An Unexpected Connection with Argentine Tango
From the science of cells to dancing at sunset. What’s the connection?
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Linking Life Passions
What does Argentine tango have to do with molecular biology?
The fields seem disparate, but to Alejandro Puerta, the connection is perfectly clear. They are his life passions, though the link wasn’t always obvious to him, either.
The Dancing Biologist
Today, Puerta teaches tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the home of the passionate dance that has intrigued people around the world since the 1890’s. Puerta’s strengths as a tango professor are deeply rooted in his unusual background. He has a Ph.D. in molecular biology and worked for years as a scientist in Japan.
When he became frustrated with limitations in the lab, Puerta decided to leave Japan, and biology, and return to his native Buenos Aires. His initial...
