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
- %=PU<NgHDC<@G<gF<^miPgONPFP=<g<>gEK
- 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 -- 2026-03 藤本 龍 JST/ 37,375,000Yen Genetic evidence for the role of cold-induced factors and Flowering Locus C in perennial growth of Arabidopsis halleri gemmifera 2020-04 -- 2023-03 BUZAS Diana Mihaela Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C) 4,290,000Yen 3rd Meeting of the Plant Epigenetic Consortium in Japan 2019-08 -- 2019-08 Diana Buzas Taisuke Nishimura National Institute of Genetics/ 300,000Yen 2nd Meeting of the Plant Epigenetic Consortium in Japan 2017 -- 2017 Diana Buzas, Ryo Fujimoto Collaborative Research Meeting, National Institute of Genetics/ 280,000Yen The DNA elements of vernalization insensitive 3 gene for quantitative and priming epigenetic memory of cold 2016 -- 2017 BUZAS Diana Mihaela Japan 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 memory 2015 -- 2017 BUZAS Diana Mihaela Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B) 4,290,000Yen A consortium of plant epigenetisists in Japan- first meeting 2015 -- 2015 Buzas Diana Mihaela Collaborative research meeting, National Institute of Genetics/ 340,000Yen Ecological study of winter memory in Brassicaceae 2015 -- 2015 Buzas Diana Mihaela Collaborative research, Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University/ 500,000Yen Does mithocondria fine-tune nuclear epigenetic functions? 2015 -- 2015 Buzas Diana Mihaela Tokyo Agricultural University/ 1,000,000Yen - Career history
1999-09 -- 1999-12 Durham UniversityVisiting Scientist 1998-07 -- 1998-10 Romanian AcademyBiochemistry InstituteResearch Scientist 2000-10 -- 2001-08 The University of QueenslandVisiting Scientist 2004-03 -- 2004-06 The University of QueenslandTeaching assistant (Molecular Genetics) 2005-09 -- 2005-12 The University of QueenslandPlant Biotechnology LaboratoryResearch Officer 2006-07 -- 2009-07 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, AustraliaPlant Industry, Program XPostdoctoral Fellow 2009-09 -- 2011-09 Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyJSPS Fellow 2011-09 -- 2013-06 Nara Institute of Science and TechnologyPostdoctoral Fellow 2013-06 -- 2014-03 Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and TechnologyPostdoctoral Fellow 2014-04 -- 2015-03 Yokohama City UniversityKihara Institute for Biological ResearchAssistant Professor more... - Academic background
2002-08 -- 2006-06 The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) Biochemistry and Cell Biology Ph.D. 1995-09 -- 2000-06 The University of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (Bucharest, Romania) Bachelor of Engineering Horticulture - Degree
1995-06 Mathematics and Physics Baccalaureate Diploma Mircea cel Batrin High School 2000-06 Bachelor of Engineering Horticulture The University of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (Bucharest, Romania) 2006-06 Biochemistry and Cell Biology Ph.D. The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) - Licenses and qualifications
2020-06 Hofstedeh Insights: Introduction to Cross-Cultural Management Level 1+2 2018-10 The Interchange Institute:Crossing Cultures with Competence 2015-07 JLPT N3 2000-06 Horticulture Engineer - Academic societies
2010-04 -- 2019-04 THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS 2012-04 -- 2019-04 THE GENETICS SOCIETY OF JAPAN - Honors & Awards
2017/09 GGS prize 2017 2012-09 Best 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
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
- The flowering season-meter at FLOWERING LOCUS C across life histories in crucifers
- 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
- Integrated functional genomics to define the plant’s function in symbiotic nodulation
- Conference, etc.
- 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 - DNA de-methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana female gametophyte: is DEMETER alone?
Buzas Diana Mihaela
Genetics Society of Japan 84 meeting, Fukuoka/2012-09-24--2012-09-24 - Role of ALAC4 in DNA methylation dynamics of endosperm imprinted genes
Buzas Diana Mihaela
JSPP 50 Annual meeting/2012-03-16--2012-03-18 - FLC: A Hidden Polycomb Response Element Shows Up in Silence
Buzas Diana Mihaela
Top Runners - Women’s life in Science workshop NAIST/2012-01-19--2012-01-19 - Epigenetic role for the conserved Fe-S cluster biogenesis protein AtDre2 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Buzas Diana Mihaela; Yoko Ikeda
Plant Epigenetics: From Emerging Phenomena to Novel Molecular Events/2015-01-31--2015-01-31 - more...
- Functional assessment and epigenetic editing of Brassica rapa FLC in Arabidopsis thaliana
- Teaching
2024-04 -- 2024-08 Seminar in Agro-biological Sciences IIF(Spring) University of Tsukuba. 2024-10 -- 2024-12 Advanced Course on Global Food Security University of Tsukuba. 2024-04 -- 2024-08 Research in Agro-biological Sciences IIF(Spring) University of Tsukuba. 2024-10 -- 2025-02 Advanced Epigenetics University of Tsukuba. 2024-04 -- 2024-08 Advanced Epigenetics University of Tsukuba. 2024-04 -- 2024-08 Research in Agro-biological Sciences IIS University of Tsukuba. 2024-10 -- 2025-02 Dissertation in Biosphere Resource Science and Technology III University of Tsukuba. 2024-04 -- 2024-08 Dissertation in Biosphere Resource Science and Technology III University of Tsukuba. 2024-10 -- 2025-02 Research in Agro-biological Sciences IIF University of Tsukuba. 2024-04 -- 2024-08 Research in Agro-biological Sciences IS University of Tsukuba. more... - Other educational activities
2019-12 -- 2019-12 A day with a scientist - the pilot program Buzas Diana Mihaela 2017-07 -- 2017-07 How Foreigners Can Avail of Health Services in Tsukuba 2017-04 -- 2017-06 Communication 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
- CCM SIG: The Actor's Studio: Acting Out Real Life with Intercultural Goals
- University Management
2019-01 -- 2019-01 T-PIRC International collaboration 2015-04 -- (current) Committee for English Program Member 2015-04 -- (current) Plant Transgenic Design Initiative Member of Plant Transgenic Design Initiative 2015-04 -- (current) College of Agrobiological Resources International Committee Member - 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 2015-04 -- 2016-04 Faculty Social Interaction Initiative (HANAKIN)
(Last updated: 2024-08-30)