Sam earned a Ph.D. from the Genetics & Development program at Columbia in 2018. Her research in the lab focused on the role of axon-axon interactions in somatosensory wiring. While in the lab, Sam was an NRSA predoctoral fellow. Prior to that she received a B.S. in Genetics in 2012 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she worked in the lab of Dr. Kate O’Connor-Giles. Her research there focused on characterizing a novel molecule involved in synapse formation and function of the Drosophila neuromuscular junction. Sam is now Senior Manager of Business Development at Verge Genomics.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Galindo SE, Shin GJ, Millard SS, Grueber WB (2023) Regulated alternative splicing of Dscam2 is required for somatosensory circuit wiring. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.01.530539
Galindo SE, Wood A, Cooney PC, Hammond LA, Grueber WB (2023) Axon-axon interactions determine modality-specific wiring and subcellular synaptic specificity in a somatosensory circuit. Development. 150 (5): dev199832.
Shin, G. J., Pero, M. E., Hammond, L. A., Burgos, A., Kumar., A., Galindo S. E., Lucas T., Bartolini, F., Grueber, W. B. (2021) Integrins protect sensory neurons in models of paclitaxel-induced peripheral sensory neuropathy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006050118
Cochella L, Tursun B, Hsieh YW, Galindo S, Johnston RJ, Chuang CF, Hobert O (2014) Two distinct types of neuronal asymmetries are controlled by the Caenorhabditis elegans zinc finger transcription factor die-1. Genes Dev 28: 34-43.
Bruckner JJ, Gratz SJ, Slind JK, Geske RR, Cummings AM, Galindo SE, Donohue LK, O’Connor-Giles KM (2012) Fife, a Drosophila Piccolo-RIM homolog, promotes active zone organization and neurotransmitter release. J Neurosci 32: 17048-58.