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Rene Galindo, M.D., Ph.D.

Rene Galindo, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Dean Medical Student Research

Assoc Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Medical School Dean's Office | Molecular Biology | Pathology | Pediatrics
Graduate Programs
Cancer Biology, Genetics, Development and Disease
  • Education
    Medical School
    Univ of Tx Southwestern Med Ct (2000), Medicine
    Graduate School
    Univ of Tx Southwestern Med Ct (2000), Genetics
  • Research Interest
    • Model Organisms of Human Biology and Disease
    • Muscle Biology, Development, Maintenance, and Disease
    • PAX/FKHR/FOXO1A Cell Signaling
    • Pediatric Tumor Biology
    • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Featured
    A Drosophila model of the Rhabdomyosarcoma Initiator PAX7-FKHR.
    Galindo RL, Allport J, and Olson EN. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2006 103 13493-13444
    Featured
    A role for CKII phosphorylation in dorsoventral patterning of the Drosophila embryo.
    Liu ZP, Galindo RL, and Wasserman SA. Genes Dev. 1997 11 3413-3422
    Featured
    A gradient of Cactus protein degradation establishes dorsoventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo.
    Reach M*, Galindo RL*, Towb P, Allen JL, Karin M, and Wasserman SA. Dev. Biol. 1996 180 353-364
    Featured
    Interaction of the pelle kinase with the membrane-associated protein tube is required for transduction of the dorsoventral signal in Drosophila embryos.
    Galindo RL, Edwards DN, Gillespie SKH, and Wasserman SA. Development 1995 121 2209-2218
    A Drosophila model of the Rhabdomyosarcoma Initiator PAX7-FKHR.
    Galindo RL, Allport J, and Olson EN. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2006 103 13439-13444.
    Sialoblastoma: a rare submandibular gland neoplasm.
    Verret DJ, Galindo RL, DeFatta RJ, and Bauer PW. Ear Nose Throat J. 2006 85 440-442
    Hydrolethalus syndrome, in contrast to Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, is not due to a defect in post-squalene cholesterol biosynthesis: a case report.
    Rakjeha D, Cimo ML, Ramus RM, Rogers BB, Bennett MJ, Boyer PJ, and Galindo RL. Am J Med Genet. 2004 129A 212-213
    Disseminated acanthamebiasis in a renal transplant recipient with osteomyelitis and cutaneous lesions: case report and literature review.
    Steinberg JP, Galindo RL, and Kraus ES. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 35 E43-49
  • Honors & Awards
    • Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists
      (2007)
    • Society for Pediatric Pathology Lotte Strauss Prize
      for meritorious work in pediatric pathology research (2007)
    • Society for Pediatric Pathology Harry B. Neustein Memorial Award
      for novel approaches to the study of pediatric disease (2005)
    • The UTSWMC President’s Research Council 2005 Distinguished Young Researcher Award
      (2005)
    • Society for Pediatric Pathology Young Investigator Research Award
      (2004)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Association for the Advancement of Science
    • United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology