
Michael Buszczak, Ph.D.
Professor
Endowed Title E.E. and Greer Garson Fogelson Scholar in Medical Research
School Medical School
Department Molecular Biology
Graduate Programs Cancer Biology, Genetics, Development and Disease
Education
- Graduate School
- Yale University (2002), Biology
Research Interest
- Chromatin
- Germ Cells
- iPS cells
- mRNA Translation
- Ribosomes
- Stem Cells
Publications
Featured Publications
- Labeling of heterochronic ribosomes reveals C1ORF109 and SPATA5 control a late step in human ribosome assembly.
- Ni C, Schmitz DA, Lee J, Pawlowski K, Wu J, Buszczak M, Cell Rep 2022 Mar 38 13 110597
- The Drosophila ribosome protein S5 paralog RpS5b promotes germ cell and follicle cell differentiation during oogenesis.
- Jang S, Lee J, Mathews J, Ruess H, Williford AO, Rangan P, BetrĂ¡n E, Buszczak M, Development 2021 Sep
- GCNA Preserves Genome Integrity and Fertility Across Species.
- Bhargava V, Goldstein CD, Russell L, Xu L, Ahmed M, Li W, Casey A, Servage K, Kollipara R, Picciarelli Z, Kittler R, Yatsenko A, Carmell M, Orth K, Amatruda JF, Yanowitz JL, Buszczak M, Dev. Cell 2019 Dec
- Repression of Pumilio Protein Expression by Rbfox1 Promotes Germ Cell Differentiation.
- Carreira-Rosario A, Bhargava V, Hillebrand J, Kollipara RK, Ramaswami M, Buszczak M Dev. Cell 2016 Mar 36 5 562-71
- Nanotubes mediate niche-stem-cell signalling in the Drosophila testis.
- Inaba M, Buszczak M, Yamashita YM Nature 2015 Jul
- Cellular Differences in Protein Synthesis Regulate Tissue Homeostasis.
- Buszczak M, Signer RA, Morrison SJ Cell 2014 Oct 159 2 242-251
- Lsd1 restricts the number of germline stem cells by regulating multiple targets in escort cells.
- Eliazer S, Palacios V, Wang Z, Kollipara RK, Kittler R, Buszczak M PLoS Genet. 2014 Mar 10 3 e1004200
- Changes in rRNA transcription influence proliferation and cell fate within a stem cell lineage.
- Zhang Q, Shalaby NA, Buszczak M Science 2014 Jan 343 6168 298-301
- The homeostatic regulation of ribosome biogenesis.
- Ni C, Buszczak M, Semin Cell Dev Biol 2022 Apr
- MSL3 promotes germline stem cell differentiation in female Drosophila.
- McCarthy A, Sarkar K, Martin ET, Upadhyay M, Jang S, Williams ND, Forni PE, Buszczak M, Rangan P, Development 2021 Dec
Honors & Awards
- BlackStone LaunchPad Pitch Competition Winner
(2022) - SCCC Translational Pilot Award
(2021) - UTSW High Impact/ High Risk Award
(2018) - Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
(2009) - Endowed Scholar
E.E. and Greer Garson Fogelson Scholar in Medical Research (2007)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine (2014)
- Genetics Society of America