ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ ALVARADO

ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ ALVARADO

#biologiamolecolare #scienza #rigenerazione

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD, è Direttore Esecutivo e Responsabile Scientifico dello Stowers Institute for Medical. Il suo laboratorio esplora il processo e il controllo genetico della rigenerazione e del mantenimento dei tessuti e ha identificato decine di geni e programmi genetici che guidano la rigenerazione stessa.

É membro dell’Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze, dell’Accademia Americana delle Arti e delle Scienze, dell’Accademia Latino-americana delle Scienze ed è Fellow del Marine Biological Laboratory di Woods Hole. È stato insignito del premio National Institutes of Health MERIT, della EE Just Medal for Scientific Achievement, dell’Obaid Siddiqi Award in the Life Sciences e, più recentemente, del Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science. Ha fatto parte di numerosi comitati e consigli scientifici, tra cui il National Advisory Council del National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, e attualmente fa parte del Consiglio di Amministrazione di American Century Investments. Alejandro ha conseguito una laurea in biologia molecolare e chimica presso la Vanderbilt University di Nashville, e un dottorato in farmacologia e biofisica cellulare presso l’University of Cincinnati College of Medicine di Cincinnati.

ALEJANDRO SÁNCHEZ ALVARADO

#molecularbiology #science #regeneration

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, PhD, is Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Stowers Institute for Medical. His lab explores the process and genetic control of tissue regeneration and maintenance and has identified dozens of genes and genetic programs that drive regeneration.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Latin American Academy of Sciences and is a Fellow of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. He has been awarded the National Institutes of Health MERIT award, the EE Just Medal for Scientific Achievement, the Obaid Siddiqi Award in the Life Sciences and, most recently, the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science. He has served on numerous scientific committees and boards, including the National Advisory Council of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of American Century Investments. Alejandro holds degrees in molecular biology and chemistry from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and a doctorate in pharmacology and cellular biophysics from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine at Cincinnati.

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