Contact
cbudjan (at) hms.harvard.edu
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Data Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Center for Life Science
3 Blackfan Circle
Boston, MA 02215
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-1563-9750
Christoph Budjan, PhD
Curriculum vitae
- Since 2024 Research Scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Department of Data Science) and Harvard Medical School (Department of Systems Biology)
- 2018-2024 Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Advisor: Prof. Sahand Hormoz (Systems Biology, HMS) - 2015-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Advisor: Prof. Olivier Pourquié (Genetics, HMS).
- 2011-15 PhD candidate on the Wellcome Trust PhD program in Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge.
Supervisors: Prof. Alfonso Martinez-Arias (Genetics, University of Cambridge), Dr. Emma Rawlins (Pathology, University of Cambridge and Gurdon Institute). - 2010-11 MPhil in Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge.
- 2008-10 MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Heidelberg.
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Aurelio Teleman (DKFZ). - 2005-08 BSc in Biology, University of Heidelberg.
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Michael Boutros (DKFZ).
Publications
Guan, G., Wang, S., Shields, T. G., Pahng, S. H., Shao, C. X., Ye, J., Budjan, C.* and Hormoz, S.* (2025). Cooperative short- and long-range interactions enable robust symmetry breaking and axis formation. bioRxiv 2025.09.27.678924. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.27.678924 *co-corresponding authors
Liu, J., Shen, Z., Park, S.-Y., Dong, Y., Yu, N., Zeng, J., Lee, H., Pate, B., Adamia, S., Vanuytsel, K., et al. (2025). Discovery of A Small Molecule non-IMiD Degrader of ZBTB7A for the Treatment of β-hemoglobinopathies. bioRxiv 2025.09.17.676148. doi: 10.1101/2025.09.17.676148
Budjan, C., Liu, S., Ranga, A., Gayen, S., Pourquié, O. and Hormoz, S. (2022). Paraxial mesoderm organoids model development of human somites. eLife 11. doi: 10.7554/eLife.68925
Huang, J., Liu, J., Tian, R., Liu, K., Zhuang, P., Sherman, H. T., Budjan, C., Fong, M., Jeong, M.-S. and Kong, X.-J. (2021). A Next Generation Sequencing-Based Protocol for Screening of Variants of Concern in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Cells 11. doi: 10.3390/cells11010010
Budjan, C., Liu, S., Ranga, A., Gayen, S., Pourquie, O. and Hormoz, S. (2021). Paraxial mesoderm organoids model development of human somites. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2021.03.22.436471
Huang, M., Liu, J., Liu, K., Chen, J., Wei, Z., Feng, Z., Wu, Y., Fong, M., Tian, R., Wang, B., Budjan, C., et al. (2021). Microbiome-Specific Statistical Modeling Identifies Interplay Between Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Patients With Autism: A Case Control Study. Front. Psychiatry 12, 682454. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.682454
Kong, X., Liu, J., Liu, K., Koh, M., Tian, R., Hobbie, C., Fong, M., Chen, Q., Zhao, M., Budjan, C., et al. (2021). Altered Autonomic Functions and Gut Microbiome in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Implications for Assisting ASD Screening and Diagnosis. J. Autism Dev. Disord. 51, 144–157. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04524-1
Diaz-Cuadros, M.*, Wagner, D.E.*, Budjan, C. et al. (2020). In vitro characterization of the human segmentation clock. Nature 580, 113–118 doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1885-9.
Zheng, X.-L., Xu, W.-Q., Liu, J.-W., Zhu, X.-Y., Chen, S.-C., Han, Y., Dai, X.-Q., Goodman, I. G., Budjan, C., Chen, X.-S., et al. (2020). Evaluation of Drugs with Therapeutic Potential for Susceptibility of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Isolates from 8 Provinces in China from 2018. Infect. Drug Resist. 13, 4475–4486. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S278020
Fuchs, F.*, Pau, G.*, Kranz, D., Sklyar, O., Budjan, C., Steinbrink, S., Horn, T., Pedal, A., Huber, W. and Boutros, M. (2010). Clustering phenotype populations by genome-wide RNAi and multiparametric imaging. Mol Syst Biol 6, 370. doi: 10.1038/msb.2010.25.
Budjan, C. (2008). Functional characterization of novel regulators required for genomic integrity. Bachelor thesis, figshare. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1000734.