Welcome to the Beck Lab in the Center for Human Genetics and Genomics and Division of Rheumatology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. The lab is focused on understanding the genetic causes of disease, with an emphasis on inflammatory diseases and their underlying mechanisms.

Mekinian AM, Georgin-Lavaille S, Ferrada MA, Savic S, Koster MJ, Kosmider O, Comont T, Heilblig M, Arostegui JI, Bosco A, Bourguiba R, Calvo KR, Cargo C, Cattaneo C, Chasset F, Coelho H, Campochiaro C, Crisafulli F, Ducharme-Benard S, Faria R, Franceschini F, Frassi M, Groarke EM, Gurnari C, Hakobyan Y, Jamilloux Y, Jurcut C, Kirino Y, Kulasekararaj A, Kunimoto H, Madigan LM, Mann HF, Marvisi C, Milchert M, Morais S, Sockel K, Muratore F, Nakajima H, Patnaik MM, Regadas L, Robin M, Rutgers A, Salvarani C, Sammel AM, Seebach J, Sujobert P, Tomelleri A, Urbanski G, Vandergheynst F, Vieira R, Viswanatha DS, Więsik-Szewczyk E, Diral E, Terrier B, Patel BA, Fenaux P, Grayson PC, Beck DB; International VEXAS working group, and with endorsement of EuroBloodNet, the European Reference Network in Rare Hematological Diseases. American College of Rheumatology Guidance Statement for Diagnosis and Management of VEXAS Developed by the International VEXAS Working Group Expert Panel. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2025 Aug 11. doi: 10.1002/art.43287. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40787890.
Online Article
Sakuma M, Wang AK, Magaziner SJ, Keane SP, Meggendorfer M, Kern W, Haferlach C, Haferlach T, Beck DB, Walter W. Distinct characteristics of VEXAS-causative UBA1 M41 and recurrent functional non-M41 mutations. Leukemia. 2025 Dec;39(12):2872-2880. doi: 10.1038/s41375-025-02775-4. Epub 2025 Oct 9. PMID: 41068485; PMCID: PMC12634433. Online Article

