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Personal profile
About
Professor Beck earned his B.S. in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry with ACS certification cum laude at Tennessee Technological University in 2011, where he performed research with Professor Edward Lisic. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2015 at the University of Michigan with Professor Mi Hee Lim, spending the last year of his graduate studies as a visiting research scholar at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in Ulsan, South Korea. His graduate work focused on designing small molecule chemical tools to study metal-protein interactions in neurodegenerative diseases. Then, as a postdoctoral scholar with Professor Bryan Dickinson at the University of Chicago, he developed small molecule chemical tools to study covalent cysteine PTMs. Professor Beck joined the faculty at Eastern Illinois University in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2019.
Contact Information
Office: 4460 - Physical Sciences Building
Phone: 217-581-6227
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://Beck-Lab.com
Related documents
Education/Academic qualification
Chemistry, PhD, University of Michigan
2011 → 2015
Chemistry, BS, Tennessee Technological University
2007 → 2011
External positions
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago
Jul 1 2015 → Jul 1 2019
Research Interests
- Chemical Tools to Study (Bio)chemical Processes in Living Systems
Disciplines
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Chemistry
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Carbonate-Based Fluorescent Chemical Tool for Uncovering Carboxylesterase 1 (CES1) Activity Variations in Live CellsNo Title
Beck, M. W., 2022, In: ChemBioChem. 23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Human Carboxylesterases and Fluorescent Probes to Image Their Activity in Live Cells
Beck, M. W., 2021, In: RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a Split Esterase for Protein-Protein Interaction Dependent Small Molecule Activation
Jones, K. A., Kentala, K., Beck, M. W., An, W., Lippert, A., Lewis, J. C. & Dickinson, B. C., Jun 2019.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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A Fluorescent Probe with Improved Water Solubility Permits the Analysis of Protein S-Depalmitoylation Activity in Live Cells
Qiu, T., Kathayat, R. S., Cao, Y., Beck, M. W. & Dickinson, B. C., Jan 16 2018, In: Biochemistry. 57Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Front Cover: Minor Structural Variations of Small Molecules Tune Regulatory Activities toward Pathological Factors in Alzheimer's Disease (ChemMedChem 22/2017)
Beck, M. W., Derrick, J. S., Suh, J., Kim, M., Korshavn, K. J., Kerr, R. A., Cho, W. J., Larsen, S. D., Ruotolo, B. T., Ramamoorthy, A. & Lim, M. H., Nov 22 2017, In: ChemMedChem. 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
- 3 Other
Prizes
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2018 Gordon Research Conference on Bioorganic Chemistry - Poster Award
Beck, M. W. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2015 ASBMB Graduate and Postdoctoral Travel Award
Beck, M. W. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2015 Rackham UM Conference Travel Grant
Beck, M. W. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2014 2nd International Symposium for Molecular Neurodegenerative Disease Research - Best Poster Presentation
Beck, M. W. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2014 Korean Chemical Society Summer Bioinorganic Chemistry Symposium - Best Poster Presentation
Beck, M. W. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)