Professor and Director
Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory
Integrative Biology Laboratory
Hess Chair in Plant Science
Busch, W. Joanne Chory obituary: biologist who discovered the genetic origin of light-induced plant growth. (2025) Nature. 637(8044):28. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-04166-8
Ruiz Rosquete, M., Gonzalez, J., Wertz, K., Gonzalez, N., Baez, M., Wang, L., Zhang, L., Patil, S., Funaro, L., Busch, W. ClearDepth: a simple, robust, and low-cost method to assess root depth in soil. (2024) Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.17177
Zhong, K., Zhang, P., Wei, X., Platre, M.P., He, W., Zhang, L., Małolepszy, A., Cao, M., Hu, S., Tang, S., Li, B., Hu, P., Busch, W. Natural variation of TBR confers plant zinc toxicity tolerance through root cell wall pectin methylesterification. (2024) Nature Communications. 15(1):5823. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50106-5
Lee, S., Showalter, J., Zhang, L., Cassin-Ross, G., Rouached, H., Busch, W. Nutrient levels control root growth responses to high ambient temperature in plants. (2024) Nature Communications. 15(1):4689. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49180-6
Gonzalez, S., Swift, J., Yaaran, A., Xu, J., Miller, C., Illouz-Eliaz, N., Nery, J.R., Busch, W., Zait, Y., Ecker, J.R. Arabidopsis transcriptome responses to low water potential using high-throughput plate assays. (2024) Elife. 12. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.84747
Lee, S., Busch, W. Assessing Temperature Responses in Roots. (2024) Methods in Molecular Biology. 2795:37-42. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3814-9_4
Berrigan, E.M., Wang, L., Carrillo, H., Echegoyen, K., Kappes, M., Torres, J., Ai-Perreira, A., McCoy, E., Shane, E., Copeland, C.D., Ragel, L., Georgousakis, C., Lee, S., Reynolds, D., Talgo, A., Gonzalez, J., Zhang, L., Rajurkar, A.B., Ruiz, M., Daniels, E., Maree, L., Pariyar, S., Busch, W., Pereira, T.D. Fast and Efficient Root Phenotyping via Pose Estimation. (2024) Plant Phenomics. 6:0175. DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0175
Villarino, G., Dahlberg-Wright, S., Zhang, L., Schaedel, M., Wang, L., Miller, K., Bartlett, J., Vu, A.M.D., Busch, W. PAT (Periderm Assessment Toolkit): A Quantitative and Large-Scale Screening Method for Periderm Measurements. (2024) Plant Phenomics. 6:0156. DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0156
He, W., Truong, H.A., Zhang, L., Cao, M., Arakawa, N., Xiao, Y., Zhong, K., Hou, Y., Busch, W. Identification of mebendazole as an ethylene signaling activator reveals a role of ethylene signaling in the regulation of lateral root angles. (2024) Cell Reports. 43(2):113763. DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113763
Zhang, T., Zhang, R., Zeng, X.Y., Lee, S., Ye, L.H., Tian, S.L., Zhang, Y.J., Busch, W., Zhou, W.B., Zhu, X.G., Wang, P. GLK transcription factors accompany ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 to orchestrate light-induced seedling development in Arabidopsis. (2024) Plant Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae002
Cao, M., Platre, M.P., Tsai, H.H., Zhang, L., Nobori, T., Armengot, L., Chen, Y., He, W., Brent, L., Coll, N.S., Ecker, J.R., Geldner, N., Busch, W. Spatial IMA1 regulation restricts root iron acquisition on MAMP perception. (2024) Nature. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06891-y
Joseph Fernando, E.A., Selvaraj, M., Uga, Y., Busch, W., Bowers, H., Tohme, J. Going Deep: Roots, Carbon, and Analyzing Subsoil Carbon Dynamics. (2023) Molecular Plant. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.11.009
Platre, M.P., Mehta, P., Halvorson, Z., Zhang, L., Brent, L., Gleason F, M., Faizi, K., Goulding, C., Busch, W. Root Walker: an automated pipeline for large scale quantification of early root growth responses at high spatial and temporal resolution. (2023) Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16493
