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blbeaman@ucdavis.edu

B.S., Utah State University, Logan, UT
Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Postdoctoral, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

Member of the Graduate Groups of Microbiology, Designated Emphasis in Biotechnology

Microbiology; host-parasite interactions and mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis. Nocardial interactions in the brain. Host interactions with Mycobacterium and Nocardia; T-cells and host defenses, flow cytometry and cytokines in the lung during infection; bacterial induced neurodegeneration and nocardial association with Parkinson’s Disease, chemotherapy to Nocardia.

Lopez FA, Johnson F, Novosad CM, Beaman BL, Holodniy M. Successful management of disseminated Nocardia transvalensis infection in a heart transplant patient after development of sulfonamide resistance: case report and review. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 22:492-497. 2003

Camp DM, Loeffler DA, Razoky BA, Tam A, Beaman BL, LeWitt PA. Nocardia asteroides Culture filtrates cause dopamine depletion and cytotoxicity in PC12 cells. Neurochemical Research 28:1359-1367. 2003

Chapman G, Beaman BL, Loeffler DA, Camp DM, Domino EF, Dickson DW, Ellis WG, Chen I, Bachus SE, LeWitt PA. In Situ Hybridization for detection of nocardial 16S rRNA: reactivity within intracellular inclusions in experimentally infected cynomolgus monkeys and in lewy body-containing human brain specimens. Experimental Neurology. 184:715-725. 2003

Ellis TN, Beaman BL. Interferon gamma activation of polymorphonuclear neutrophil function. Immunology. 112:2-12. 2004

Diaz-Corrales FJ, Colasante C, Contreras Q, Puig M, Serrano JA, Hernandez L, Beaman BL. Nocardia otitidiscaviarum (GAM-5) induces parkinsonian-like alterations in mouse. Brazilian Journal Medical Biological Research. 37:539-548. 2004

Loeffler DA, Camp DM, Qu S, Beaman BL, LeWitt PA. Characterization of dopamine-depleting activity of Nocardia asteroides strain GUH-2 culture filtrate on PC 12 cells. Microbial Pathogenesis. 37:73-85. 2004

Loeffler DA, Camp DM, Qu Nichols L, Maksaereekul S, Beaman BL, LeWitt PA. Comparison of PCR and culture for detection of Nocardia asteroides in brain specimens from experimentally infected BALB/c mice. Microbiological Research. 159:277-283. 2004

Beaman, BL. The Pathogenesis of Nocardia. In: Fischetti V, Novick R, Ferretti J, Portnoy D, Rood J(Eds.) Gram Positive Pathogens, ASM Press Chapt.61, pp. (In Press). 2005

Jones PH, Farber TB, Beaman BL, Cetinkaya B, Morgan KL. Crohn's disease in people exposed to clinical cases of bovine paratuberculosis. Epidemiology and Infection, 134:49-56. 2006

Barry, D, Beaman BL. Modulation of eukaryotic cell apoptosis by members of the bacterial order Actinomycetales. Apoptosis. 11:1695-1707. 2006

Barry D, Beaman BL. Nocardia asteroides strain GUH-2 induces proteasome inhibition and apoptotic death of cultured cells. Research in Microbiology (In Press). 2006

Beaman BL. The Pathogenesis of Nocardia. In: Fischetti V, Novick R, Ferretti J, Portnoy D, Rood J (Eds.) Gram Positive Pathogens, ASM Press Chapt. 61, pp.750-765. 2006

Hamdad F, Vidal B, Douadi Y, Laurans G, Canarelli B, Choukroun G, Rodriguez-Nava V, Boiron P, Beaman BL, Eb F. Nocardia nova as the causative agent in spondylodiscitis and psoas abscess. Journal of Clinical Microbiology Oct 18, 2006 [Epub ahead of print]

Beaman, BL. Actinomycetoma. Serrano JA, Sandoval AH, Beaman BL (Eds). Book Publication (English Version) by Universidad de los Andes, Merida, Venezuela. October, 2006