
Rene Galindo, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean Medical Student Research
Assoc Professor
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
Featured Publications
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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