Melike Schalomon

Dr. Schalomon’s background is in behavioural neuroscience. Her graduate education focused on animal research in rodents, with an emphasis on neuroanatomy, neurosurgery and neurogenetics. She studied cerebral lateralization and the consequences of damage to the corpus callosum as a result of split brain surgery and congenital agenesis of the callosum. After obtaining her degree, she developed a secondary teaching and research interest in the field of human sexuality with a primary focus on sexual orientation. She has explored the relationship between sexual orientation and sexual behaviour in exceptional populations. Over the past number of years, her main research interests have refocused on behavioural neuroscience. She is engaged in a program of research using zebrafish. Zebrafish are rapidly becoming a major model organism for studying the nervous system, as their genetics are well understood and their neurochemistry closely parallels that of the human brain. One focus of Dr. Schalomon’s research with zebrafish is the development of reliable and valid paradigms for assessing zebrafish behaviour. These paradigms are then used to explore how environmental manipulations, for example pharmaceutical agents, affect various behaviours including anxiety and memory. Dr. Schalomon does not teach any courses at this time. | Animal behaviour, neuroanatomy, neuropharmacology, zebrafish, animal research methodology

Melike Schalomon is Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science | Professor at MacEwan University. Their stated interests include Dr. Schalomon’s background is in behavioural neuroscience. Her graduate education focused on animal research in rodents, with an emphasis on neuroanatomy, neurosurgery and neurogenetics. She studied cerebral lateralization and the consequences of damage to the corpus callosum as a result of split brain surgery and congenital agenesis of the callosum. After obtaining her degree, she developed a secondary teaching and research interest in the field of human sexuality with a primary focus on sexual orientation. She has explored the relationship between sexual orientation and sexual behaviour in exceptional populations. Over the past number of years, her main research interests have refocused on. This summary considered all 2 collected sources.