Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is a biomedical research organization that conducts basic research on genes and proteins that control fundamental processes in living cells to analyze diseases and find keys to their causes, treatment, and prevention. It is located in Kansas City, Missouri adjacent to the University of Missouri–Kansas City main campus.

The Institute has spent over 1 billion $US on research.[1]

Structure

The Institute was incorporated with an initial donation of $500 million in 1994 by James E. Stowers founder of American Century Investments and his wife Virginia Stowers, both cancer survivors.[2] Over the next decade, the couple endowed the institute with gifts totaling almost $2 billion.[3] The Institute opened its doors in November 2000 on the former site of Menorah Hospital.[4] In 2008, there were 25 independent research programs plus core facilities in bioinformatics, proteomics, microarray, molecular biology, flow cytometry, and microscopy. In total, the organization employs more than 550 scientists, research associates, technicians and support staff, including more than 140 postdoctoral research associates and graduate students.[5]

The Institute is recognized by the IRS as a medical research organization. It is a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, and is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.[6][7]

References
  1. "Quick Facts - Stowers Institute for Medical Research". www.stowers.org.
  2. "James E. Stowers Jr., founder of American Century and the Stowers Institute, dies". The Kansas City Star.
  3. Candid. "Stowers Institute for Medical Research Receives $1.1 Billion Endowment Gift". Philanthropy News Digest (PND). Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  4. Davis, Mark. "James E. Stowers Jr., founder of American Century and the Stowers Institute, dies". kansas. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  5. "Zeroing in on how a tumor suppressor protein is cast away". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  6. ProPublica, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Ken Schwencke, Brandon Roberts, Alec Glassford. "Stowers Institute For Medical Research - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. Retrieved 2020-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. "Charity Navigator - Unrated Profile for Stowers Institute for Medical Research". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
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