Private Research Institutions
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research
This institute aspires to be one of the most innovative biomedical research organizations in the world. The Institute conducts basic research on genes and proteins that control fundamental processes in living cells to unlock the mysteries of disease and find the keys to their causes, treatment, and prevention. The Institute accommodates 24 independent research programs and more than 420 people, including more than100 postdoctoral research associates and graduate students.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
The Danforth Plant Science Center is a $146 million facility researching biofortification of foods and feeds, crop drought tolerance, genetic mechanisms to control pests and pathogens, and the development of plants as biorenewable resources.

The Missouri Botanical Garden
The Botanical Garden operates the world's most active research program in tropical botany, with an herbarium of more than 5.5 million specimens; adding an average of 124,000 new specimens a year.

Researchers at Missouri's Universities are working in conjunction with many Life Science Companies:

  • Washington University (WU)
    WU is the Midwest's top school: its medical school ranks No.2 in the nation (U.S. News & World Report). A new $300 million initiative, Bio Med 21, will speed laboratory advances to medical treatments in a $150 million, 250,000-sq.-ft. research center on campus.

  • University of Missouri-Columbia (MU)
    MU opened its $60 million Life Sciences Center in 2004. The 134,000-sq.-ft. facility is divided into eight core research areas focused on basic and applied food and environment research, especially crop performance and bioremediation, disease prevention and treatment. Researchers from MU's Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Institute have developed three FDA-approved cancer drugs.

  • University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)
    UMKC is completing a new Health Sciences building on the Hospital Hill campus. This facility is the future home of the Schools of Pharmacy and Nursing. In addition, UMKC's Bloch School is stepping up its support of entrepreneurship through the creation of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. As part of the Institute, the new Enterprise Development Laboratory provides an infrastructure that expedites the transfer and commercialization of new technologies.

  • The University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL)
    UMSL is one of the leading universities in the nation for tropical ecology, drawing students from 24 countries.

  • MU International Institute for Nano and Molecular Medicine
    MU will house scientists studying radiology, hematology and oncology.

  • MU Research Reactor
    MU has the largest university-operated research reactor in the United States.

  • Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Institute (RSI)
    RSI was formed to promulgate basic and applied research that advances a broad interdisciplinary research program in molecular imaging and targeted radiotherapy; to develop curricular innovations to enhance and broaden the educational and training opportunities for students and fellows; and to provide unique expertise to work collaboratively with MU departments and units with interests of incorporating radiopharmaceutical sciences-related research in their ongoing or future endeavors.

  • Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory (RADIL)
    RADIL provides state-of-the-art diagnostics for research animals, conducts research in laboratory animal infectious diseases, and trains laboratory animal veterinarians and research scientists.

  • St. Louis University (SLU)
    SLU is constructing a multi-disciplinary research center designed to conduct basic and clinical research of new vaccines and biologics. The Center for Vaccine Development is a $67 million research building which is part of an $80.5 million project that also includes renovation of existing laboratory space.

  • Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
    The $15 million, 4,500-square-foot Dybedal Center for Biosciences Research houses a 7,300-square-foot adult academic clinical research center.

  • Missouri State University - Center for Grapevine Biotechnology
    Mountain Grove's Center for Grapevine Biotechnology was created to explore genetic resources and to identify health-promoting compounds in diverse grapevine species for securing the profitability and sustainability of the grape and wine industry and for improving human health.

  • Center for Applied Science and Engineering (CASE)
    CASE, at Missouri State University, is committed to the development and support of advanced biotechnology industries in Missouri. Target areas of interest include: medical instruments and materials, bio-processing techniques and equipment, agribusiness research and development, and chem/bio sensors and systems.



 
Top Medical Research at Stowers
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research conducts basic research on genes and proteins that control fundamental processes in living cells to unlock the mysteries of disease and find the keys to their causes, treatment, and prevention. The Stowers Institute opened its doors to the first scientific research teams in November 2000 after completion of its state-of-the-art research facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Today, the Institute accommodates twenty three independent research programs and nearly 380 members, including approximately 100 postdoctoral research associates and graduate students.