country, and pop for a memorable night at the Institute.

From @stowersgrad.bsky.social Summer Scholar to @harvard.edu Ph.D.! 🎓 Huge congratulations to Isaac Witte on graduating this month. Before leading major breakthroughs in genome editing, Isaac kicked off his research journey right here in #KansasCity. 🔗 news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

A new #leukemia study published in @natcellbio.nature.com builds on decades of #research from Investigator Linheng Li, Ph.D., into how #stem cell “niches” shape health and disease. #CancerResearchMonth Read more: bit.ly/4tLaeFg

This week's #MicroscopyMonday shows digital collage of bacteroids, a special form of bacteria that lives inside alfalfa roots. 🌱 (Sankari Lab) #FascinationOfPlantsDay

Thank you to Eugene Berezikov for joining us for a #StowersSeminarSeries talk, hosted by Stowers Fellow Nelson Hall.

(2/2) Learn more about the new @cellpress.bsky.social study on Stowers.org: bit.ly/42t1Uik

(1/2) 🧵 What tells a cell what to become? New #research from @saukaspengler.bsky.social & @fabiantheis.bsky.social @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk published in Cell explores how gene regulatory networks guide cell fate — using a new #AI framework the team developed called RegVelo.

Today at #FridayScienceClub!