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  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Overview

Hans-Peter Beck is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland and conducts research primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work focuses extensively on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, with additional attention to Immunology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology, and Biophysics.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Malaria Research and Control, Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases, Image Processing Techniques and Applications, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Recent publications by Hans-Peter Beck include:

  • CRISPR/Cas9-engineered inducible gametocyte producer lines as a valuable tool for Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission research (2021, Nature Communications)
  • The catalytic subunit of Plasmodium falciparum casein kinase 2 is essential for gametocytogenesis (2021, Communications Biology)
  • Embedded-deep-learning-based sample-to-answer device for on-site malaria diagnosis (2024, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)
  • CRISPR/Cas9-engineered inducible gametocyte producer lines as a novel tool for basic and applied research on Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission stages (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Digital microscopy and artificial intelligence could profoundly contribute to malaria diagnosis in elimination settings (2022, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hans-Peter Beck include:

  • Armin Passecker
  • Nicolas M. B. Brancucci
  • Till S. Voss
  • Sylwia D. Boltryk
  • Arne Alder

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Biology
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Hans-Peter Beck was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 by the Academy of the Arts and Humanities.

Best Publications

  • Spiroindolones, a Potent Compound Class for the Treatment of Malaria

    Matthias Rottmann;Matthias Rottmann;Case McNamara;Bryan K.S. Yeung;Marcus C.S. Lee

  • A recombinant blood-stage malaria vaccine reduces Plasmodium falciparum density and exerts selective pressure on parasite populations in a phase 1-2b trial in Papua New Guinea.

    Blaise Genton;Inoni Betuela;Ingrid Felger;Fadwa Al-Yaman

  • Evolutionary history and global spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage

    Matthias Merker;Camille Blin;Stefano Mona;Nicolas Duforet-Frebourg

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 comprises globally distributed and geographically restricted sublineages.

    David Stucki;David Stucki;Daniela Brites;Daniela Brites;Leïla Jeljeli;Mireia Coscolla;Mireia Coscolla

  • Identification and Differentiation of Leishmania Species in Clinical Samples by PCR Amplification of the Miniexon Sequence and Subsequent Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

    Jutta Marfurt;Abed Nasereddin;Igor Niederwieser;Charles L. Jaffe

  • The Use of PCR Genotyping in the Assessment of Recrudescence or Reinfection after Antimalarial Drug Treatment

    Snounou G;Beck Hp

  • Single-Dose Tafenoquine to Prevent Relapse of Plasmodium vivax Malaria.

    Marcus V G Lacerda;Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas;Srivicha Krudsood;Chanthap Lon

  • Differential Expression of var Gene Groups Is Associated with Morbidity Caused by Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Tanzanian Children

    Matthias Rottmann;Thomas Lavstsen;Joseph Paschal Mugasa;Mirjam Kaestli

  • Strategies for detection of Plasmodium species gametocytes.

    Rahel Wampfler;Felistas Mwingira;Sarah Javati;Sarah Javati;Sarah Javati;Leanne Robinson

  • etramps, a New Plasmodium falciparum Gene Family Coding for Developmentally Regulated and Highly Charged Membrane Proteins Located at the Parasite–Host Cell Interface

    Tobias Spielmann;David J. P. Fergusen;Hans-Peter Beck

  • 11. Premunition in Plasmodium falciparum infection: insights from the epidemiology of multiple infections

    T. Smith;I. Felger;M. Tanner;H.-P. Beck

  • Analysis of Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Infections in Tanzanian Children during the Phase III Trial of the Malaria Vaccine SPf66

    H.-P. Beck;I. Felger;W. Huber;S. Steiger

  • The epidemiology of malaria in the Wosera area, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, in preparation for vaccine trials. I. Malariometric indices and immunity.

    B. Genton;F. Al-Yaman;H.-P. Beck;J. Hii

  • Virulence of Malaria Is Associated with Differential Expression of Plasmodium falciparum var Gene Subgroups in a Case-Control Study

    Mirjam Kaestli;Ian A. Cockburn;Alfred Cortés;Kay Baea

  • 4. Age dependence of the multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections and of other malariological indices in an area of high endemicity

    T. Smith;H.-P. Beck;A. Kitua;S. Mwankusye

  • Diagnostic genotyping of Old and New World Leishmania species by PCR-RFLP

    Jutta Marfurt;Igor Niederwieser;Ntoh Divine Makia;Hans-Peter Beck

  • Plasmodium falciparum msp1 , msp2 and glurp allele frequency and diversity in sub-Saharan Africa

    Felista Mwingira;Gamba Nkwengulila;Sonja Schoepflin;Sonja Schoepflin;Deborah Sumari

  • Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine dispersible tablets compared with crushed commercial tablets in African infants and children with uncomplicated malaria: a randomised, single-blind, multicentre trial

    Salim Abdulla;Issaka Sagara;Steffen Borrmann;Steffen Borrmann;Umberto D'Alessandro

  • Genotyping of Plasmodium falciparum infections by PCR: a comparative multicentre study

    A. Färnert;A.P. Arez;H.A. Babiker;H.P. Beck

  • Plasmodium falciparum: Extensive Polymorphism in Merozoite Surface Antigen 2 Alleles in an Area with Endemic Malaria in Papua New Guinea

    I. Felger;L. Tavul;S. Kabintik;V. Marshall

  • Epidemiology of multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections. 4. Age dependence of the multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infections and of other malariological indices in an area of high endemicity

    T. Smith;H.-P. Beck;A. Kitua;S. Mwankusye

  • The epidemiology of multiple Plasmodium falciparum infections. 11. Premunition in Plasmodium falciparum infection : Insights from the epidemiology of multiple infections

    T. Smith;I. Felger;M. Tanner;H.-P. Beck

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid Felger
Ingrid Felger University of Basel
Thomas J. Smith
Thomas J. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Blaise Genton
Blaise Genton University of Lausanne
Michael P. Alpers
Michael P. Alpers Curtin University
Marcel Tanner
Marcel Tanner Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Robin F. Anders
Robin F. Anders La Trobe University
Sebastien Gagneux
Sebastien Gagneux University of Basel
John C. Reeder
John C. Reeder World Health Organization
Peter Siba
Peter Siba Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Wolfgang Meier
Wolfgang Meier University of Basel

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