Dr. Michelle Collins

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Michelle Collins is an Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. She holds a PhD in Genetics from McGill University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, specializing in developmental genetics. Her research focuses on heart development, particularly the molecular mechanisms that lead to congenital heart defects. Utilizing zebrafish as a model organism, she investigates the genetic underpinnings of heart formation and function. Collins’ lab aims to clarify the genes required for proper cardiac development and how mutations in these genes can result in inherited cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias, diseases that have a significant genetic component and impact cardiovascular development.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

University of Saskatchewan • Saskatoon, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology.

Postdoctoral Fellow

— Present

Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research • Germany

Research focused on developmental genetics and cardiac physiology.

Requirements for University of Saskatchewan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:86
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Four-year undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline
Application Checklist
  • Official transcripts
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Statement of intent
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Standard university-wide graduate requirements apply to most arts and science departments unless otherwise specified by the program.