Profiles
David Beck
Graduate Student, Cellular and Molecular Biology
BA Biology & History, Brown
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Faculty Mentor: Danny Reinberg, Ph.D.
My research is focused on how the nuclear architecture regulates chromatin organization. Specifically, I am interested in applying conventional biochemistry to better understand these interactions.
Thesis
Investigating how the nuclear architecture regulates chromatin organization
Research Interests
Nuclear matrix and transcriptional regulation; Mechanism of laminopathies and nuclear envelopathies.
Selected Publications
Polo JM, Dell'Oso T, Ranuncolo SM, Cerchietti L, Beck D, Da Silva GF, Prive GG, Licht JD, Melnick A. Specific peptide interference reveals BCL6 transcriptional and oncogenic mechanisms in B-cell lymphoma cells. Nat Med. 2004 Dec;10(12):1329-35. Epub 2004 Nov 7. Cited in Pubmed; PMID 15531890. doi: 10.1038/nm1134.