Liu, Q., Kawai, T., Inukai, Y., Aoki, D., Feng, Z., Xiao, Y., Fukushima, K., Lin, X., Shi, W., Busch, W., Matsushita, Y., Li, B. A lignin-derived material improves plant nutrient bioavailability and growth through its metal chelating capacity. (2023) Nature Communications. 14(1):4866. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40497-2
Wang, Y., Perez-Sancho, J., Platre, M.P., Callebaut, B., Smokvarska, M., Ferrer, K., Luo, Y., Nolan, T.M., Sato, T., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N., Kvasnica, M., Winne, J.M., Bayer, E.M., Vukašinović, N., Russinova, E. Plasmodesmata mediate cell-to-cell transport of brassinosteroid hormones. (2023) Nature Chemical Biology. DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01346-x
Dubey, S.M., Han, S., Stutzman, N., Prigge, M.J., Medvecká, E., Platre, M.P., Busch, W., Fendrych, M., Estelle, M. The AFB1 auxin receptor controls the cytoplasmic auxin response pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2023) Molecular Plant. DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2023.06.008
Dubey, S.M., Han, Stutzman, N., Prigge, M.J., Medvecká, E., Platre, M.P., Busch, W., Fendrych, M., Estelle, M. The AFB1 auxin receptor controls the cytoplasmic auxin response pathway in . (2023) bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.04.522696
Eckardt, N.A., Ainsworth, E.A., Bahuguna, R.N., Broadley, M.R., Busch, W., Carpita, N.C., Castrillo, G., Chory, J., DeHaan, L.R., Duarte, C.M., Henry, A., Jagadish, S.V.K., Langdale, J., Leakey, A.D.B., Liao, J.C., Lu, K.J., McCann, M.C., McKay, J.K., Odeny, D.A., Olivieira, E., Platten, J.D., Rabbi, I., Rim, E.Y., Ronald, P.C., Salt, D.E., Shigenaga, A.M., Wang, E., Wolfe, M., Zhang, X. Climate change challenges, plant science solutions. (2022) Plant Cell. DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac303
Platre, M.P., Satbhai, S.B., Brent, L., Gleason, M.F., Cao, M., Grison, M., Glavier, M., Zhang, L., Gaillochet, C., Goeschl, C., Giovannetti, M., Enugutti, B., Neveu, J., von Reth, M., Alcázar, R., Parker, J.E., Vert, G., Bayer, E., Busch, W. The receptor kinase SRF3 coordinates iron-level and flagellin dependent defense and growth responses in plants. (2022) Nature Communications. 13(1):4445. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32167-6
Henkhaus, N.A., Busch, W., Chen, A., Colón-Carmona, A., Cothran, M., Diaz, N., Dundore-Arias, J.P., Gonzales, M., Hadziabdic, D., Hayes, R.A., MacIntosh, G.C., Na, A., Nyamasoka-Magonziwa, B., Pater, D., Peritore-Galve, F.C., Phelps-Durr, T., Rouhier, K., Sickler, D.B., Starnes, J.H., Tyler, Q.R., Valdez-Ward, E., Vega-Sánchez, M.E., Walcott, R.R., Ward, J.K., Wyatt, S.E., Zapata, F., Zemenick, A.T., Stern, D.B. Removing systemic barriers to equity, diversity, and inclusion: Report of the 2019 Plant Science Research Network workshop "Inclusivity in the Plant Sciences". (2022) Plant Direct. 6(8):e432. DOI: 10.1002/pld3.432
Ogura, T., Goeschl, C., Busch, W. A Multiplexed, Time-Resolved Assay of Root Gravitropic Bending on Agar Plates. (2021) Methods in Molecular Biology. 2368:61-70. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1677-2_4
Busch, W., Chory, J. Multikingdom diffusion barrier control. (2021) Science. 371(6525):125. DOI: 10.1126/science.abf5591
Miller, C.N., Busch, W. Using natural variation to understand plant responses to iron availability. (2021) J Exp Bot. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab012
Alonso-Díaz, A., Satbhai, S.B., de Pedro-Jové, R., Berry, H.M., Göschl, C., Argueso, C.T., Novak, O., Busch, W., Valls, M., Coll, N.S. A genome-wide association study unravels cytokinin as a major component in the root defense responses against Ralstonia solanacearum. (2021) J Exp Bot. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa610
Burko, Y., Gaillochet, C., Seluzicki, A., Chory, J., Busch, W. Local HY5 Activity Mediates Hypocotyl Growth and Shoot-to-Root Communication. (2020) . 1(5). DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100078
Li, B., Sun, C., Lin, X., Busch, W. The Emerging Role of GSNOR in Oxidative Stress Regulation. (2020) Trends in Plant Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.09.004
