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Margaret Buckingham

Margaret Buckingham

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Molecular Biology
France
2026

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Molecular Biology

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in France Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2013 - CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research Developmental Biology
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Margaret Buckingham is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France. Their research primarily lies at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on molecular biology and cellular and molecular neuroscience. The main topics of their work include muscle physiology and disorders, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases, among others.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a sustained engagement with muscle biology and related molecular mechanisms. Notable papers include:

  • "M-Cadherin Is a PAX3 Target During Myotome Patterning," 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "Commentary on Distinct, but Previously Confused, Nrf1 Transcription Factors and Their Functions in Redox Regulation," 2020, Developmental Cell
  • "In remembrance of David Yaffe," 2020, Skeletal Muscle
  • "François Gros (1925-2022) in memoriam," 2023, Biochimie
  • "Messenger RNA in differentiating muscle cells-my experience in François Gros' lab in the 1970s and 80s," 2023, Comptes Rendus Biologies

Frequently collaborating peers include Joana Esteves de Lima, Reem Bou Akar, Myriam Mansour, Didier Rocancourt, and Frédéric Relaix. These collaborations reflect a network of researchers active in related fields.

Their work has been published in a range of scientific venues, most frequently in:

  • Comptes Rendus Biologies
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Developmental Cell
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Biochimie

The research topics explored cover a range of areas including:

  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Margaret Buckingham has been recognized with several awards and honors reflecting their contributions to developmental biology and molecular biosciences. These distinctions include:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (1998)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2013)
  • CNRS Gold Medal from the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Developmental Biology (2013)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2014)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Building the mammalian heart from two sources of myocardial cells

    Margaret Buckingham;Sigolène Meilhac;Stéphane Zaffran

  • A Pax3/Pax7-dependent population of skeletal muscle progenitor cells

    Frédéric Relaix;Didier Rocancourt;Ahmed Mansouri;Margaret Buckingham

  • Direct isolation of satellite cells for skeletal muscle regeneration.

    Didier Montarras;Jennifer Morgan;Charlotte Collins;Frédéric Relaix

  • The arterial pole of the mouse heart forms from Fgf10-expressing cells in pharyngeal mesoderm.

    Robert G. Kelly;Nigel A. Brown;Margaret E. Buckingham

  • The formation of skeletal muscle: from somite to limb.

    Margaret Buckingham;Lola Bajard;Ted Chang;Philippe Daubas

  • Expression of Cd34 and Myf5 Defines the Majority of Quiescent Adult Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells

    Jonathan R. Beauchamp;Louise Heslop;David S.W. Yu;Shahragim Tajbakhsh

  • Redefining the genetic hierarchies controlling skeletal myogenesis: Pax-3 and Myf-5 act upstream of MyoD.

    Shahragim Tajbakhsh;Didier Rocancourt;Giulio Cossu;Margaret Buckingham

  • Comparison of three actin-coding sequences in the mouse; Evolutionary relationships between the actin genes of warm-blooded vertebrates

    Serge Alonso;Adrian Minty;Yves Bourlet;Margaret Buckingham

  • Pax3 and Pax7 have distinct and overlapping functions in adult muscle progenitor cells

    Frédéric Relaix;Didier Montarras;Stéphane Zaffran;Barbara Gayraud-Morel

  • Early expression of the myogenic regulatory gene, myf-5, in precursor cells of skeletal muscle in the mouse embryo

    M.O. Ott;E. Bober;G. Lyons;H. Arnold

  • Expression of two myogenic regulatory factors myogenin and MyoDl during mouse embryogenesis

    David Sassoon;Gary Lyons;Woodring E. Wright;Victor Lin

  • Mrf4 determines skeletal muscle identity in Myf5:Myod double-mutant mice

    Lina Kassar-Duchossoy;Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Danielle Gomès;Didier Rocancourt

  • Gene Regulatory Networks and Transcriptional Mechanisms that Control Myogenesis

    Margaret Buckingham;Peter W.J. Rigby

  • The role of Pax genes in the development of tissues and organs: Pax3 and Pax7 regulate muscle progenitor cell functions.

    Margaret Buckingham;Frédéric Relaix

  • Skeletal muscle formation in vertebrates.

    Margaret Buckingham

  • An Nkx2-5/Bmp2/Smad1 Negative Feedback Loop Controls Heart Progenitor Specification and Proliferation

    Owen W.J. Prall;Mary K. Menon;Mark J. Solloway;Yusuke Watanabe

  • Myogenic progenitor cells and skeletal myogenesis in vertebrates

    Margaret Buckingham

  • In vivo satellite cell activation via Myf5 and MyoD in regenerating mouse skeletal muscle.

    R.N. Cooper;S. Tajbakhsh;V. Mouly;G. Cossu

  • Mouse actin messenger RNAs. Construction and characterization of a recombinant plasmid molecule containing a complementary DNA transcript of mouse alpha-actin mRNA.

    A J Minty;M Caravatti;B Robert;A Cohen

  • The clonal origin of myocardial cells in different regions of the embryonic mouse heart.

    Sigolène M Meilhac;Milan Esner;Robert G Kelly;Jean-François Nicolas

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Kelly
Robert G. Kelly Aix-Marseille University
Frédéric Relaix
Frédéric Relaix Paris-Est Créteil University
Shahragim Tajbakhsh
Shahragim Tajbakhsh Institut Pasteur
Paul J.R. Barton
Paul J.R. Barton Imperial College London
François Gros
François Gros Collège de France
Peter S. Zammit
Peter S. Zammit King's College London
Giulio Cossu
Giulio Cossu University of Manchester
Ana Cumano
Ana Cumano Institut Pasteur
David Sassoon
David Sassoon Université Paris Cité
Antoon F.M. Moorman
Antoon F.M. Moorman University of Amsterdam

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