Andrew Stephen Beck
Graduate Assistant, Pathology Education
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-0609
Office: (409) 772-2547
asbeck@utmb.edu
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Professional Education
| Degree |
Institution |
Field of Study |
Graduation Year |
| Ph.D. |
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX |
Experimental Pathology |
2009-Present |
| B.S. |
Loyola College, Baltimore, MD |
Biology |
2004 |
Honors
| 2012 |
Sealy Center for Vaccine Development Travel Award, UTMB |
| 2012 |
James W. McLaughlin Colloquium Travel Award, UTMB |
| 2012 |
Pathology Day Poster Award, UTMB |
| 2011 |
American Society for Virology Travel Award |
| 2011 |
James W. McLaughlin Colloquium Travel Award, UTMB |
| 2011 |
Who's Who Among American Students in American Universities and Colleges |
Research Interests
The main focus of my planned dissertation includes identification of determinants of attenuation for the yellow fever vaccine strain 17D-204. My interests include pathogenesis of flaviviral disease, with a particular focus on mechanisms that distinguish virulent from vaccine/attenuated viral infection. My technical interests include the deployment of deep sequencing studies to assess properties of viral quasispecies structures as correlates of virulence.
Selected Publications
A. ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS:
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Beck, A., Guzman, H., Li, L., Ellis, B., Tesh, R., Barrett, A.D.T. Phylogeographic Reconstruction of African Yellow Fever Virus Isolates Indicates Recent Simultaneous Dispersal into East and West Africa. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases [Accepted for publication]
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St. Amant, D., Campbell, M., Beck, A., Williams, L., Minter, J., Collett, P., Zhu, C., Samuels, A., Detection and Differentiation of Spore and Vegetative Forms of Bacillus Spp. Using Infrared Spectroscopic Methods. International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems June 2008; 18:417 – 427.
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