Samuel Beck, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

As the volume of cumulated biological data grows exponentially, its systematic analyses and interpretations become more and more critical. However, the synergy between computational and experimental biology can be challenging due to the difficulty of clear communication between these disciplines. As an interdisciplinary biologist, my overarching career goal is to study crucial biological questions through the combination of Big Data analytics and experimental validations. Specifically, throughout my postdoctoral training and independent career, I have studied mammalian gene regulatory mechanisms at the transcription level. Through integrative and comprehensive Big Data analysis, I discovered that CpG islands (CGIs) direct modes of gene regulation, including 3-D chromatin architectures and transcriptional/epigenetic regulations. This discovery has provided important clues to the mechanism by which changes in chromatin architecture contribute to age-associated physiological deterioration.

Publications

  • Published 12/4/2024

    Seo H, Kim S, Beck S, Song HY. Perspectives on Microbiome Therapeutics in Infectious Diseases: A Comprehensive Approach Beyond Immunology and Microbiology. Cells. 2024 Dec 04; 13(23). PMID: 39682751.

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  • Published 12/3/2024

    Gladyshev VN, Anderson B, Barlit H, Barré B, Beck S, Behrouz B, Belsky DW, Chaix A, Chamoli M, Chen BH, Cheng K, Chuprin J, Churchill GA, Cipriano A, Colville A, Deelen J, Deigin Y, Edmonds KK, English BW, Fang R, Florea M, Gershteyn IM, Gill D, Goetz LH, Gorbunova V, Griffin PT, Horvath S, Borch Jensen M, Jin X, Jovanovska S, Kajderowicz KM, Kasahara T, Kerepesi C, Kulkarni S, Labunskyy VM, Levine ME, Libert S, Lu JY, Lu YR, Marioni RE, McCoy BM, Mitchell W, Moqri M, Nasirian F, Niimi P, Oh HS, Okundaye B, Parkhitko AA, Peshkin L, Petljak M, Poganik JR, Pridham G, Promislow DEL, Prusisz W, Quiniou M, Raj K, Richard D, Ricon JL, Rutledge J, Scheibye-Knudsen M, Schork NJ, Seluanov A, Shadpour M, Shindyapina AV, Shuken SR, Sivakumar S, Stoeger T, Sugiura A, Sutton NR, Suvorov A, Tarkhov AE, Teeling EC, Trapp A, Tyshkovskiy A, Unfried M, Ward-Caviness CK, Yim SH, Ying K, Yunes J, Zhang B, Zhavoronkov A. Disagreement on foundational principles of biological aging. PNAS Nexus. 2024 Dec; 3(12):pgae499. PMID: 39660064.

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  • Published 10/18/2024

    Kumar V, Beck S. Single-cell multimodal chromatin profiles revealing epigenetic regulations of cells in hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Transl Discov. 2024 Oct; 4(5). PMID: 39444758.

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  • Published 9/27/2024

    Batara DC, Kim HJ, Phan LT, Kim M, Son YO, Lee S, Park SI, Choi YS, Beck S, Kim SH. Elevated a-1,2-mannosidase MAN1C1 in glioma stem cells and its implications for immunological changes and prognosis in glioma patients. Sci Rep. 2024 Sep 27; 14(1):22159. PMID: 39333557.

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  • Published 7/4/2024

    Lee K, Barone M, Waterbury AL, Jiang H, Nam E, DuBois-Coyne SE, Whedon SD, Wang ZA, Caroli J, Neal K, Ibeabuchi B, Dhoondia Z, Kuroda MI, Liau BB, Beck S, Mattevi A, Cole PA. Uncoupling histone modification crosstalk by engineering lysine demethylase LSD1. Nat Chem Biol. 2025 Feb; 21(2):227-237. PMID: 38965385.

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