Prigge, M.J., Platre, M., Kadakia, N., Zhang, Y., Greenham, K., Szutu, W., Pandey, B.K., Bhosale, R.A., Bennett, M.J., Busch, W., Estelle, M. Genetic analysis of the Arabidopsis TIR1/AFB auxin receptors reveals both overlapping and specialized functions. (2020) Elife. 9. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.54740
Giovannetti, M., Göschl, C., Dietzen, C., Andersen, S.U., Kopriva, S., Busch, W. Identification of novel genes involved in phosphate accumulation in Lotus japonicus through Genome Wide Association mapping of root system architecture and anion content. (2019) PLOS Genetics. 15(12):e1008126. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008126
Singh, J., Fabrizio, J., Desnoues, E., Silva, J.P., Busch, W., Khan, A. Root system traits impact early fire blight susceptibility in apple (Malus × domestica). (2019) BMC Plant Biology. 19(1):579. DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2202-3
Bouain, N., Korte, A., Satbhai, S.B., Nam, H.I., Rhee, S.Y., Busch, W., Rouached, H. Systems genomics approaches provide new insights into Arabidopsis thaliana root growth regulation under combinatorial mineral nutrient limitation. (2019) PLOS Genetics. 15(11):e1008392. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008392
Slovak, R., Setzer, C., Roiuk, M., Bertels, J., Göschl, C., Jandrasits, K., Beemster, G.T.S., Busch, W. Ribosome assembly factor Adenylate Kinase 6 maintains cell proliferation and cell size homeostasis during root growth. (2019) New Phytologist. 225(5):2064-2076. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16291
Li, B., Sun, L., Huang, J., Göschl, C., Shi, W., Chory, J., Busch, W. GSNOR provides plant tolerance to iron toxicity via preventing iron-dependent nitrosative and oxidative cytotoxicity. (2019) Nature Communications. 10(1):3896. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11892-5
Ogura, T., Goeschl, C., Filiault, D., Mirea, M., Slovak, R., Wolhrab, B., Satbhai, S.B., Busch, W. Root System Depth in Arabidopsis Is Shaped by EXOCYST70A3 via the Dynamic Modulation of Auxin Transport. (2019) Cell. 178(2):400-412.e16. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.06.021
Di Mambro, R., Svolacchia, N., Dello Ioio, R., Pierdonati, E., Salvi, E., Pedrazzini, E., Vitale, A., Perilli, S., Sozzani, R., Benfey, P.N., Busch, W., Costantino, P., Sabatini, S. The Lateral Root Cap Acts as an Auxin Sink that Controls Meristem Size. (2019) Current Biology. 29(7):1199-1205.e4 . DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.022
Xu, Y.C., Niu, X.M., Li, X.X., He, W., Chen, J.F., Zou, Y.P., Wu, Q., Zhang, Y.E., Busch, W., Guo, Y.L. Adaptation and phenotypic diversification through loss-of-function mutations in Arabidopsis protein-coding genes. (2019) Plant Cell. 31:1012-1025. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00791
Toal, T.W., Ron, M., Gibson, D., Kajala, K., Splitt, B., Johnson, L.S., Miller, N.D., Slovak, R., Gaudinier, A., Patel, R., de Lucas, M., Provart, N.J., Spalding, E.P., Busch, W., Kliebenstein, D.J., Brady, S.M. Regulation of Root Angle and Gravitropism. (2018) G3. 8(12):3841-3855. DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200540
Ristova, D., Giovannetti, M., Metesch, K., Busch, W. Natural Genetic Variation Shapes Root System Responses to Phytohormones in Arabidopsis. (2018) Plant Journal. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14034
Bouain, N., Satbhai, S.B., Korte, A., Saenchai, C., Desbrosses, G., Berthomieu, P., Busch, W., Rouached, H. Natural allelic variation of the AZI1 gene controls root growth under zinc-limiting condition. (2018) PLOS Genetics. 14(4):e1007304. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007304
Mabuchi, K., Maki, H., Itaya, T., Suzuki, T., Nomoto, M., Sakaoka, S., Morikami, A., Higashiyama, T., Tada, Y., Busch, W., Tsukagoshi, H. MYB30 links ROS signaling, root cell elongation, and plant immune responses. (2018) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1804233115
Exposito-Alonso, M., Becker, C., Schuenemann, V.J., Reiter, E., Setzer, C., Slovak, R., Brachi, B., Hagmann, J., Grimm, D.G., Chen, J., Busch, W., Bergelson, J., Ness, R.W., Krause, J., Burbano, H.A., Weigel, D. The rate and potential relevance of new mutations in a colonizing plant lineage. (2018) PLOS Genetics. 14(2):e1007155. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007155
Shibata, M., Breuer, C., Kawamura, A., Clark, N.M., Rymen, B., Braidwood, L., Morohashi, K., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N., Sozzani, R., Sugimoto, K. GTL1 and DF1 regulate root hair growth through transcriptional repression ofin. (2018) Development. 145(3). DOI: 10.1242/dev.159707
Kisko, M., Bouain, N., Safi, A., Medici, A., Akkers, R.C., Secco, D., Fouret, G., Krouk, G., Aarts, M.G., Busch, W., Rouached, H. LPCAT1 controls phosphate homeostasis in a zinc-dependent manner. (2018) Elife. 7. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.32077
Smakowska-Luzan, E., Mott, G.A., Parys, K., Stegmann, M., Howton, T.C., Layeghifard, M., Neuhold, J., Lehner, A., Kong, J., Grünwald, K., Weinberger, N., Satbhai, S.B., Mayer, D., Busch, W., Madalinski, M., Stolt-Bergner, P., Provart, N.J., Mukhtar, M.S., Zipfel, C., Desveaux, D., Guttman, D.S., Belkhadir, Y. An extracellular network of Arabidopsis leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases. (2018) Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature25184
Friesner, J., Assmann, S.M., Bastow, R., Bailey-Serres, J., Beynon, J., Brendel, V., Buell, C.R., Bucksch, A., Busch, W., Demura, T., Dinneny, J.R., Doherty, C.J., Eveland, A.L., Falter-Braun, P., Gehan, M.A., Gonzales, M., Grotewold, E., Gutierrez, R., Kramer, U., Krouk, G., Ma, S., Markelz, R.J.C., Megraw, M., Meyers, B.C., Murray, J.A.H., Provart, N.J., Rhee, S., Smith, R., Spalding, E.P., Taylor, C., Teal, T.K., Torii, K.U., Town, C., Vaughn, M., Vierstra, R., Ware, D., Wilkins, O., Williams, C., Brady, S.M. The Next Generation of Training for Arabidopsis Researchers: Bioinformatics and Quantitative Biology. (2017) Plant Physiology. 175(4):1499-1509. DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01490
Munch, D., Gupta, V., Mun, T., Bachmann, A., Busch, W., Kelly, S., Andersen, S.U. The Brassicaceae family displays divergent, shoot-skewed NLR resistance gene expression. (2017) Plant Physiology. DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01606
Di Mambro, R., De Ruvo, M., Pacifici, E., Salvi, E., Sozzani, R., Benfey, P.N., Busch, W., Novak, O., Ljung, K., Di Paola, L., Marée, A.F.M., Costantino, P., Grieneisen, V.A., Sabatini, S. Auxin minimum triggers the developmental switch from cell division to cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root. (2017) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114(36):E7641-E7649. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705833114
Barbez, E., Dünser, K., Gaidora, A., Lendl, T., Busch, W. Auxin steers root cell expansion via apoplastic pH regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2017) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114(24):E4884-E4893. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1613499114
Satbhai, S.B., Setzer, C., Freynschlag, F., Slovak, R., Kerdaffrec, E., Busch, W. Natural allelic variation of FRO2 modulates Arabidopsis root growth under iron deficiency. (2017) Nature Communications. 8:15603. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15603
Vad, V., Cedrim, D., Busch, W., Filzmoser, P., Viola, I. Generalized box-plot for root growth ensembles. (2017) BMC Bioinformatics. 18(Suppl 2):65. DOI: 10.1186/s12859-016-1445-3
Stoeva, D., Göschl, C., Corliss, B., Busch, W. Long-Term Confocal Imaging of Arabidopsis thaliana Roots for Simultaneous Quantification of Root Growth and Fluorescent Signals. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1610:169-183. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_12
Giovannetti, M., Małolepszy, A., Göschl, C., Busch, W. Large-Scale Phenotyping of Root Traits in the Model Legume Lotus japonicus. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1610:155-167. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_11
