KABAM 2024 is off to a great start thanks to Theresa, Muniza, and Sanjana who inspired the next generation of neuroscientists at Sister MacNamara School! Looking forward to our next classroom visit to West St. Paul led by our Outreach Team!

An exciting faculty position is open University of Manitoba in our dept! State-of-the-art infrastructure, great colleagues, and a family-friendly city await you.

Explore the heart of the continent with us!
youtube.com/watch?v=_0Rzu2…

#AcademicCareers #WomenInAcademia #womeninscience

Congratulations to Lisa Wei of Vincent Massey Collegiate for winning the 2024 Winnipeg Brain Bee!

Lisa will represent Winnipeg in the Canadian National Brain Bee in May!

Congratulations also to Tongle Chen (2nd) of Goose Lake High and Saira Thomas (3rd) of St. Johns Ravencourt!

Big news!! Our paper about astrocyte NMDA receptors is out in Nature Communications! rdcu.be/dzcE9
This team effort was spearheaded by Noushin Ahmadpour Meher Kantroo
Thanks to the Reviewers for suggesting 'mechanism' experiments that took this story to the next level!

Another free event for Brain Awareness in March!

Come to chat about research progress- related to MS Canada organized by Manitoba Neuroscience Network here in WPG

Proud PI Alert🚨 Congrats to Nick Leclerc for receiving a prestigious U of M Rady Faculty graduate studentship! Also a huge congrats to other Biochemistry & Medical Genetics UofM grad students Danielle Marie and Samah Ahmed 🇸🇩🇨🇦 for also receiving a studentship! University of Manitoba #studentship

bit.ly/RFHSstudentship

🚨We are hiring a tenure-track/tenured assistant/associate professor!🚨

Join us in BMG! Preference will be given to individuals working in any field related to Cancer Biology. Review of applications starts March 31, 2024

universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?jo…

Excited to have received a collaborative RFHS Winnipeg Foundation Innovation Fund Grant with Robert Beattie and Paul Marcogliese to study genetic modifiers of Huntington disease at the single cell level! Grateful for the invaluable support from The Winnipeg Foundation and U of M Rady Faculty

I finally made this piece, 'hippocampe neuronal' (neuronal seahorse). 16 #neurons cut out of Padauk, oak, poplar and maple wood. #sciart #neuroX #biology

Dear high school students/teachers in MB!
Are you a student or know of a student interested in neuroscience? Then join us for the Winnipeg Brain Bee University of Manitoba March 9, 2024! For more information and FREE registration please see: brainbee.ca/local-bees/win…
Manitoba Neuroscience Network #MbEd

A huge thanks to Research Manitoba for their generous funding! 🙌 Your support is a game-changer for our research efforts and brings us one step closer to meaningful breakthroughs for Manitobans. We're excited to make a difference together! 🌟 U of M Rady Faculty uManitoba Research Biochemistry & Medical Genetics UofM

Less than a week away! Excited to have 14 professors from University of Manitoba Bannatyne campus join us on Zoom to give quick overviews of their research 🔬
Don't forget to register on UM Connect 😀 University of Manitobasci uManitoba Research UM Science Co-op Robert Beattie U of M Rady Faculty

Interest in genetics? Looking for a graduate position?

Don't miss the Graduate Programs in Biochemistry and Medical Genetics Open House on Nov 28 at 5pm.

Register here: bit.ly/BMG_open_house…

🚨Proud PI Alert!🚨 Incredibly proud of not one, but TWO Beattie lab members receiving a poster prize at the University of Manitoba Undergrad Research Showcase! Congrats Nick Leclerc & danica.dobson! As well, a big congrats to Hailey, Paul, Noor, Kali and Deb on your great presentations!

So excited to have you join us! Big win for University of Manitoba. Safe travels!

SUMMER PETITION SERIES: Our newest petition backed by Conservative MP Ferreri is live! Help us show there is broad support to increase graduate student and postdoctoral pay in Canada #SupportOurScience

Let's get to 500 signatures by August 16!

petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/De…

Extremely proud of all Beattie lab members who presented their work at Manitoba Neuroscience Network meeting this last week, and especially excited that Hailey won her first poster prize! Congrats everyone! Biochemistry & Medical Genetics UofM #mnn2023