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  1. Subcellular analyses of planarian meiosis implicates a novel, double-membraned vesiculation process in nuclear envelope breakdown

    Article • May 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  2. Cultured pluripotent planarian stem cells retain potency and express proteins from exogenously introduced mRNAs

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  3. A nuclear hormone receptor and lipid metabolism axis are required for the maintenance and regeneration of reproductive organs

    Article • March 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  4. An adaptable chromosome preparation methodology for use in invertebrate research organisms

    Article • BMC Biology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  5. An adaptable chromosome preparation methodology for use in invertebrate research organisms

    Article • November 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  6. Cellular, ultrastructural and molecular analyses of epidermal cell development in the planarianSchmidtea mediterranea

    Article • August 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  7. Embryonic origin of adult stem cells required for tissue homeostasis and regeneration

    Article • eLife, January 2017, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  8. Widespread maintenance of genome heterozygosity in Schmidtea mediterranea

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  9. Pathogenic shifts in endogenous microbiota impede tissue regeneration via distinct activation of TAK1/MKK/p38

    Article • eLife, July 2016, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  10. Comparative and Transcriptome Analyses Uncover Key Aspects of Coding- and Long Noncoding RNAs in Flatworm Mitochondrial Genomes

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, February 2016, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  11. Egr-5 is a post-mitotic regulator of planarian epidermal differentiation

    Article • eLife, October 2015, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  12. SmedGD 2.0: TheSchmidtea mediterraneagenome database

    Article • genesis, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  13. Stem cells and fluid flow drive cyst formation in an invertebrate excretory organ

    Article • eLife, June 2015, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  14. Unravelling a can of worms

    Article • eLife, April 2015, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  15. Synaptonemal complex extension from clustered telomeres mediates full-length chromosome pairing in Schmidtea mediterranea

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  16. Selective amputation of the pharynx identifies a FoxA-dependent regeneration program in planaria

    Article • eLife, April 2014, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  17. Rethinking Differentiation: Stem Cells, Regeneration, and Plasticity

    Article • Cell, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  18. Molecular cloning and characterization of SL3: A stem cell-specific SL RNA from the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

    Article • Gene, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  19. Histone Modifications and Regeneration in the Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  20. Learning about loss

    Article • eLife, September 2013, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  21. On the trail of a tropical disease

    Article • eLife, July 2013, eLife

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  22. Cellular Hyperproliferation and Cancer as Evolutionary Variables

    Article • Current Biology, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  23. Planarian Immobilization, Partial Irradiation, and Tissue Transplantation

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, August 2012, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  24. The history and enduring contributions of planarians to the study of animal regeneration

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology, July 2012, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  25. TORC1 is required to balance cell proliferation and cell death in planarians

    Article • Developmental Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  26. Q&A: What is regeneration, and why look to planarians for answers?

    Article • BMC Biology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  27. Expression of secreted Wnt pathway components reveals unexpected complexity of the planarian amputation response

    Article • Developmental Biology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  28. Cell death and tissue remodeling in planarian regeneration

    Article • Developmental Biology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  29. S19-01 Planarians, stem cells, and regeneration

    Article • Mechanisms of Development, August 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  30. High-resolution profiling and discovery of planarian small RNAs

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  31. A cellular view of regeneration

    Article • Nature, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  32. Dynamic expression of planarian Wnt genes reveals complex response to amputation

    Article • Developmental Biology, July 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  33. Flow cytometry methods for the study of cell-cycle parameters of planarian stem cells

    Article • Developmental Dynamics, May 2009, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  34. Formaldehyde-based whole-mount in situ hybridization method for planarians

    Article • Developmental Dynamics, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  35. The Shredding of a Caricature

    Article • Cell, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  36. Gene nomenclature guidelines for the planarianSchmidtea mediterranea

    Article • Developmental Dynamics, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  37. Molecular Analysis of Stem Cells and Their Descendants during Cell Turnover and Regeneration in the Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

    Article • Cell Stem Cell, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  38. Stem Cells: Time to Check Our Premises

    Article • Cell Stem Cell, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  39. Slicing across Kingdoms: Regeneration in Plants and Animals

    Article • Cell, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  40. Stem cells in animal models of regeneration

    Article • StemBook, January 2008, Stem Book

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  41. Cell Turnover and Adult Tissue Homeostasis: From Humans to Planarians

    Article • Annual Review of Genetics, December 2007, Annual Reviews

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  42. Stem cells and the Planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

    Article • Comptes Rendus Biologies, June 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  43. Bridging the regeneration gap: genetic insights from diverse animal models

    Article • Nature Reviews Genetics, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  44. Design, Implementation and Deployment of a Commodity Cluster for Periodic Comparisons of Gene Sequences

    Article • January 2006, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  45. Planarian Regeneration: Its End Is Its Beginning

    Article • Cell, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  46. Multicellularity, stem cells, and the neoblasts of the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  47. Identification of Genes Needed for Regeneration, Stem Cell Function, and Tissue Homeostasis by Systematic Gene Perturbation in Planaria

    Article • Developmental Cell, May 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  48. FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANARIAN REGENERATION

    Article • Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, November 2004, Annual Reviews

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  49. Planarians

    Article • Current Biology, September 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  50. Morphological and Functional Recovery of the Planarian Photosensing System during Head Regeneration

    Article • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, March 2004, Zoological Society of Japan

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  51. FGFR-related gene nou-darake restricts brain tissues to the head region of planarians

    Article • Nature, October 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  52. Not your father's planarian: a classic model enters the era of functional genomics

    Article • Nature Reviews Genetics, March 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Phillip Allan Newmark, Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  53. Regeneration in the metazoans: why does it happen?

    Article • BioEssays, May 2000, Wiley

    Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  54. Bromodeoxyuridine Specifically Labels the Regenerative Stem Cells of Planarians

    Article • Developmental Biology, April 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Phillip Allan Newmark, Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  55. The use of planarians to dissect the molecular basis of metazoan regeneration

    Article • Wound Repair and Regeneration, July 1998, Wiley

    Professor Phillip Allan Newmark, Dr Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado