Address: 1-500 BSB

Phone: 319-335-7713

Email: michelle-giedt@uiowa.edu

Lab: Tina Tootle, PhD

Undergraduate Institution: BS (Microbiology),  Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

Graduate Institution: MS (Cell/Development/Molecular Biology), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

PhD Institution: PhD (Cell/Development/Molecular Biology) University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Year Entered Into Program: 2018

Research Description

Using Drosophila to define the interaction of prostaglandins and the lipid droplet protein Jabba in regulating actin cytoskeletal remodeling.