BUZAS Diana Mihaela

Affiliation
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
Official title
Associate Professor
ORCID
0000-0002-8625-7872
Sex
Female
KAKEN ID
00616229
URL
Email
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Phone
029-853-6685
Fax
029-853-6685
Research fields
Genetics/Chromosome dynamics
Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
Research keywords
Iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis
Cellular memory
Flowering Locus C
DNA glycosylase
DNA demethylation
Polycomb and Tritorax group proteins
Research projects
アブラナ科葉根菜類晩抽性品種育成のための技術開発2023-10 -- 2026-03Ryo FujimotoJST/A-STEP37,375,000Yen
Genetic evidence for the role of cold-induced factors and Flowering Locus C in perennial growth of Arabidopsis halleri gemmifera2020-04 -- 2023-03BUZAS Diana MihaelaJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)4,290,000Yen
3rd Meeting of the Plant Epigenetic Consortium in Japan2019-08 -- 2019-08Diana Buzas Taisuke NishimuraNational Institute of Genetics/300,000Yen
2nd Meeting of the Plant Epigenetic Consortium in Japan2017 -- 2017Diana Buzas, Ryo FujimotoCollaborative Research Meeting, National Institute of Genetics/280,000Yen
The DNA elements of vernalization insensitive 3 gene for quantitative and priming epigenetic memory of cold2016 -- 2017BUZAS Diana MihaelaJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a Proposed Research Area)10,660,000Yen
Role of a novel DNA demethylation enzyme in epigenetic memory2015 -- 2017BUZAS Diana MihaelaJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B)4,290,000Yen
A consortium of plant epigenetisists in Japan- first meeting2015 -- 2015Buzas Diana MihaelaCollaborative research meeting, National Institute of Genetics/340,000Yen
Ecological study of winter memory in Brassicaceae2015 -- 2015Buzas Diana MihaelaCollaborative research, Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University/500,000Yen
Does mithocondria fine-tune nuclear epigenetic functions?2015 -- 2015Buzas Diana MihaelaTokyo Agricultural University/1,000,000Yen
Career history
1999-09 -- 1999-12Durham UniversityVisiting Scientist
1998-07 -- 1998-10Romanian AcademyBiochemistry InstituteResearch Scientist
2000-10 -- 2001-08The University of QueenslandVisiting Scientist
2004-03 -- 2004-06The University of QueenslandTeaching assistant (Molecular Genetics)
2005-09 -- 2005-12The University of QueenslandPlant Biotechnology LaboratoryResearch Officer
2006-07 -- 2009-07Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, AustraliaPlant Industry, Program XPostdoctoral Fellow
2009-09 -- 2011-09Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyJSPS Fellow
2011-09 -- 2013-06Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyPostdoctoral Fellow
2013-06 -- 2014-03Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and TechnologyPostdoctoral Fellow
2014-04 -- 2015-03Yokohama City UniversityKihara Institute for Biological ResearchAssistant Professor
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Academic background
2002-08 -- 2006-06The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) Biochemistry and Cell Biology Ph.D.
1995-09 -- 2000-06The University of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (Bucharest, Romania) Bachelor of Engineering Horticulture
Degree
1995-06Mathematics and Physics Baccalaureate DiplomaMircea cel Batrin High School
2000-06Bachelor of Engineering HorticultureThe University of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (Bucharest, Romania)
2006-06Biochemistry and Cell Biology Ph.D.　The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia)
Licenses and qualifications
2020-06Hofstedeh Insights: Introduction to Cross-Cultural Management Level 1+2
2018-10The Interchange Institute:Crossing Cultures with Competence
2015-07JLPT N3
2000-06Horticulture Engineer
Academic societies
2010-04 -- 2025-03THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS
2012-04 -- 2025-03THE GENETICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN
Honors & Awards
2017/09GGS prize 2017
2012-09Best Paper Special Recognition Award 2012 (The 84th Annual Meeting of Genetics Society of Japan, September 24-26, Fukuoka)Recipient of the Best Paper Special Recognition Award
Articles
  • Vernalization control in the Brassicaceae: a multidimensional translational landscape
    BUZAS Diana Mihaela; Shuta Yano; Akhi Paul Chowdhury; ...
    Frontiers in Horticulture/5, 2026-03
  • The flowering season-meter at FLOWERING LOCUS C across life histories in crucifers
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Nishio Haruki; Kudoh Hiroshi
    FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE/12, 2021-04
  • Repressive chromatin modification underpins the long-term expression trend of a perennial flowering gene in nature
    Nishio Haruki; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Nagano Atsushi J.; Iw...
    Nature Communications/11, 2020-05
    PubMed
  • Mutants in the Fe-S biogenesis component AtDRE2 develop twin embryos and are defective in DNA demethylation in the vegetative phase
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Kinoshita Test
    Molecular Life, 2018-06
  • Capturing environmental plant memories in DNA, with a little help from chromatin
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Plant cell Physiology/58(8)/pp.1302-1312, 2017-06
    PubMed
  • Ecological study of epigenetic memory of winter in crucifers
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    京都大学生態学研究センター Newsletter No. 133, 2016-07
  • ＤＲＥ２を介した核ゲノムのエピジェネティック制御
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; 木下 哲
    生物資源ゲノム解析拠点ニュースレター No.3, 2015
  • Long-distance signaling in nodulation directed by a CLAVATA1-like receptor kinase
    Searle IR; Men AE; Laniya TS; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Iturbe-Orm...
