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Christoph Budjan, PhD

Research Scientist Department of Data Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

Center for Life Science 3 Blackfan Circle Boston, MA 02215

Email: cbudjan (at) hms.harvard.edu

ORCID: 0000-0002-1563-9750

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cbudjan

Bluesky: @cbudjan.com

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)

2011–2015 PhD candidate on the Wellcome Trust PhD programme 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)

2010–2011 MPhil in Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge

2008–2010 MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Heidelberg. Thesis supervisor: Prof. Aurelio Teleman (DKFZ)

2005–2008 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

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