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Sean Beckwith

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Postdoctoral Fellow, Garfinkel Lab

Sean Beckwith (he/him/his) is a postdoc with David Garfinkel interested in the biology of mobile genetic elements and mechanisms utilized in natural systems to control the movement of these elements. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2018 and his B.A. from Carleton College in 2012. His doctoral work with Ashby Morrison focused on the interplay between epigenetics and metabolic signaling. He currently investigates the virus-like Ty1 retrotransposon in the budding yeast Saccharomyces supported by an NIH F32 postdoctoral fellowship.

Education:

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2018

B.A., Carleton College, 2012

Labs:
Selected Publications:

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Beckwith S, Nomberg E, Newman A, Taylor J, Guerrero-Ferreira R, Garfinkel D. An interchangeable prion-like domain is required for Ty1 retrotransposition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2023. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2303358120.

 

Cottee M#, Beckwith S#, Letham S, Kim S, Young G, Stoye J, Garfinkel D, Taylor A. Structure of a Ty1 Restriction Factor Reveals the Molecular Basis of Transposition Copy Number Control. Nature Communications. 2021. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25849-0.

 

Beckwith S, Schwartz E, Garcia-Nieto P, King A, Gowans G, Wong K, Yao W, Eckley T, Paraschuk A, Peltan E, Lee L, Morrison AJ. The INO80 Chromatin Remodeler Sustains Metabolic Stability by Promoting TOR Signaling and Regulating Histone Acetylation. PLoS Genetics. 2018.  doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1007216.

 

Zhou C#, Johnson S#, Lee L, Longhurst A, Beckwith S, Johnson M, Morrison A, and Narlikar G. The Yeast INO80 Complex Operates as a Tunable DNA Length-Sensitive Switch to Regulate Nucleosome Sliding. Molecular Cell. 2018. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2018.01.028.

 

Yao W#, King D#, Beckwith S, Gowans G, Yen K, Zhou C, and Morrison AJ. The INO80 Complex Requires the Arp5- Ies6 Subcomplex for Chromatin-Remodeling and Metabolic Regulation. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2016. doi:10.1128/MCB.00801-15.

 

Yao W, Beckwith S, Zheng T, Young T, Dinh V, Ranjan A, and Morrison AJ. Assembly of the Arp5 Subunit Involved in Distinct INO80 Chromatin-Remodeling Activities. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2015. doi:10.1074/jbc.M115.674887.

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Grants:

NIH F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)

Articles Featuring Sean Beckwith

Sean Beckwith, a postdoctoral scientist in the lab of David Garfinkel, received a Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) from NIGMS. Sean studies the biology of the virus-…

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