    Science, 2003-01
  • Transformation of Lotus japonicus using the herbicide resistance bar gene as a selectable marker
    Lohar DP; Schuller K; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Gresshoff PM; Stil...
    Journal of Experimental Botany, 2001-08
  • Promoter trapping in Lotus japonicus reveals novel root and nodule GUS expression domains
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Lohar D; Sato S; Nakamura Y; Tabata S; Vi...
    Plant Cell Physiology, 2005-08
  • Short- and long-distance control of root development by LjHAR1 during the juvenile stage of Lotus japonicus
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Gresshoff PM
    Journal of Plant Physiology, 2007-04
  • UBIQUITIN-SPECIFIC PROTEASE 26 is required for seed development and the repression of PHERES1 in Arabidopsis
    Luo M; Luo MZ; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Finnegan J; Helliwell C; D...
    Genetics, 2008-09
  • Polycomb proteins regulate the quantitative induction of VERNALIZATION INSENSITIVE 3 in response to low temperatures
    Jean Finnegan E; Bond DM; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Goodrich J; He...
    Plant Journal, 2011-02
  • Transcription-dependence of histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation at the Arabidopsis polycomb target gene FLC
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Robertson M; Finnegan EJ; Helliwell CA
    Plant Journal, 2011-01
  • Vernalization-repression of Arabidopsis FLC requires promoter sequences but not antisense transcripts
    Helliwell CA; Robertson M; Finnegan EJ; Buzas Diana Mihaela; ...
    PLoS One, 2011-06
  • FLC: A Hidden Polycomb Response Element Shows Up in Silence
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Tamada Y; Kurata T
    Plant Cell Physiology, 2012-05
  • The role of Arabidopsis thaliana NAR1, a cytosolic iron-sulfur cluster assembly component, in gametophytic gene expression and oxidative stress responses in vegetative tissue
    Nakamura M; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Kato A; Fujita M; Kurata N; K...
    New Phytologist, 2013-09
  • Arabidopsis Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 binding sites contain putative GAGA factor binding motifs within coding regions of genes
    Deng W; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Ying H; Robertson M; Taylor J; Pe...
    BMC Genomics, 2013-08
  • Epigenetic role for the conserved Fe-S cluster biogenesis protein Dre2 in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Nakamura M; Kinoshita T
    PNAS, 2014-09
  • Emerging links between iron-sulfur clusters and 5-methylcytosine base excision repair in plants
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Genes & Genetic Systems/91(2)/pp.51-62, 2016
    CiNii PubMed
  • From the laboratory to the field: assaying histone methylation at FLOWERING LOCUS C in naturally growing Arabidopsis halleri
    Nishio H; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Nagano AJ; Suzuki Y; Sugano S; ...
    Genes & Genetic Systems/91(1)/pp.15-26, 2016-07
    CiNii PubMed
Books
  • Integrated functional genomics to define the plant’s function in symbiotic nodulation
    Gressfoff PM; Stiller J; Maguire T; Lohar D; Ayanru S; Buzas D...
    CAB international Nitrogen fixation, 2002
  • Systemic regulation of nodulation by a leaf-controlled LRR-receptor kinase
    Gresshoff PM; Buzas Diana Mihaela; Titeki Laniya; Artem Men; ...
    International Congress of Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, 2005
Conference, etc.
  • Genotypic Variation in Drought Response of Capsicum annuum: A Molecular and Epigenetic Study
    Diana Mihaela BUZAS; Rahmadani Primanindita AIRLANGGA; ...
    97th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Genetics/2025-09-10--2025-09-12
  • Beyond a DNA-centric world:lessons from the garden
    BUZAS Diana Mihaela
    International Conference of Molecular Biology: Current Aspects and Prospects/2025-11-04--2025-11-07
  • Equipping A. halleri gemmifera with Genetics: ​ A Perennial Framework for All-Seasons Memory​
    Shuiyi Liu; Annisa Krama; 柴 博史; Diana Mihaela Buzas​
    第67回日本植物生理学会年会/2026-03-13--2026-03-15
  • Regulation of flowering by epigenome editing of Brassica rapa FLC using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model
    Buzas Diana M.; Osabe Kenji; Yamada Miharu; Chowdhury ...
    Brassica 2025/2025-09-01--2025-09-04
  • Functional assessment and epigenetic editing of Brassica rapa FLC in Arabidopsis thaliana
    BUZAS DIANA Mihaela
    International Plant Molecular Biology/2024/06/24--2024/06/28
  • Determinism to chaos: 20 decades of science ongoing
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Science Ongoing/2021-03-13--2021-03-13
  • Determinism to chaos:two decades of science ongoing
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Science Ongoing/2021-03-13
  • Exploring Contrasting Attitudes Toward Working Online (Contrast Culture Method SIG)
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    SIETAR Japan 35th Annual Conference/2020-11-07--2020-11-08
  • Epigenetics and Culture: Are there emerging links?
