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Dimensional Innovations Integrates Immersive Storytelling Experiences into American Century Investments' Global Headquarters

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Monday, November 6, 2023
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dimensional Innovations (DI) is proud to announce its collaboration with American Century Investments to integrate immersive storytelling elements into the $210 billion* investment firm's global corporate headquarters. Augmented reality, generative art, sculptural design, and built components create a tech-forward environment where American Century's employees, clients and visitors can explore the investment firm's compelling 65-year history through more than 25 touch points throughout the lobby scanned via smartphone application.

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  • KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Dimensional Innovations (DI) is proud to announce its collaboration with American Century Investments to integrate immersive storytelling elements into the $210 billion* investment firm's global corporate headquarters.
  • Upon entering, guests and employees are greeted by the American Century Investments Cultivation Wall — a 15-foot-tall, multi-dimensional, kinetic LED display commemorating employees, and highlighting custom messages to engage the community at large.
  • "American Century Investments is a bedrock of the global financial world, so we were thrilled to help establish a remarkable and interactive touchpoint that tells their story to anyone who visits their Kansas City headquarters," said Tucker Trotter, CEO, Dimensional Innovations.
  • To learn more about the project and each element, visit Dimensional Innovations' website/project page.

NEW INVESTIGATORS JOIN STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stowers Institute for Medical Research announced the hiring of three principal investigators to further expand its team of scientists who seek to answer life's biggest mysteries through foundational research. Siva Sankari, Ph.D., from Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Neşet Özel, Ph.D., from New York University, and Ameya Mashruwala, Ph.D., from Princeton University, will join the Institute's current team of 17 principal investigators and staff of 500. The addition of these scientists will result in a total of 20 research labs at the Stowers Institute.

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  • KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stowers Institute for Medical Research announced the hiring of three principal investigators to further expand its team of scientists who seek to answer life's biggest mysteries through foundational research.
  • The addition of these scientists will result in a total of 20 research labs at the Stowers Institute.
  • "Recruitment of these three individuals solidifies the Stowers Institute and Kansas City as a life sciences powerhouse in the Midwest.
  • Sankari added, "The highly interdisciplinary, collaborative structure of the Stowers Institute is an ideal place to answer my complex research questions.

Kate the Chemist Launches New Podcast, Seeking A Scientist, with KCUR Studios & the Stowers Institute

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023
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Through KCUR Studios, Seeking A Scientist taps real scientists and their research to tackle timely topics like fungus zombies, trash islands and feeling young forever.

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  • Through KCUR Studios, Seeking A Scientist taps real scientists and their research to tackle timely topics like fungus zombies, trash islands and feeling young forever.
  • With more than 2.9 million likes on TikTok, Kate the Chemist knows how to celebrate science with the masses.
  • On Seeking A Scientist, she and her expert guests analyze how instances of climate change, disease and depleting resources could shape a different future.
  • Kate the Chemist and the Stowers Institute cultivate an impressive synergy of expertise and edutainment we’re ecstatic to share with our listeners in Kansas City and beyond,” added Morris.

Stowers scientists use zebrafish to understand the connection between the immune system and regeneration

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- How the immune system responds to injury in many organs and tissues allows and enables their repair and regeneration.

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  • KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- How the immune system responds to injury in many organs and tissues allows and enables their repair and regeneration.
  • New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research used the highly regenerative zebrafish to investigate the timing and genetic programs of macrophages, a type of white blood cell, in the repair and regeneration of a zebrafish sensory organ.
  • "Identifying the molecular recipe of macrophage activation in zebrafish may one day enable us to design regenerative immunotherapies in humans."
  • Investigating macrophages at high spatial resolution and at multiple closely spaced time points during zebrafish sensory hair cell death and regeneration was critical.

Inside the jellyfish's sting: exploring the micro-architecture of a cellular weapon

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summertime beachgoers are all too familiar with the painful reality of a jellyfish sting. But how do the stinging cells of jellyfish and their coral and sea anemone cousins actually work? New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research unveils a precise operational model for the stinging organelle of the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis. The study, published online in Nature Communications on June 17, 2022, was led by Ahmet Karabulut, a predoctoral researcher in the lab of Matt Gibson, PhD. Their work involved the application of cutting-edge microscopic imaging technologies along with the development of a biophysical model to enable a comprehensive understanding of a mechanism that has remained elusive for over a century. Insights from the work could lead to beneficial applications in medicine, including the development of microscopic therapeutic delivery devices for humans.

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  • But how do the stinging cells of jellyfish and their coral and sea anemone cousins actually work?
  • Insights from the work could lead to beneficial applications in medicine, including the development of microscopic therapeutic delivery devices for humans.
  • The first phase is the initial, projectile-like discharge and target penetration of a densely coiled thread from the nematocyst capsule.
  • I realized nematocysts partially discharged their threads while the reagent I used simultaneously and instantaneously fixed the samples," said Karabulut.

Graduate School Of The Stowers Institute Receives Accreditation

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021
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"Receiving this accreditation is an important milestone for our school," said Betty M. Drees, M.D., President of the Graduate School.

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  • "Receiving this accreditation is an important milestone for our school," said Betty M. Drees, M.D., President of the Graduate School.
  • The Graduate School at the Stowers Institute is housed on the 10-acre life science campus of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Mo.
  • "We focus on hands-on, experiential learning here at the Graduate School," said Matt Gibson, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School.
  • "Here at the Graduate School our predoctoral researchers have the academic freedom to offer different points of view and engage in active discussions about foundational scientific truths," said Alejandro Snchez Alvarado, Ph.D., Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer at the Stowers Institute and a faculty member for the Graduate School.

BioKansas CEO Stepping Down After Nearly Four Years

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Thursday, January 24, 2019
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BioKansas today announced that Dennis Ridenour, President & CEO, will be stepping down, effective February 8th.

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  • BioKansas today announced that Dennis Ridenour, President & CEO, will be stepping down, effective February 8th.
  • Ridenour has accepted the President & CEO position at BioNexus KC, another Kansas City non-profit organization working within the life sciences.
  • Ridenour joined BioKansas in May 2015, after spending nearly 13 years working as a scientific researcher at organizations such as Harvard Medical School, Merck Research Labs and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research.
  • About BioKansas: BioKansas serves as the voice of the bioscience community in Kansas, connecting, educating and advocating to grow bioscience jobs in human, animal and plant science technologies across the state.

American Century Investments Research Shows The Appeal Of 'Impact Investing' Growing, With Millennials Taking The Lead

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
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The "appeal" of impact investing reached 49 percent among 2018 survey participants, compared to 38 percent in 2016.

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  • The "appeal" of impact investing reached 49 percent among 2018 survey participants, compared to 38 percent in 2016.
  • At 56 percent, Millennials find impact investing most appealing, followed by Gen Xers and BabyBoomers at 52 percent and 44 percent, respectively.
  • Delivering investment results to clients enables American Century Investments to distribute over 40 percent of its dividends to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, non-profit basic biomedical research organization.
  • The Institute owns more than 40 percent of American Century Investments and has received dividend payments of $1.4 billion since 2000.