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 LegendFeatured 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