Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is a Stowers Institute researcher who studies the molecular mechanics of cell and organism regeneration. Alejandro’s research is unlocking the mysteries of tissue self-reassembly; in turn, this may someday make it possible to replace damaged tissues or even body parts.

Life on this planet is the history of rule breakers - species that didn't get the memo about how they were supposed to behave. So if we are studying rule breakers, then shouldn't how we study them break the rules, too?