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

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.