Dr. Beattie received her PhD from Case Western Reserve University and completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Judith Eisen at the University of Oregon. Dr. Beattie is using zebrafish as a vertebrate model system to study the genetic and molecular underpinnings of motoneuron development in the context of motoneuron diseases.
Genetic and molecular analysis of motoneuron development with an emphasis on the motoneuron disease spinal muscular atrophy.