Assistant professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Human anatomy and cell science
Room 134 – Basic Medical Science Building
744 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2
Phone: 204-789-3781
benjamin.lindsey@umanitoba.ca
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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Max Rady College of Medicine
Human anatomy and cell science
Room 134 – Basic Medical Science Building
744 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2
Phone: 204-789-3781
benjamin.lindsey@umanitoba.ca
Dr. Benjamin Lindsey, an assistant professor at the Max Rady College of Medicine, leads the Lindsey Lab in uncovering the mysteries of neural stem cells and their behavior throughout the lifespan of an organism. The lab uses cutting-edge imaging techniques such as fluorescence confocal, live in vivo imaging, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and tissue clearing to study the zebrafish model. By combining these advanced imaging methods with molecular techniques such as transgenics, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, PCR, and RNA-sequencing, the lab is able to gain a comprehensive understanding of the context-dependent changes in neural stem cell behavior from early brain development to senescence and following injury.
The research themes in the lab include understanding how neural stem cells develop and mature within their niche, the connection between neural stem cells, plasticity and animal behavior, and the potential for neural stem cells to repair the nervous system. The lab's research interests include the zebrafish model, environmental and sensory enrichment, brain and spinal cord regeneration and therapeutics, advanced fluorescence and live in vivo imaging, electron microscopy, cell and molecular techniques, and learning and memory. The lab is an affiliated member of the Spinal Cord Research Center at the University of Manitoba, which provides an excellent opportunity for the lab to collaborate and share resources with other researchers.
Affiliated member of the Spinal Cord Research Center (SCRC) at UM
Dr. Benjamin Lindsey is an assistant professor at the Max Rady College of Medicine in the human anatomy and cell science department. He obtained his PhD at the University of Toronto where he studied the ultrastructural composition of adult neurogenic niches of the mature zebrafish brain. He then moved to Monash University in Australia as an NSERC-funded postdoctoral fellow where he studied the molecular and cellular regulation of neural stem cell populations for brain and spinal cord regeneration. He then returned to Canada for a second postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Ottawa, Brain and Mind Research Institute, where he developed models to study spinal cord regeneration. In February 2019, he joined the human anatomy and cell science department at the University of Manitoba as an assistant professor, where he established the first zebrafish facility for neural stem cell research. He invites interested undergraduate and graduate students and postdocs to contact him directly for available positions.
Human Anatomy and Cell Science
130 Basic Medical Science Building
745 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 Canada