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Marnie E. Halpern

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
12284
World Ranking
17006
National Ranking
7010

Marnie E. Halpern publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 122 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Marnie E. Halpern D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Marnie E. Halpern is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience. Within these broad areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cell Biology. Additional focus areas include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Occupational Therapy.

The main topics of investigation in Halpern's work include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Pregnancy-related Medical Research, Occupational Health and Performance, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Retinal Development and Disorders, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Halpern has published numerous papers with a concentration in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature Neuroscience, Current Biology, and Developmental Biology.

  • Trans-inhibition of axon terminals underlies competition in the habenulo-interpeduncular pathway, 2021, Current Biology
  • Genetically defined nucleus incertus neurons differ in connectivity and function, 2023, eLife
  • Transsynaptic labeling and transcriptional control of zebrafish neural circuits, 2024, Nature Neuroscience
  • Transsynaptic labeling and transcriptional control of zebrafish neural circuits, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Specialized neurons in the right habenula mediate response to aversive olfactory cues, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their research collaboration network includes frequent coauthors such as Ji Cheng, Michelle Macurak, Emma D. Spikol, Abhignya Subedi, and Cagney E. Coomer.

Best Publications

  • Conservation and divergence of methylation patterning in plants and animals

    Suhua Feng;Shawn J. Cokus;Xiaoyu Zhang;Pao Yang Chen

  • no tail (ntl) is the zebrafish homologue of the mouse T (Brachyury) gene.

    S. Schulte-Merker;F. J. M. Van Eeden;M. E. Halpern;C. B. Kimmel

  • Induction of muscle pioneers and floor plate is distinguished by the zebrafish no tail mutation

    Marnie E. Halpern;Robert K. Ho;Charline Walker;Charles B. Kimmel

  • Induction of the zebrafish ventral brain and floorplate requires cyclops/nodal signalling

    Karuna Sampath;Karuna Sampath;Amy L. Rubinstein;Abby M. S. Cheng;Jennifer O. Liang

  • A homeobox gene essential for zebrafish notochord development

    William S. Talbot;Bill Trevarrow;Bill Trevarrow;Marnie E. Halpern;Marnie E. Halpern;Anna E. Melby

  • Transactivation from Gal4-VP16 transgenic insertions for tissue-specific cell labeling and ablation in zebrafish.

    Jon M. Davison;Courtney M. Akitake;Mary G. Goll;Jerry M. Rhee

  • Genetic analysis of digestive physiology using fluorescent phospholipid reporters.

    Steven A. Farber;Steven A. Farber;Michael Pack;Shiu Ying Ho;Iain D. Johnson

  • The bHLH transcription factor hand2 plays parallel roles in zebrafish heart and pectoral fin development

    Deborah Yelon;Baruch Ticho;Marnie E. Halpern;Ilya Ruvinsky

  • Stereotypic morphology of glutamatergic synapses on identified muscle cells of Drosophila larvae

    Jmgen Johansen;Marnie E. Halpern;Kristen M. Johansen;Haig Keshishian

  • Characterization of myelination in the developing zebrafish.

    Christian Brösamle;Marnie E. Halpern

  • The parapineal mediates left-right asymmetry in the zebrafish diencephalon

    Joshua T. Gamse;Christine Thisse;Bernard Thisse;Marnie E. Halpern

  • Goosecoid expression in neurectoderm and mesendoderm is disrupted in zebrafish cyclops gastrulas.

    Christine Thisse;Bernard Thisse;Marnie E. Halpern;John H. Postlethwait

  • Differential regulation of chordin expression domains in mutant zebrafish.

    Valarie E. Miller-Bertoglio;Shannon Fisher;Alejandro Sánchez;Mary C. Mullins

  • Gal4/UAS transgenic tools and their application to zebrafish.

    Marnie E. Halpern;Jerry Rhee;Mary G. Goll;Courtney M. Akitake

  • Axonal guidance and the development of muscle fiber-specific innervation in Drosophila embryos

    J Johansen;ME Halpern;H Keshishian

  • Lateralization of the Vertebrate Brain: Taking the Side of Model Systems

    Marnie E. Halpern;Onur Güntürkün;William D. Hopkins;Lesley J. Rogers

  • Directional asymmetry of the zebrafish epithalamus guides dorsoventral innervation of the midbrain target

    Joshua T. Gamse;Yung Shu Kuan;Michelle Macurak;Christian Brösamle

  • Radiographic analysis of zebrafish skeletal defects

    Shannon Fisher;Pudur Jagadeeswaran;Marnie E Halpern

  • Cell-autonomous shift from axial to paraxial mesodermal development in zebrafish floating head mutants.

    M.E. Halpern;C. Thisse;R.K. Ho;B. Thisse

  • Transgenerational analysis of transcriptional silencing in zebrafish.

    Courtney M. Akitake;Michelle Macurak;Marnie E. Halpern;Mary G. Goll

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Thisse
Christine Thisse University of Virginia
Bernard Thisse
Bernard Thisse University of Virginia
Charles B. Kimmel
Charles B. Kimmel University of Oregon
John H. Postlethwait
John H. Postlethwait University of Oregon
Samer Hattar
Samer Hattar National Institutes of Health
Trista E. North
Trista E. North Boston Children's Hospital
Sydney S. Cash
Sydney S. Cash Harvard University
Cecilia B. Moens
Cecilia B. Moens Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Akira Chiba
Akira Chiba Tokyo Institute of Technology
Didier Y. R. Stainier
Didier Y. R. Stainier Max Planck Society

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