Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is a molecular biologist, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Scientific Director of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. The Sánchez Alvarado Laboratory focuses on understanding the regenerative capabilities of the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea.[1][2][3] In 2015, Sánchez Alvarado was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018 for his distinguished and continuing achievements in original scientific research.[4][5][6][7]

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
Born (1964-02-24) 24 February 1964
Caracas, Venezuela
Alma mater
Scientific career
InstitutionsStowers Institute for Medical Research
Doctoral advisorJeffrey Robbins
Other academic advisorsDonald D. Brown
Websiteplanaria.stowers.org

Early life

Born in Venezuela,[1][8] Sánchez Alvarado attended the Colegio Emil Friedman for elementary and high school education, where he first cultivated his interest in biology. After receiving a BS in molecular biology and chemistry from Vanderbilt University in 1986, he attended the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine for his PhD in pharmacology and cell biophysics in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey Robbins. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1992, he carried out postdoctoral studies from 1994 to 1995 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology under the mentorship of Dr. Donald D. Brown. He was then appointed Staff Associate at the Department of Embryology to run his own independent research group and during which he started to develop the planarian S. mediterranea as a research organism to study animal regeneration [1][3]

References
  1. "Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado". www.mbl.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  2. "Regeneration". planaria.stowers.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  3. "Sánchez Lab | Stowers Institute for Medical Research". www.stowers.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  4. "Stowers Investigator elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Stowers Institute for Medical Research". www.stowers.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  5. "Academy of Arts & Sciences Website Search". www.amacad.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-13. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  6. "EMF Senior Scholar in Aging Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | The Lawrence Ellison Foundation". www.ellisonfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  7. http://www.nasonline.org (2018-05-01). "May 1 2018 NAS Election". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  8. "An interview with Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado - the Node". the Node. 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
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