Rene Galindo, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Pathology, Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Cancer Biology
Genetics and Development

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-4116
Office Fax: 214-648-4070

rene.galindo@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas (2000)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Texas Southwestern Med Ctr Dallas (2000)

Research Interests

Model Organisms of Human Biology and Disease
Muscle Biology, Development, Maintenance, and Disease
PAX/FKHR/FOXO1A Cell Signaling
Pediatric Tumor Biology
Rhabdomyosarcoma

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