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    The 3rd meeting of the Plant Epigenetics Consortium in Japan, NIG 2019/2019-08-29--2019-08-30
  • Epigenetics and Culture: Are there emerging links?
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    The 3rd meeting of the Plant Epigenetics Consortium in Japan, NIG 2019/2019-08-29--2019-08-30
  • Opening- Bridging cultures in an academic environment: Soujourners meet interculturalists
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    TGSW 2018/2018-09-20--2018-09-20
  • Bridging cultures in an academic environment: Soujourners meet interculturalists"
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Tsukuba Global Science Week/2018-09-20--2018-09-20
  • Vernalization upstream and downstream of FLC: from annuals to perennials and from lab to field
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Plant Epigenetics Consortium in Japan- second biannual meeting
  • Plant Epigenetics Consortium in Japan- second biannual meeting
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Plant Epigenetics Consortium in Japan- second biannual meeting/2017-08-31--2017-09-01
  • Quantitative and priming memory of cold at Vernalization Insensitive locus 3
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    International Symposium on Environmental Stress Adaptation & Memory in Plants/2017-02-27--2017-02-28
  • Uncovering biological roles of AtDRE2 as a cytosolic iron-sulfur biogenesis component and beyond
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    The Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Latest Advances in Plant Development & Environmental Responses/2016-11-29--2016-12-2
  • 35S::GUS gene expression in independent transgenic lines of Lotus japonicus
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Ion Nicolae; Peter Gresshoff; Simona Ra...
    XXIX Annual Meeting of European Society for New Methods in Agricultural Research/1999--1999
  • A promoter trap jumps into the ENOD40 spotlight; Second European Conference on model legumes
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Peter Gresshoff; Dasharath Lohar; Shuse...
    Max Planck Institute Conference Berlin/2001--2001
  • Polycomb protein binding sites associated with distinct epigenetic states of a floral repressor in Arabidopsis
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Liz Dennis; Chris Helliwell
    Epigentics, Perth/2007-11-04--2007-11-07
  • Legume nodulation: taking a leaf from Arabidopsis; Plant Genomes: From Sequence to Phenome
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Peter Gresshoff; Bernie Carroll
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference series/2004-12-09--2004-12-12
  • An experimental system to investigate sequential steps in Polycomb gene repression
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Jean Finnegan; Chris Helliwell
    EMBO conference series on Chromatin and Epigenetics/2009-05-13--2009-05-17
  • A genetic dissection of DNA de-methylation using Arabidopsis thaliana endosperm
    Buzas Diana Mihaela; Yoko Ikeda; Yuki Kinoshita; Tetsu Kinos...
    21st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research/2010-06-06--2010-06-10
  • A genetic dissection of DNA de-methylation using Arabidopsis thaliana endosperm. Epigenetics: Mechanisms, Development and Disease
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Gordon Conference series/2011-08-07--2011-08-11
  • An epigenetic role for the conserved Fe-S cluster biogenesis protein Dre2 in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    JSPP 52 Annual meeting Toyama/2014-03-20--2014-03-22
  • A Universal redox sensor control DNA methylation dynamics
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Genetics Society of Japan 85 meeting, Yokohama/2013-09-21--2013-09-23
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Teaching
2025-04 -- 2025-08Research in Agro-biological Sciences ISUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Research in Agro-biological Sciences IISUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Research in Agro-biological Sciences IIF（Spring）University of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Research in Agro-biological Sciences IIFUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Research in Agro-biological Sciences IFUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Seminar in Agro-biological Sciences ISUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Seminar in Agro-biological Sciences IISUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Seminar in Agro-biological Sciences IIF（Spring）University of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Seminar in Agro-biological Sciences IIFUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Seminar in Agro-biological Sciences IFUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Other educational activities
2019-12 -- 2019-12A day with a scientist - the pilot programBuzas Diana Mihaela
2017-07 -- 2017-07How Foreigners Can Avail of Health Services in Tsukuba
2017-04 -- 2017-06Communication Techniques (01AB007)Diana Buzas
Talks
  • CCM SIG: The Actor's Studio: Acting Out Real Life with Intercultural Goals
    Buzas Diana Mihaela
    Facing Uncertain Times Together: Strengthening Intercultural Connections/2018-08-08--2018-08-11
University Management
2019-01 -- 2019-01T-PIRCInternational collaboration
2015-04 -- (current)Committee for English ProgramMember
2015-04 -- (current)Plant Transgenic Design InitiativeMember of Plant Transgenic Design Initiative
2015-04 -- (current)College of Agrobiological Resources International CommitteeMember
Other activities
2012 -- (current)Reviewer for Scientific Reports, Plant Cell, PLOS Genetics, Biologia Planetarium, Journal of Plant Physiology, New Physiologist, Frontiers in Plant Science, Acs Synthetic Biology, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, Horticulture Journal
2015-04 -- 2016-04Faculty Social Interaction Initiative (HANAKIN)

(Last updated: 2026-05-11)