B.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1970) Biochemistry

M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1974) Entomology

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (1977) Entomology

    I am currently involved in efforts to characterize genes that regulate resistance to insecticides and pathogens, develop DNA vectors for genetic engineering of pest and beneficial insects, discover and evaluate parasitic and lethal genes that occur naturally in pest insect populations, and develop molecular markers for population monitoring and resistance diagnosis.

Selected Publications

    Beeman, R.W. and Brown, S.J. 1999. RAPD-Based Genetic Linkage Maps of Tribolium castaneum

    Beeman, R.W., and Friesen, K.S. 1999. Properties and natural occurrence of maternal-effect selfish genes (Medea factors) in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Heredity 82:529-534.

    Thomson, M. S., and R. W. Beeman. 1999. Assisted suicide of a selfish gene. J. Heredity 90: 191-194.

    Stuart, Jeffrey J., Suparna Ray, B. Jane Harrington, Jonathan J. Neal, and Richard W. Beeman. 1998. Genetic mapping of a major locus controlling pyrethroid resistance in

    Beeman, R.W. and Stauth, D.M. 1997. Rapid cloning of insect transposon insertion junctions using 'universal' PCR. Insect Molec. Biol. 6(1): 83-88.

    Beeman, R.W., Stuart, J.J., Haas, M.S., and Friesen, K.S. 1996. Chromosome extraction and revision of linkage group 2 in Tribolium castaneum. J. Heredity 87(3): 224-232.

    Beeman, R.W., Thomson, M.Scott, Clark, J.M., De Camillis, M.A., Brown, S.J., and Denell, R.E. 1996  Woot, an active gypsy-class retrotransposen in the flour beetle

   Matsubara, T., Beeman, R.W., Shike, H., Besansky, N.J., Mukabayire, O., Higgs, S., James, A.A., Burns, J.C. 1996. Pantropic retroviral vectors integrate and express in cells of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 93: 6181-6185.