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Amber Hale

Associate Professor of Biology

Offices & Programs

Biology

Education

BS, Biomedical Science, Texas A&M University
PhD, Biology, University of Kentucky
Graduate Certificate in College Teaching & Learning, University of Kentucky

BIOGRAPHY

Amber Hale, Associate Professor of Biology, earned her PhD in biology from the University of Kentucky and her BS in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University. She established her research lab and taught biology courses across the curriculum at McNeese State University before joining 小猪视频官网 College faculty in 2025. 

Dr. Hale鈥檚 research uses molecular methods to answer basic scientific questions about species that are not well studied. Currently, her research is focused on honeybee genetics, metagenomics, ecological interactions, and application of basic research to management practices. Interested in bees and beekeeping? Find Dr. Hale for a chat!

AWARDS/GRANTS

  • Louisiana Beekeepers Association Research Scholarship, 2022
  • LACUE Educator of the Year as Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year in Region 5, 2017

PUBLICATIONS

  • Faria, V., Maxwell, R., Kinny, S., and A. Hale. "Characterizing Sex Ratios of American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) Populations in Louisiana." microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.001256. PMC ID: PMC11282433. PubMed ID: 39071172.
  • Francis, C., Hale, A., Berken, J., Joanen, T., and M. Merchant (2023) "Morphological and Ontogenetic Skin Color Changes in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)." Animals, 2023, 13 (22), 3440.
  • Merchant, M., Hale, A., Byrd, T., and M. White. "Changes in Hepatic Gene Expression in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) After Infection." Current Trends in Immunology, 2022, 23,107-123.
  • Hale, A., Merchant, M., & M. White. "Detection and Analysis of Autophagy in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)." Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 2020, 1-16. doi:10.1002/jez.b.22936
  • Merchant, M., Hale, A., Brueggen, J., Harbsmeier, C., & Adams, C. "Crocodiles Alter Skin Color in Response to Environmental Color Conditions." Nature Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(6174). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24579-6
  • Merchant, M., Morkotinis, V., Hale, A., White, M., & Moran, C. (2017). "Crocodylian nuclear factor kappa B." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 213, 28-34.
  • Hale, A. Ledbetter, D., Gawriluk, T., Rucker, E. "Autophagy: Regulation and Role in Development." Autophagy. 2013, 9(7): 951-72.
  • Klionsky D.J. et al. "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy." Autophagy. 2012, 8(4):445-544.
  • Rucker, E., Hale, A., Durtschi, D., Sakamoto, K. and Wagner, K.-U. "Forced involution of the functionally differentiated mammary gland by overexpression of the pro-apoptotic protein Bax." Genesis. 2011, 49(1):24-35.
  • Gawriluk T., Hale A., Flaws J., Dillon C., Green D., Rucker E. "Autophagy is a cell survival program for female germ cells in the murine ovary." Reproduction. 2011, 141(6):759-65 

Book chapters

  • Hale A., Rucker, E., (2014) Post-Pubertal Mammary Gland Development: Morphology and Mechanisms, Mammary Glands. Dr. Edmund Rucker (Ed.), ISBN: 978-1-62948-853-0, Nova, LCCN 2013956181.
  • Hale, A., Ledbetter, D., Gawriluk, T., Rucker, E., (2013). Altering Autophagy: Mouse Models of Human Disease, Autophagy - A Double-Edged Sword - Cell Survival or Death? Dr. Yannick Bailly (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-1062-0, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/55258. 

COURSES TAUGHT

  • BIO 210
  • BMB 211

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