Satbhai, S.B., Göschl, C., Busch, W. Automated High-Throughput Root Phenotyping of Arabidopsis thaliana Under Nutrient Deficiency Conditions. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1610:135-153. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7003-2_10
Ristova, D., Busch, W. Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Root Traits in the Context of Plant Hormone Research. (2017) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1497:47-55. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6469-7_6
Klasen, J.R., Barbez, E., Meier, L., Meinshausen, N., Bühlmann, P., Koornneef, M., Busch, W., Schneeberger, K. A multi-marker association method for genome-wide association studies without the need for population structure correction. (2016) Nature Communications. 7:13299. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13299
Ristova, D., Carré, C., Pervent, M., Medici, A., Kim, G.J., Scalia, D., Ruffel, S., Birnbaum, K.D., Lacombe, B., Busch, W., Coruzzi, G.M., Krouk, G. Combinatorial interaction network of transcriptomic and phenotypic responses to nitrogen and hormones in the Arabidopsis thaliana root. (2016) Science Signaling. 9(451):rs13. DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf2768
Ogura, T., Busch, W. Genotypes, Networks, Phenotypes: Moving Toward Plant Systems Genetics. (2016) Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 32:103-126. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-111315-124922
Smakowska, E., Kong, J., Busch, W., Belkhadir, Y. Organ-specific regulation of growth-defense tradeoffs by plants. (2016) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 29:129-37. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.12.005
Slovak, R., Ogura, T., Satbhai, S.B., Ristova, D., Busch, W. Genetic control of root growth: from genes to networks. (2016) Ann. Bot. 117(1):9-24. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv160
Busch, W., Augustin, M., Haxhimusa, Y., Kropatsch, W. A framework for the extraction of quantitative traits from 2D images of mature Arabidopsis thaliana (2016) Machine Vision and Applications. 5(27).
Brady, S.M., Burow, M., Busch, W., Carlborg, , Denby, K.J., Glazebrook, J., Hamilton, E.S., Harmer, S.L., Haswell, E.S., Maloof, J.N., Springer, N.M., Kliebenstein, D.J. Reassess the t Test: Interact with All Your Data via ANOVA. (2015) Plant Cell. 27(8):2088-94. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00238
Augustin, M., Haxhimusa, Y., Busch, W., Kropatsch, W. Image-Based Phenotyping of the Mature Arabidopsis Shoot System (2015) European Conference on Computer Vision. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16220-1_17
Janusch, I., Kropatsch, W.G., Busch, W., Ristova, D. Representing Roots on the Basis of Reeb Graphs in Plant Phenotyping (2015) Computer Vision - ECCV 2014 Workshops. ECCV 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8928. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16220-1_6
Satbhai, S.B., Ristova, D., Busch, W. Underground tuning: quantitative regulation of root growth. (2015) J. Exp. Bot. 66(4):1099-112. DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru529
Ogura, T., Busch, W. From phenotypes to causal sequences: using genome wide association studies to dissect the sequence basis for variation of plant development. (2015) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 23:98-108. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.11.008
Slovak, R., Göschl, C., Seren, , Busch, W. Genome-wide association mapping in plants exemplified for root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2015) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1284:343-57. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2444-8_17
Ristova, D., Busch, W. Natural variation of root traits: from development to nutrient uptake. (2014) Plant Physiology. 166(2):518-27. DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.244749
Janusch, I., Kropatsch, W., Busch, W. Topological Image Analysis and (Normalised) Representations for Plant Phenotyping (2014) 16th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing. DOI: 10.1109/SYNASC.2014.83
