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Dr. David Beck

Dr. David L. Beck
Assistant Professor of Biology

Office: LBVSC 379D
Email: dbeck@tamiu.edu
Phone: 956 326 2587

Teaching: General Microbiology, Allied Health Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Immunology, Survey of Life Sciences

Research: Ticks and Tickborne Diseases in Webb County, TX

Education:

Dr. Beck
Ph. D. Microbiology: University of Virginia
A.M. Microbiology: Washington University
B.S. Microbiology: University of Rochester


Representative Publications:

Beck DL, Stump WT, Hall KB. Defining the orientation of the human U1A RBD1 on its UTR by tethered-EDTA(Fe) cleavage. RNA. 1998 Mar; 4(3): 331-9.

Goldman BS, Beck DL, Monika EM, Kranz RG. Transmembrane heme delivery systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Apr 28; 95(9): 5003-8.

Beck DL, Tanyuksel M, Mackey AJ, Haque R, Trapaidze N, Pearson WR, Loftus B, Petri WA. Entamoeba histolytica: sequence conservation of the Gal/GalNAc lectin from clinical isolates. Exp Parasitol. 2002 Jun-Jul;
101(2-3): 157-63.

Pacheco J, Shibayama M, Campos R, Beck DL, Houpt E, Petri Jr. WA, and Tsutsumi V. In vitro and in vivo interaction of Entamoeba histolytica Gal/GalNAc lectin with various target cells: an immunocytochemical analysis. Parasitology International. 2004. 53: 35-47.

Beck DL, Boettner DR, Dragulev, B, Ready K, Nozaki T, Petri Jr. WA. Identification and gene expression analysis of a large family of transmembrane kinases related to the Gal/GalNAc lectin in Entamoeba histolytica. Eukaryotic Cell. 2005 Apr;4(4):722-32.