Chemistry Program

Miranda Beam

Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry

Science Building
CPO

Office Hours: TBA
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E-Mail: miranda_beam@berea.edu

At Berea College since 2008

Degrees

  • B.S., Berea College , 2003
  • Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008

Honors and Awards

  • 2006 30th National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium Travel Award
  • 2005-06 Peter G Glavinos, Jr. Ph.D. Fall Graduate Student Travel Award

Papers and Publications

  • Gibson M, Nur-e-alam M, Lipata F, Oliveira MA, Rohr J, “Characterization of Kinetics and Products of the Baeyer-Villiger Oxygenase MtmOIV, the Key Enzyme of the Biosyntheic Pathway Towards the Natural Product Anticancer Drug Mithramycin from Streptomyces argilaceus”, Journal of the American Chemical Society 127(50); 17594-17595, 2005.
  • Beam M, Noinaj N, Wehenkel M, Rohr J, “Crystal Structure of MtmOIV, a Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase from the biosynthetic pathway of the anticancer agent Mithramycin”, J Biochem in prep.