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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
125
Citations
51806
World Ranking
107
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2005 - ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1993 - Genetics Society of America Medal
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jon Beckwith is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Beckwith's work primarily focuses on molecular biology, hematology, pathology and forensic medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and cancer research.

Their main research topics include multiple myeloma research and treatments, protein degradation and inhibitors, cancer mechanisms and therapy, lung cancer treatments and mutations, lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and bacterial genetics and biotechnology.

Beckwith has published multiple papers in notable scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Novel Non-Coding Candidate Drivers of Multiple Myeloma Linked to Plasma Cell Tumor Biology and B Cell Development, 2024, Blood
  • A 1,000-Genome Map for Multiple Myeloma and Its Precursor Stages, and Its Impact on Clinical Outcome, 2024, Blood
  • The EQUAL study: Utilizing plasma EGFR cfDNA detection as an accessible screening tool for lung cancer in underserved patients ineligible for routine screening., 2025, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • A signal sequence is not required for protein export in prlA mutants of Escherichia coli., 2020, UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Beckwith include Jean-Baptiste Alberge, Ankit K. Dutta, Andrea Poletti, Oliver Priebe, and Tim H. H. Coorens.

Beckwith's research has appeared most frequently in the journals Blood and the Journal of Clinical Oncology, reflecting a focus on hematological malignancies and clinical cancer research.

The scientist has been recognized through various awards and honors over their career, including:

  • ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award, American Society for Microbiology, 2011
  • ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology, 2005
  • Genetics Society of America Medal, 1993
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1986
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1985
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1984
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1970

Best Publications

  • Tight regulation, modulation, and high-level expression by vectors containing the arabinose PBAD promoter.

    L. M. Guzman;Dominique Belin;M. J. Carson;J. Beckwith

  • TnphoA: a transposon probe for protein export signals.

    Colin Manoil;Jon Beckwith

  • Identification of a protein required for disulfide bond formation in vivo

    James C.A. Bardwell;Karen McGovern;Jon Beckwith

  • Efficient folding of proteins with multiple disulfide bonds in the Escherichia coli cytoplasm

    Paul H. Bessette;Fredrik Åslund;Jon Beckwith;George Georgiou

  • The Role of the Thioredoxin and Glutaredoxin Pathways in Reducing Protein Disulfide Bonds in the Escherichia coliCytoplasm

    William A. Prinz;Fredrik Åslund;Arne Holmgren;Jon Beckwith

  • Regulation of the OxyR transcription factor by hydrogen peroxide and the cellular thiol-disulfide status.

    Fredrik Åslund;Ming Zheng;Jon Beckwith;Gisela Storz

  • A genetic approach to analyzing membrane protein topology

    Colin Manoil;Jon Beckwith

  • PROTEIN DISULFIDE BOND FORMATION IN PROKARYOTES

    Hiroshi Kadokura;Federico Katzen;Jon Beckwith

  • Mechanism of activation of catabolite-sensitive genes: a positive control system.

    Geoffrey Zubay;Daniele Schwartz;Jon Beckwith

  • Mutations that allow disulfide bond formation in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli.

    Alan I. Derman;William A. Prinz;Dominique Belin;Jon Beckwith

  • Disulfide bond formation in the Escherichia coli cytoplasm: an in vivo role reversal for the thioredoxins

    Eric J. Stewart;Fredrik Åslund;Jon Beckwith

  • Analysis of the regulation of Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase synthesis using deletions and phi80 transducing phages.

    Edith Brickman;Jon Beckwith

  • E. coli mutant pleiotropically defective in the export of secreted proteins

    Donald B. Oliver;Jon Beckwith

  • A pathway for disulfide bond formation in vivo.

    James C.A. Bardwell;Jie Oh Lee;Georg Jander;Nancy Martin

  • Diverse Paths to Midcell: Assembly of the Bacterial Cell Division Machinery

    Nathan W. Goehring;Jon Beckwith

  • An Escherichia coli mutation preventing degradation of abnormal periplasmic proteins

    Kathryn L. Strauch;Jon Beckwith

  • Characterization of degP, a gene required for proteolysis in the cell envelope and essential for growth of Escherichia coli at high temperature.

    K L Strauch;K Johnson;J Beckwith

  • Localization of FtsI (PBP3) to the septal ring requires its membrane anchor, the Z ring, FtsA, FtsQ, and FtsL

    David S. Weiss;Joseph C. Chen;Jean-Marc Ghigo;Dana Boyd

  • Roles of thiol-redox pathways in bacteria.

    Daniel Ritz;Jon Beckwith

  • Regulation of a membrane component required for protein secretion in Escherichia coli.

    Donald B. Oliver;Jon Beckwith

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana Boyd
Dana Boyd Harvard University
Thomas J. Silhavy
Thomas J. Silhavy Princeton University
Carol A. Kumamoto
Carol A. Kumamoto Tufts University
Susan Doris Michaelis
Susan Doris Michaelis Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James C. A. Bardwell
James C. A. Bardwell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Donald Oliver
Donald Oliver Wesleyan University
George Georgiou
George Georgiou The University of Texas at Austin
Dominique Belin
Dominique Belin University of Geneva
Colin Manoil
Colin Manoil University of Washington
Howard A. Shuman
Howard A. Shuman University of Chicago

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