Assistant professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Room 312 – 745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0J9
Robert Beattie, PhD
Research summary
Dr. Robert Beattie, an assistant professor at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada, and a research scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), is currently accepting Master's and PhD students in his research group. His research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate neural stem cell lineage progression and its role in determining cell types and states in the developing central nervous system. He uses Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers (MADM), a dual-colour genetic lineage tracing technology, to study neural development at a single-cell resolution, and to address questions involving childhood developmental disorders and neuropsychiatric disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder and Schizophrenia.
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Research affiliations
Research scientist, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM)
Research groups
CHRIM - ENRRICH theme
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Keywords
Single-cell biology
Neurobiology
Lineage tracing
Genetics
Neurogenesis
Gliogenesis
Cortical Development
Neural Stem Cells
Molecular Biology
Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers
Developmental Biology
Biography
Dr. Robert Beattie is an assistant professor of biochemistry and medical genetics within the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. He is also a research scientist at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba (CHRIM), where he is affiliated with the Enhancing Neuroscience Research in Manitoba through Collaboration and Training in Human Stem Cells (ENRRICH) research theme.
Dr. Beattie obtained his bachelor of science (honours) in microbiology from the University of Manitoba in 2009 and his PhD in biomedical sciences from The University of Sheffield in England in 2014. He completed postdoctoral training at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland, and the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, in Klosterneuburg, Austria.
Dr. Beattie's research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie neural stem cell lineage progression and its role in determining cell types and states in the developing central nervous system. To achieve this goal, he applies a dual-colour genetic lineage tracing technology called Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers (MADM). He uses MADM to study neural development at single-cell resolution and to address questions involving childhood developmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, and neuropsychiatric disorders, including Schizophrenia.
Education
Biomedical Science PhD, University of Sheffield (2014)
Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Co-op) Microbiology, University of Manitoba (2009)
Awards
Postdoctoral Fellowship - FWF Lise Meitner Fellowship (2017)
Contact us
Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
Room 336 Basic Medical Sciences Building
745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 Canada