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Galo Garcia, PhD

Title	Postdoctoral Scholar
Institution	University of California San Francisco
Department	Biochemistry and Biophysics
Address	555 Mission Bay Blvd South San Francisco CA 94158
Phone	415-476-0156
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Biography

Education and Training

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	Ph.D.	05/2012	Molecular and Cell Biology
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA	A.B.	05/2005	Chemistry

Awards and Honors

Buroughs Wellcome Fund	2014 -	2017	Postdoctoral Enrichment Award
National Institutes of Health	2015 -	2016	Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32)

Research

Research Activities and Funding

Elucidating the Architecture and Mechanism of the Ciliary Gate
NIH F32GM109714Aug 1, 2015 - Jul 31, 2016
Role: Principal Investigator

ORNG Applications

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Publications

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Garcia G, Raleigh DR, Reiter JF. How the Ciliary Membrane Is Organized Inside-Out to Communicate Outside-In. Curr Biol. 2018 Apr 23; 28(8):R421-R434. PMID: 29689227.

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Sigg MA, Menchen T, Lee C, Johnson J, Jungnickel MK, Choksi SP, Garcia G, Busengdal H, Dougherty GW, Pennekamp P, Werner C, Rentzsch F, Florman HM, Krogan N, Wallingford JB, Omran H, Reiter JF. Evolutionary Proteomics Uncovers Ancient Associations of Cilia with Signaling Pathways. Dev Cell. 2017 12 18; 43(6):744-762.e11. PMID: 29257953.

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Shi X, Garcia G, Van De Weghe JC, McGorty R, Pazour GJ, Doherty D, Huang B, Reiter JF. Erratum: Super-resolution microscopy reveals that disruption of ciliary transition-zone architecture causes Joubert syndrome. Nat Cell Biol. 2017 Oct 31; 19(11):1379. PMID: 29087383.

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Shi X, Garcia G, Van De Weghe JC, McGorty R, Pazour GJ, Doherty D, Huang B, Reiter JF. Super-resolution microscopy reveals that disruption of ciliary transition-zone architecture causes Joubert syndrome. Nat Cell Biol. 2017 Oct; 19(10):1178-1188. PMID: 28846093.

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Finnigan GC, Sterling SM, Duvalyan A, Liao EN, Sargsyan A, Garcia G, Nogales E, Thorner J. Coordinate action of distinct sequence elements localizes checkpoint kinase Hsl1 to the septin collar at the bud neck in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell. 2016 07 15; 27(14):2213-33. PMID: 27193302; PMCID: PMC4945140 [Available on 09/30/16].

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Garcia G, Reiter JF. A primer on the mouse basal body. Cilia. 2016; 5:17. PMID: 27114821; PMCID: PMC4843204.

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Garcia G, Finnigan GC, Heasley LR, Sterling SM, Aggarwal A, Pearson CG, Nogales E, McMurray MA, Thorner J. Assembly, molecular organization, and membrane-binding properties of development-specific septins. J Cell Biol. 2016 Feb 29; 212(5):515-29. PMID: 26929450; PMCID: PMC4772501.

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Garcia-Gonzalo FR, Phua SC, Roberson EC, Garcia G, Abedin M, Schurmans S, Inoue T, Reiter JF. Phosphoinositides Regulate Ciliary Protein Trafficking to Modulate Hedgehog Signaling. Dev Cell. 2015 Aug 24; 34(4):400-409. PMID: 26305592; PMCID: PMC4557815.

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Heasley LR, Garcia G, McMurray MA. Off-target effects of the septin drug forchlorfenuron on nonplant eukaryotes. Eukaryot Cell. 2014 Nov; 13(11):1411-20. PMID: 25217460; PMCID: PMC4248692.

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Bertin A, McMurray MA, Pierson J, Thai L, McDonald KL, Zehr EA, García G, Peters P, Thorner J, Nogales E. Three-dimensional ultrastructure of the septin filament network in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Biol Cell. 2012 Feb; 23(3):423-32. PMID: 22160597; PMCID: PMC3268722.

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Garcia G, Bertin A, Li Z, Song Y, McMurray MA, Thorner J, Nogales E. Subunit-dependent modulation of septin assembly: budding yeast septin Shs1 promotes ring and gauze formation. J Cell Biol. 2011 Dec 12; 195(6):993-1004. PMID: 22144691; PMCID: PMC3241732.

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McMurray MA, Bertin A, Garcia G, Lam L, Nogales E, Thorner J. Septin filament formation is essential in budding yeast. Dev Cell. 2011 Apr 19; 20(4):540-9. PMID: 21497764; PMCID: PMC3079881.

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Bertin A, McMurray MA, Thai L, Garcia G, Votin V, Grob P, Allyn T, Thorner J, Nogales E. Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate promotes budding yeast septin filament assembly and organization. J Mol Biol. 2010 Dec 10; 404(4):711-31. PMID: 20951708; PMCID: PMC3005623.

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Chiara DC, Hamouda AK, Ziebell MR, Mejia LA, Garcia G, Cohen JB. [(3)H]chlorpromazine photolabeling of the torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor identifies two state-dependent binding sites in the ion channel. Biochemistry. 2009 Oct 27; 48(42):10066-77. PMID: 19754159; PMCID: PMC2878666.

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Bertin A, McMurray MA, Grob P, Park SS, Garcia G, Patanwala I, Ng HL, Alber T, Thorner J, Nogales E. Saccharomyces cerevisiae septins: supramolecular organization of heterooligomers and the mechanism of filament assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jun 17; 105(24):8274-9. PMID: 18550837; PMCID: PMC2426963.

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Nirthanan S, Garcia G, Chiara DC, Husain SS, Cohen JB. Identification of binding sites in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for TDBzl-etomidate, a photoreactive positive allosteric effector. J Biol Chem. 2008 Aug 08; 283(32):22051-62. PMID: 18524766; PMCID: PMC2494931.

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Garcia G, Chiara DC, Nirthanan S, Hamouda AK, Stewart DS, Cohen JB. [3H]Benzophenone photolabeling identifies state-dependent changes in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor structure. Biochemistry. 2007 Sep 11; 46(36):10296-307. PMID: 17685589.

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