Ever wondered how your #genes know when to turn on or off? 🧬🔌 In our latest #BioBasics episode, @juliannahaug.bsky.social, a researcher in the Sauka-Spengler Lab, explains gene regulatory networks — the circuits that control gene activity.
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Watch + learn more: bit.ly/4jYJmxR
#BioBasics: What are Gene Regulatory Networks?
The Sauka-Spengler Lab explores the blueprint and circuitry driving cells
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February 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ever wondered how your #genes know when to turn on or off? 🧬🔌 In our latest #BioBasics episode, @juliannahaug.bsky.social, a researcher in the Sauka-Spengler Lab, explains gene regulatory networks — the circuits that control gene activity.
Watch + learn more: bit.ly/4jYJmxR
Watch + learn more: bit.ly/4jYJmxR
#DYK that amyloids form when proteins adopt an unusual shape that templates others to stack into highly stable fibers. They’re linked to neurodegenerative diseases. But they may also be essential for long-term #memory. 🧠
In our latest #BioBasics #PhD student Olivia Kim explains!
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In our latest #BioBasics #PhD student Olivia Kim explains!
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February 20, 2026 at 11:39 PM
#DYK that amyloids form when proteins adopt an unusual shape that templates others to stack into highly stable fibers. They’re linked to neurodegenerative diseases. But they may also be essential for long-term #memory. 🧠
In our latest #BioBasics #PhD student Olivia Kim explains!
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In our latest #BioBasics #PhD student Olivia Kim explains!
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Happy #DNADay! 🧬 So, what exactly is #DNA? Mike Peterson, a scientist in Sequencing & Discovery Genomics, explains the molecule found in nearly every cell of every living organism in this #BioBasics episode.
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Learn more: bit.ly/3UiHLaj
April 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Happy #DNADay! 🧬 So, what exactly is #DNA? Mike Peterson, a scientist in Sequencing & Discovery Genomics, explains the molecule found in nearly every cell of every living organism in this #BioBasics episode.
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Learn more: bit.ly/3UiHLaj
👂Today is #WorldHearingDay. How do we hear? The answer starts with tiny sensory cells called hair cells.
These cells allow us to detect sound and maintain balance, but once lost in humans, they don’t grow back. But, #zebrafish can regenerate theirs. 🐟
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These cells allow us to detect sound and maintain balance, but once lost in humans, they don’t grow back. But, #zebrafish can regenerate theirs. 🐟
Learn more in this #BioBasics: bit.ly/402Sid3
March 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
👂Today is #WorldHearingDay. How do we hear? The answer starts with tiny sensory cells called hair cells.
These cells allow us to detect sound and maintain balance, but once lost in humans, they don’t grow back. But, #zebrafish can regenerate theirs. 🐟
Learn more in this #BioBasics: bit.ly/402Sid3
These cells allow us to detect sound and maintain balance, but once lost in humans, they don’t grow back. But, #zebrafish can regenerate theirs. 🐟
Learn more in this #BioBasics: bit.ly/402Sid3
What is CRISPR? 🧬
In this episode of #BioBasics, Victoria Hassebroek, Ph.D., Head of Genome Engineering, breaks down how this powerful tool allows scientists to make precise changes to #DNA.
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In this episode of #BioBasics, Victoria Hassebroek, Ph.D., Head of Genome Engineering, breaks down how this powerful tool allows scientists to make precise changes to #DNA.
Learn more:
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January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
What is CRISPR? 🧬
In this episode of #BioBasics, Victoria Hassebroek, Ph.D., Head of Genome Engineering, breaks down how this powerful tool allows scientists to make precise changes to #DNA.
Learn more:
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In this episode of #BioBasics, Victoria Hassebroek, Ph.D., Head of Genome Engineering, breaks down how this powerful tool allows scientists to make precise changes to #DNA.
Learn more:
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What is a protein? Hint: It’s not just something on your dinner plate. Proteins can be thought of as tiny machines enabling our cells to function.
🧬 Learn more in our latest #BioBasics: bit.ly/4mfFTfn
🧬 Learn more in our latest #BioBasics: bit.ly/4mfFTfn
August 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What is a protein? Hint: It’s not just something on your dinner plate. Proteins can be thought of as tiny machines enabling our cells to function.
🧬 Learn more in our latest #BioBasics: bit.ly/4mfFTfn
🧬 Learn more in our latest #BioBasics: bit.ly/4mfFTfn
School is back, but curiosity never takes a semester off. 🔬
Explore #biology with Stowers Learning Resources:
🧬 BioBasics videos
🐌 Research organisms
📚 Classroom resources
For students, educators and anyone curious about how life works: bit.ly/3CUcipZ
Explore #biology with Stowers Learning Resources:
🧬 BioBasics videos
🐌 Research organisms
📚 Classroom resources
For students, educators and anyone curious about how life works: bit.ly/3CUcipZ
Learning Resources
The Stowers Institute is committed to scientific discovery for the benefit of humankind and to science education for the benefit of a better future. The…
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August 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
School is back, but curiosity never takes a semester off. 🔬
Explore #biology with Stowers Learning Resources:
🧬 BioBasics videos
🐌 Research organisms
📚 Classroom resources
For students, educators and anyone curious about how life works: bit.ly/3CUcipZ
Explore #biology with Stowers Learning Resources:
🧬 BioBasics videos
🐌 Research organisms
📚 Classroom resources
For students, educators and anyone curious about how life works: bit.ly/3CUcipZ
School supplies? ✅ Lesson plans? ✅ A spark of curiosity? ✅
Add our #BioBasics series to your toolkit this school year for clear explainers on #DNA, proteins, chromosomes, and more. 🧬 📚 #BackToSchool
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Add our #BioBasics series to your toolkit this school year for clear explainers on #DNA, proteins, chromosomes, and more. 🧬 📚 #BackToSchool
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August 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
School supplies? ✅ Lesson plans? ✅ A spark of curiosity? ✅
Add our #BioBasics series to your toolkit this school year for clear explainers on #DNA, proteins, chromosomes, and more. 🧬 📚 #BackToSchool
🔗 www.stowers.org/learning-res...
Add our #BioBasics series to your toolkit this school year for clear explainers on #DNA, proteins, chromosomes, and more. 🧬 📚 #BackToSchool
🔗 www.stowers.org/learning-res...
What exactly is a ribosome? Postdoc in the Kostova Lab, Tanushree Ghosh, explains these molecular machines that build life-sustaining proteins in our next episode of #BioBasics.
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Learn more: bit.ly/433v3QW
May 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What exactly is a ribosome? Postdoc in the Kostova Lab, Tanushree Ghosh, explains these molecular machines that build life-sustaining proteins in our next episode of #BioBasics.
Learn more: bit.ly/433v3QW
Learn more: bit.ly/433v3QW