Marco Gallo, PhD
- Cancer and Blood Disorders
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine
Email: mxgallo@texaschildrens.org
Languages: English
Office location:
1102 Bates Avenue
Houston, TX 77030
Get to know Marco Gallo, PhD
Education
School | Education | Degree | Year |
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The Hospital for Sick Children | Post-doctoral Fellowship | Postdoctoral Research Fellowship | 2015 |
University of British Columbia | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy | 2010 |
Simon Fraser University | Bachelors | Bachelor of Science | 2005 |
Organizations
Organization Name | Role |
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | Member |
Children's Oncology Group (COG) | Member |
Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (PBTC) | Member |
Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) | Member |
Honors and awards
- 2021
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Alberta Early Career Award in Biomedical Cancer Research
- 2019
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Calgary's Top 40 under 40
- 2018
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CIHR Early Career Award in Cancer Research
- 2016
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Canada Research Chair in Brain Cancer Epigenomics
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Research Area:
Brain Tumors
The goal of Dr. Marco Gallo's research is to discover the mechanisms by which the epigenome and non-coding genome drive tumorigenesis in pediatric and adult brain tumors. His laboratory will consist of an integrated team of bioinformaticians and wet lab scientists who investigate the function of epigenetic and chromatin factors and 3D genome architecture in programming stem-like states in brain tumors.
Among other contributions, his research has shed light on the intratumoral organization and evolution of genetic subclones in pediatric high-grade gliomas (Cancer Research, 2019), the link between 3D genome organization and expression of targetable antigens in adult glioblastoma (Genome Research, 2019), how subclonalgenetics influences chromatin organization (Science Advances, 2021) and identified chromatin factors that promote cell state transitions (Nature Communications, 2023).
He has received awards from provincial, national and international organizations, including: the Institute of Cancer Research at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Society for Neuro-Oncology and Stand Up To Cancer.
Learn more about Dr. Gallo's Research Laboratory at BCM.edu