About Me

My name is Sam Magaziner. I operate under one simple aim: to leave the world a better place than how I found it. To this end I leverage biological tenants, engineering principles, and medical insight to direct my endeavors.

As an MD/PhD candidate at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine in the laboratory of David B. Beck, I seek to understand the mechanism of disease in a rare (1:4000 men) but debilitating autoinflammatory condition known as VEXAS syndrome.

As an environmental advocate I co-founded a biotech startup, Envirobe, aimed at bringing sustainable solutions to the global plastic crisis.

In my free time I enjoy reading and writing science fiction and caring for my pet chameleon Clive.

Education

MD/PhD (ongoing) – New York University Grossman School of Medicine

MPhil (2019) – University of Cambridge

BA (2016) – Columbia University

Sam Magaziner

Projects

Recent Publications

  • Beck DB, Bodian DL, Shah V, Mirshahi UL, Kim J, Ding Y, Magaziner SJ, Strande NT, Cantor A, Haley JS, Cook A, Hill W, Schwartz AL, Grayson PC, Ferrada MA, Kastner DL, Carey DJ, Stewart DR. Estimated Prevalence and Clinical Manifestations of UBA1 Variants Associated With VEXAS Syndrome in a Clinical Population. JAMA. 2023
  • Stiburkova B, Pavelcova K, Belickova M, Magaziner SJ, Collins JC, Werner A, Beck DB, Balajkova V, Salek C, Vostry M, Mann H, Vencovsky J. Novel somatic UBA1 variant in a patient with VEXAS syndrome. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023
  • Magaziner SJ, Salmond GPC. A novel T4- and λ-based receptor binding protein family for bacteriophage therapy host range engineering. Front Microbiol. 2022
  • Gago J, Filardo TD, Conderino S, Magaziner SJ, Dubrovskaya Y, Inglima K, Iturrate E, Pironti A, Schluter J, Cadwell K, Hochman S, Li H, Torres VJ, Thorpe LE, Shopsin B. Pathogen Species Is Associated With Mortality in Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection in Patients With COVID-19. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022

Clive the chameleon