Thomas Beatty

Professor Emeritus

mail j.beatty@ubc.ca

call 604-822-6896

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Research Focus Teams

Climate Change

Research Interests

Bacterial Molecular Biology, Physiology and Genetics, Regulation of Gene Expression, Protein structure and function

Departments

Microbiology and Immunology

Bio

J. Thomas Beatty is a professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology UBC, where he has directed a research group since 1983. His research interests include gene transfer agents, and the molecular biology and applications of bacterial photosynthetic complexes.

  • Ph.D. Indiana University, Microbiology (1980)
  • Postdoctoral, Stanford University School of Medicine (1983)

Recent Publications

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Penton blooming, a conserved mechanism of genome delivery used by disparate microviruses

Monitoring molecular events during photo-driven ubiquinone pool reduction in PufX+ and PufX- membranes from Rhodobacter capsulatus by time-resolved FTIR difference spectroscopy.

Intracytoplasmic-membrane development in alphaproteobacteria involves the homolog of the mitochondrial crista-developing protein Mic60

Persulfide-Responsive Transcription Factor SqrR Regulates Gene Transfer and Biofilm Formation via the Metabolic Modulation of Cyclic di-GMP in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Purification and preparation of Rhodobacter sphaeroides reaction centers for photocurrent measurements and atomic force microscopy characterization