Stowers Institute For Medical Research
In 1994, Stowers and his wife Virginia Stowers, both cancer survivors, founded the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a $2 billion biomedical research facility also located in Kansas City.The institute's mission is to make a significant contribution to humanity through medical research by expanding our understanding of the secrets of life and by improving life's quality through innovative approaches to the causes, treatment and prevention of diseases.
Stowers investigators conduct basic research on the genes and proteins that guide the function and behavior of living organisms and the individual cells within. The Institute opened its doors in November 2000. By 2012, there were 22 independent research programs plus core facilities in computational biology, cytometry, electron microscopy, histology, imaging, microscopy, molecular biology, proteomics and screening. Currently, the institute is home to over 550 members, including around 350 scientists, research associates, technicians and scientific support staff.
Research at the Stowers Institute is primarily funded through the Hope Shares® Endowment, most of which is the product of Jim and Virginia Stowers’ extraordinary generosity. The Institute receives additional competitive grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the American Cancer Society, the March of Dimes and other entities.
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