Brian W. Beck
Assistant Professor
Biology
PO Box 425799
Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX 72604-5799
Office Location: GRB 325, Lab: OMB 103
Office Phone: 940-898-2355
Lab Phone: 940-898-2878
Fax: 940-898-2382
Email: bbeck@twu.edu
http://myweb.twu.edu/~bbeck
Teaching Area: Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Biology of Aging, Introductory Biology
Research Area: Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Protein Interactions
Education
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PostDoc
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1997-2003
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University of Houston
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Computational Chemistry
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PhD
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1991-1997
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Washington State University
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Biochemistry and Biophysics
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BS
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1987-1991
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Texas A&M University
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Biochemistry
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Major Academic/Research Interest
Keywords
My research centers around computational analysis of molecular interactions and development of new protein structural analysis tools.
I am also interested in campus high performance computing and network infrastructure development.
Project List
- Identification, Prediction, and Energy flow studies of Biologically important Protein:Protein Interfaces
- Role of the structure of actin filament branches in axon growth and guidance.
- Mechanisms for negative cooperativity in glutathion synthetase.
- Role of protein disorder in protein interfaces
- Modeling of the Regulatory Domain of Smooth Muscle Myosin
Select Publications
- Lyle, N.J., Williams, I., Brar, K.R, Beck, B. W., and Dascalu, S. M. (2005) Specification of AutomN: An Automatic Protein Sequence to Protein-Protein Interaction Software System. Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'05) June 27-30, 2005 Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Chen, C., Beck, B.W., Krause, K., Warth, T., and Pettitt, B.M. (2006) The Effects of Dimerization of Serratia marcescens Endonuclease on Water Dynamics. Biopolymers 85(3):241-252.
- Salzameda, B., Facemyer, K.C., Beck, B.W., and Cremo, C.R. (2006) The N-terminal Lobes of Both Regulatory Light Chains Interact with the Tail Domain of Smooth Muscle Myosin in the 10S Conformation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(50):38801-11.
Courses and Teaching Responsibilities
Keywords
Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Biology of Aging, Introductory Biology
Project List
Current Courses
- BIOL 3014: Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- BIOL 5014: Advanced Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- BIOL 4681: Biology Seminar
- ZOOL 3313: Biology of Aging
- ZOOL 2052: Physiology
Former Courses
- BIOL 1003: 21st Century Biology