Michael Buszczak, PhD

Assistant Professor
Endowed Title: E.E. and Greer Garson Fogelson Scholar in Medical Research 2007-2011
Molecular Biology
Graduate Program: Genetics and Development

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-4941
Office Fax: 214-648-1196

michael.buszczak@utsouthwestern.edu

Education

Graduate SchoolYale University (2002)

Research Interests

Chromatin
Niche
Stem cells
Translational repression

Publications

Loss of lysine-specific demethylase 1 nonautonomously causes stem cell tumors in the Drosophila ovary

Eliazer S, Shalaby NA, Buszczak M , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A , 2011; (Epub ahead of print)

Drosophila Ataxin 2-Binding Protein 1 marks an intermediate step in the molecular differentiation of female germline cyst

Tastan OY, Li Y, Maines JZ, McKearin DM, Buszczak M. , Development , 2010; (137):3167-76

Drosophila stem cells share a common requirement for the histone H2B ubiquitin protease scrawny

Buszczak M., Paterno S. and Spradling A.C. , Science , 2009; (323):248-51

The Carnegie protein trap library: a versatile tool for Drosophila developmental studies

Buszczak M, Paterno S, Lighthouse D, Bachman J, Plank J, Owen S, Skora A, Nystul T, et al. , Genetics , 2007; (175):1505-31

The Drosophila P68 RNA helicase regulates transcriptional deactivation by promoting RNA release from Chromatin

Buszczak M and Spradling AC. , Genes Dev , 2006; (20):977-89

Honors/Awards

Basil O?Connor Starter Scholar Research Award

(2009)

Endowed Scholar

E.E. and Greer Garson Fogelson Scholar in Medical Research (2007)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

Genetics Society of America