Slovak, R., Göschl, C., Su, X., Shimotani, K., Shiina, T., Busch, W. A Scalable Open-Source Pipeline for Large-Scale Root Phenotyping of Arabidopsis. (2014) Plant Cell. 26(6):2390-2403. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.124032
Sozzani, R., Busch, W., Spalding, E.P., Benfey, P.N. Advanced imaging techniques for the study of plant growth and development. (2014) Trends in Plant Science. 19(5):304-10. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.12.003
Schuster, C., Gaillochet, C., Medzihradszky, A., Busch, W., Daum, G., Krebs, M., Kehle, A., Lohmann, J.U. A regulatory framework for shoot stem cell control integrating metabolic, transcriptional, and phytohormone signals. (2014) Developmental Cell. 28(4):438-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.01.013
Meijón, M., Satbhai, S.B., Tsuchimatsu, T., Busch, W. Genome-wide association study using cellular traits identifies a new regulator of root development in Arabidopsis. (2014) Nature Genetics. 46(1):77-81. DOI: 10.1038/ng.2824
Ischebeck, T., Werner, S., Krishnamoorthy, P., Lerche, J., Meijón, M., Stenzel, I., Löfke, C., Wiessner, T., Im, Y.J., Perera, I.Y., Iven, T., Feussner, I., Busch, W., Boss, W.F., Teichmann, T., Hause, B., Persson, S., Heilmann, I. Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate influences PIN polarization by controlling clathrin-mediated membrane trafficking in Arabidopsis. (2013) Plant Cell. 25(12):4894-911. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.116582
Kaufmann, K., Busch, W. Plant genomics: from weed to wheat. (2013) Genome Biology. 14(6):308. DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-308
Busch, W., Moore, B.T., Martsberger, B., Mace, D.L., Twigg, R.W., Jung, J., Pruteanu-Malinici, I., Kennedy, S.J., Fricke, G.K., Clark, R.L., Ohler, U., Benfey, P.N. A microfluidic device and computational platform for high-throughput live imaging of gene expression. (2012) Nature Methods. 9(11):1101-6. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2185
Iyer-Pascuzzi, A.S., Jackson, T., Cui, H., Petricka, J.J., Busch, W., Tsukagoshi, H., Benfey, P.N. Cell identity regulators link development and stress responses in the Arabidopsis root. (2011) Developmental Cell. 21(4):770-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.09.009
Tsukagoshi, H., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N. Transcriptional regulation of ROS controls transition from proliferation to differentiation in the root. (2010) Cell. 143(4):606-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.10.020
Long, T.A., Tsukagoshi, H., Busch, W., Lahner, B., Salt, D.E., Benfey, P.N. The bHLH transcription factor POPEYE regulates response to iron deficiency in Arabidopsis roots. (2010) Plant Cell. 22(7):2219-36. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.074096
Sozzani, R., Cui, H., Moreno-Risueno, M.A., Busch, W., Van Norman, J.M., Vernoux, T., Brady, S.M., Dewitte, W., Murray, J.A., Benfey, P.N. Spatiotemporal regulation of cell-cycle genes by SHORTROOT links patterning and growth. (2010) Nature. 466(7302):128-32. DOI: 10.1038/nature09143
Busch, W., Miotk, A., Ariel, F.D., Zhao, Z., Forner, J., Daum, G., Suzaki, T., Schuster, C., Schultheiss, S.J., Leibfried, A., Haubeiss, S., Ha, N., Chan, R.L., Lohmann, J.U. Transcriptional control of a plant stem cell niche. (2010) Developmental Cell. 18(5):849-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.03.012
Busch, W., Benfey, P.N. Information processing without brains--the power of intercellular regulators in plants. (2010) Development. 137(8):1215-26. DOI: 10.1242/dev.034868
Moreno-Risueno, M.A., Busch, W., Benfey, P.N. Omics meet networks - using systems approaches to infer regulatory networks in plants. (2010) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 13(2):126-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.11.005
