# Stephan Beck

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German geneticist

Stephan Beck Alma mater University of Konstanz Known for Human Genome Project DNA methylation Epigenome-wide association study Scientific career Institutions University College London University of Cambridge

**Stephan Beck** [FMedSci](/source/FMedSci)[1] is a German-British [geneticist](/source/Geneticist) and Professor of Medical Genomics at the [University College London](/source/University_College_London) Cancer Institute.[2]

## Research

Stephan Beck received his PhD in 1985 from the [University of Konstanz](/source/University_of_Konstanz), where he studied DNA structure.[3] He held positions at the [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology](/source/MRC_Laboratory_of_Molecular_Biology) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge), [Millipore Corporation](/source/Millipore_Corporation) in [Boston](/source/Boston), and the [Imperial Cancer Research Fund](/source/Imperial_Cancer_Research_Fund) in [London](/source/London), before joining the [Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute](/source/Wellcome_Trust_Sanger_Institute) in 1996.[4] As Head of Human Sequencing (1998–2006), Beck participated in sequencing and analyzing the human and mouse genomes and established the first DNA methylation maps of human chromosomes [6](/source/Chromosome_6), [20](/source/Chromosome_20), and [22](/source/Chromosome_22).[5]

He is the director of the [Personal Genome Project](/source/Personal_Genome_Project) UK, and serves on the advisory board of the [Human Epigenome Project](/source/Human_Epigenome_Project).[6][7] Beck is a [Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences](/source/Fellow_of_the_Academy_of_Medical_Sciences) and a recipient of a [Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society) Wolfson Research Merit Award.[8][9]

Beck is the [principal investigator](/source/Principal_investigator) of the medical genomics team at the [University College London](/source/University_College_London) Cancer Institute.[10][11]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Stephan Beck Profile"](https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/fellow/Stephan-Beck-0033z00002qIIeJAAW). *acmedsci.ac.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Beck, S. (2018). ["Stephan Beck Genome Medicine Interview"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968574). *Genome Medicine*. **10** (1): 38. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1186/s13073-018-0552-3](https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs13073-018-0552-3). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [5968574](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968574). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [29793512](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29793512).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["PhD thesis article"](https://www.embopress.org/doi/abs/10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb02230.x). *embo.org*. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb02230.x](https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fj.1460-2075.1984.tb02230.x). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [557787](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC557787).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Stephan Beck Profile"](https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/1277-stephan-beck). *UCL*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Eckhardt, F.; Lewin, J.; Cortese, R.; Rakyan, V. K.; Attwood, J.; Burger, M.; Burton, J.; Cox, T. V.; Davies, R.; Down, T. A.; Haefliger, C.; Horton, R.; Howe, K.; Jackson, D. K.; Kunde, J.; Koenig, C.; Liddle, J.; Niblett, D.; Otto, T.; Pettett, R.; Seemann, S.; Thompson, C.; West, T.; Rogers, J.; Olek, A.; Berlin, K.; Beck, S. (2006). ["DNA methylation profiling of human chromosomes 6, 20 and 22"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082778). *Nature Genetics*. **38** (12): 1378–1385. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/ng1909](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fng1909). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [3082778](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082778). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [17072317](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17072317).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["IHEC Bioethics Chairs"](https://ihec-epigenomes.org/about/bioethics). *IHEC*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Personal Genome Project UK"](https://www.personalgenomes.org.uk/team/). *PGP*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Wolfson Awards UCL"](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2010/aug/ucl-scientists-honoured-royal-society-awards). *UCL*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["List of Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences"](https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows?find=beck&what=all&year=&region=&section=&clinical=&gender=). *acmedsci.ac.uk*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Stephan Beck Lab Profile"](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/cancer/research/department-cancer-biology/medical-genomics-group). *UCL*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Beck, Stephan"](https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=D2eEH-sAAAAJ&hl=en). *Google scholar*.

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