Melina Hale

Melina Hale is an American neuroscientist. She studies zebrafish to understand how the brain communicates with muscles to generate movement.[1][2]

Education and career

Hale received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1998.[3] She is a professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Neurobiology and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Chicago where she is also the Dean of faculty affairs.[4][5][6]

She has served as the chair of the Division of Comparative Biomechanics for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).[7] She was the keynote speaker at the Southeast regional meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).[8]

Research

In 2015, Hale's team demonstrated that fish use fins to sense their environment in order to swim[9]

Awards

Hale has received the following awards:

Selected works

[13]

  • Hale ME, Long JH Jr, McHenry MJ, Westneat MW. (2002) Evolution of behavior and neural control of the fast-start escape response. Evolution 56(5):993-1007. PMID 12093034
  • Bierman HS, Schriefer JE, Zottoli SJ, Hale ME. (2004) The effects of head and tail stimulation on the withdrawal startle response of the rope fish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus).J Exp Biol. 207(Pt 22):3985-97. PMID 15472029
  • Bierman HS, Zottoli SJ, Hale ME. (2009) Evolution of the Mauthner axon cap. Brain Behav Evol. 73(3):174-87. PMID 19494486
  • Liu YC, Hale ME. (2014) Alternative forms of axial startle behaviors in fishes. Zoology (Jena). 117(1):36-47. PMID 24374038
  • Hale ME. (2014) Mapping circuits beyond the models: integrating connectomics and comparative neuroscience. Neuron. 83(6):1256-8. Review. PMID 25233308

References
  1. "April 2017 UWIN seminar: Melina Hale, University of Chicago". UW Institute for Neuroengineering. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  2. "Melina Hale explains how her zebrafish research is helping to advance brain research". Science360 - Video Library. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. "San Francisco Harper Lecture: The Brain's Evolution: New Lessons from Marine Animals". bayarea.uchicagoalumni.org. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  4. "The Evolution of Neural Circuits and Behaviors". iBiology. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  5. "Melina Hale • iBiology". iBiology. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  6. "Duke Flags Lowered: Biomechanics Pioneer Steven Vogel Dies". today.duke.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  7. (PDF) http://sicb.org/newsletters/nl04-2017/DCB.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "SICB regional meeting at Clemson showcases flashes of brilliance". Newsstand | Clemson University News and Stories, South Carolina. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  9. massivesci.com https://massivesci.com/articles/fish-movement-proprioception-humans-space/. Retrieved 2019-09-07. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Graduate students awarded Booth teaching prizes". chronicle.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  11. AvenueChicago, The University of ChicagoEdward H. Levi Hall5801 South Ellis; Us, Illinois 60637773 702 1234 Contact. "Melina Hale, Associate Professor in Organismal Biology and Anatomy". The University of Chicago. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  12. "San Francisco Harper Lecture: The Brain's Evolution: New Lessons from Marine Animals". bayarea.uchicagoalumni.org. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  13. "The Evolution of Neural Circuits and Behaviors". iBiology. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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