Schultheiss, S.J., Busch, W., Lohmann, J.U., Kohlbacher, O., Rätsch, G. KIRMES: kernel-based identification of regulatory modules in euchromatic sequences. (2009) Bioinformatics. 25(16):2126-33. DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp278
Kumar, M., Busch, W., Birke, H., Kemmerling, B., Nürnberger, T., Schöffl, F. Heat shock factors HsfB1 and HsfB2b are involved in the regulation of Pdf1.2 expression and pathogen resistance in Arabidopsis. (2009) Molecular Plant. 2(1):152-65. DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn095
Fulton, L., Batoux, M., Vaddepalli, P., Yadav, R.K., Busch, W., Andersen, S.U., Jeong, S., Lohmann, J.U., Schneitz, K. DETORQUEO, QUIRKY, and ZERZAUST represent novel components involved in organ development mediated by the receptor-like kinase STRUBBELIG in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2009) PLOS Genetics. 5(1):e1000355. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000355
Skirycz, A., Radziejwoski, A., Busch, W., Hannah, M.A., Czeszejko, J., Kwaśniewski, M., Zanor, M.I., Lohmann, J.U., De Veylder, L., Witt, I., Mueller-Roeber, B. The DOF transcription factor OBP1 is involved in cell cycle regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2008) Plant Journal. 56(5):779-92. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03641.x
Laubinger, S., Sachsenberg, T., Zeller, G., Busch, W., Lohmann, J.U., Rätsch, G., Weigel, D. Dual roles of the nuclear cap-binding complex and SERRATE in pre-mRNA splicing and microRNA processing in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2008) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105(25):8795-800. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802493105
Andersen, S.U., Buechel, S., Zhao, Z., Ljung, K., Novák, O., Busch, W., Schuster, C., Lohmann, J.U. Requirement of B2-type cyclin-dependent kinases for meristem integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2008) Plant Cell. 20(1):88-100. DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.054676
Busch, W., Lohmann, J.U. Profiling a plant: expression analysis in Arabidopsis. (2007) Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 10(2):136-41. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.01.002
Levesque, M.P., Vernoux, T., Busch, W., Cui, H., Wang, J.Y., Blilou, I., Hassan, H., Nakajima, K., Matsumoto, N., Lohmann, J.U., Scheres, B., Benfey, P.N. Whole-genome analysis of the SHORT-ROOT developmental pathway in Arabidopsis. (2006) PLOS Biology. 4(5):e143. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040143
Leibfried, A., To, J.P., Busch, W., Stehling, S., Kehle, A., Demar, M., Kieber, J.J., Lohmann, J.U. WUSCHEL controls meristem function by direct regulation of cytokinin-inducible response regulators. (2005) Nature. 438(7071):1172-5. DOI: 10.1038/nature04270
Wigge, P.A., Kim, M.C., Jaeger, K.E., Busch, W., Schmid, M., Lohmann, J.U., Weigel, D. Integration of spatial and temporal information during floral induction in Arabidopsis. (2005) Science. 309(5737):1056-9. DOI: 10.1126/science.1114358
Busch, W., Wunderlich, M., Schöffl, F. Identification of novel heat shock factor-dependent genes and biochemical pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana. (2005) Plant Journal. 41(1):1-14. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02272.x
Busch, W., Saier, M.H. The IUBMB-endorsed transporter classification system. (2004) Mol. Biotechnol. 27(3):253-62.
Pivetti, C.D., Yen, M.R., Miller, S., Busch, W., Tseng, Y.H., Booth, I.R., Saier, M.H. Two families of mechanosensitive channel proteins. (2003) Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 67(1):66-85, table of contents.
Busch, W., Saier, M.H. The IUBMB-endorsed transporter classification system. (2003) Methods in Molecular Biology. 227:21-36. DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-387-9:21
Busch, W., Saier, M.H. The transporter classification (TC) system, 2002. (2002) Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 37(5):287-337. DOI: 10.1080/10409230290771528
MS, Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
PhD, Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and University of Tübingen, Germany