Rob Beagrie

Group Head

Rob studied Biochemistry at Cambridge University, then did his doctoral research with Prof. Ana Pombo at Imperial College and the Max Delbruck Centre in Berlin. Rob was then awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship to move to the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and work with Prof. Doug Higgs on gene expression in early red blood cell differentiation. He joined the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics as a new Group Leader in April 2022, supported by a Sir Henry Dale Fellowship from Wellcome and the Royal Society.