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ALLEN G.
GIBBS
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Office: (702)-895-3203
Lab: (702)-895-1552
Fax: (702)-895-3956
allen.gibbs@unlv.edu
http://sols.unlv.edu/faculty/gibbs.html
http://faculty.unlv.edu/gibbs/
EDUCATION:
1982-1989
Ph.D. (Marine Biology), Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
1978-1981 B.A. (Chemistry), General Honors,
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
2005-present Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1999-2004 Associate Research Scientist, Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (joint appointment in Department of
Entomology),
1992-1999 Lecturer and Assistant Professor, Department
of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
1989-1992
Post-doctoral researcher with Dr. John H.
Crowe, Department of Zoology,
1983-1989
Graduate research assistant and Sea Grant trainee with Dr. George N. Somero, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
1982-1984
Graduate research assistant with Drs. Andrew A. Benson and Judd C. Nevenzel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
1981-1982
Research technician with Dr. Martin E. Feder, Department of Anatomy,
HONORS:
2009 Mangelsdorf Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina
2004 Ellerman Research Fellow, Stellenbosch University
1996 UCI Faculty Career Enhancement Award
1994, 1995 Order of Omega Teaching Awards
1993 Medical Research and Education Society Young Investigator
1989 Second Place, Best Student Paper Competition, Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Division, American Society of Zoologists
1982-1984 University of
RESEARCH
SUPPORT:
Current:
2007-2010
National Science Foundation; EnGen-0723930; $950,000; Environmental Genomics of Drosophila mojavensis; PI with W.J. Etges
(subcontractor, Univ. of
2007-2010 National Science Foundation; IOS-0719591; $518,846 + $18,000 in REU Supplements; Energetic Homeostasis During Metamorphosis; Co-PI with D.K. Hoshizaki (PI, UNLV)
Previous:
2006-2009 National Institutes of Health; 1 R21 RR 022885-01; $407,000; Cryopreservation of Drosophila; Co-Investigator with B.J. Sinclair (PI, Univ. of Western Ontario), S.P. Roberts (UNLV) and V. Kostal (Czech Academy of Sciences)
2007-2008 NASA Workforce Development Program; $20,000; Effects of Gravity on Drosophila Energetics; Co-PI with D.K. Hoshizaki (PI, UNLV)
2004-2008 National Science Foundation; IOB-0344929 & IOB-0514402; $239,258 + $16,800 in REU Supplements; COLLAB: Discontinuous Gas Exchange in Insects; Collaborative research with M.C. Quinlan (Midwestern University, Phoenix); overall award to both PIs was $600,000
2001-2005 National Science Foundation; IOB-0110626; $378,425 + $18,000 in REU Supplements; Physiological Evolution and Microarray Analysis in Stress-Selected Drosophila
2000-2004
National Science Foundation; IBN-0077759; $339,998 + $10,125 in REU
Supplements; Testing Membrane Adaptation
Models in Laboratory-Selected E. coli
1994-1998 National Science Foundation; IBN-9317471; $231,610 + $10,000 in REU Supplements; Lipid Phase Transitions and Cuticular Permeability
2004 International Travel Award; University of Arizona; $600
2001 Visiting
Scholar Award; National Research Foundation (
2001 International Travel Award; University of Arizona; $800
1997 Faculty Research and Travel Award; $4345; Development of Drosophila as a Model System for Membrane Physiology
1996 UCI Multi-Investigator Faculty Research Award; $8001; Physiological Mechanisms of Urea Resistance in Drosophila; PI with L.D. Mueller and D.W. Aswad (co-PIs)
1995 Faculty Research and Travel Award; $608; Travel expenses: Smith College/NEBioLabs Molecular Biology Summer Course
1993 Medical Research and Education Society Young Investigator; $15,000; Water Relations of Drosophila melanogaster Selected for Postponed Aging
1993 Faculty Research and Travel Award; $1240; Water Balance in Desert Drosophila
PUBLICATIONS
(undergraduate co-authors are underlined):
Merkey, A.B., C.K. Wong, D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs. Energetics of metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster. In revision.
Sinclair, B.J., A.G. Gibbs, W. Lee, A. Rajamohan, S.P. Roberts and J.J. Socha (2009). Synchrotron x-ray visualisation of ice formation in insects during lethal and non-lethal freezing. PLoS One http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008259.
Gibbs, A.G. and S. Rajpurohit (2010). Water-proofing properties of cuticular lipids. In: Insect Lipids; Biology, Biochemistry and Chemical Biology, G.J. Blomquist and A.G. Bagneres, eds. pp. 100-120.
Gefen, E. and A.G. Gibbs (2009). Interactions between environmental stress and male mating success may enhance reproductive isolation of stress-resistant Drosophila populations. Evolution 63: 1653-1659.
Gibbs, A.G. and E. Gefen (2009). Physiological adaptation and laboratory selection. In: Experimental Evolution T. Garland and M.R. Rose, eds. pp. 523-550.
Gefen, E., Ung, C. and A.G. Gibbs (2009). Partitioning of transpiratory water loss of the desert scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis (Iuridae). Journal of Insect Physiology 55: 544-548.
Dahlhoff, E.P., S.L. Fearnley, D.A. Bruce, A.G. Gibbs, R. Stoneking, D.M. McMillan, K. Diener, J.T. Smiley, N.E. Rank (2008). Differences among phosphoglucose isomerase genotypes in effects of temperature on physiology and fecundity of a montane willow beetle: implications for persistence of native populations enduring climate change. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 718-732.
Smigel, J. and A.G. Gibbs (2008). Conglobation in the pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare) as a water conservation mechanism. Journal of Insect Science Available online: insectscience.org/8.44
Gibbs, A.G. and D.K. Hoshizaki (2008). Meeting report: Life is a gas. Fly 2: 1-2.
Aguila, J.R., J. Suszko, A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2007). The role of larval fat cells in adult Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 956-963.
Sinclair, B.J., A.G. Gibbs and S.P. Roberts (2007). Gene transcription during exposure to, and recovery from, cold and desiccation stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Insect Molecular Biology 16: 435-443.
Sinclair, B.J., S. Nelson, T.L. Nilson,
S.P. Roberts and A.G. Gibbs (2007). The effect of selection
for desiccation resistance on cold tolerance of Drosophila melanogaster. Physiological Entomology 32: 322-327.
Kaun, K.R., C.A.L. Riedl, M.Chakaborty-Chatterjee, A.T. Belay, S.J. Douglas, A.G. Gibbs and M.B. Sokolowski (2007). Natural variation in a cGMP-dependent protein kinase affects food-related traits in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3547-3558.
Gibbs, A.G. (2007). Waterproof cockroaches: the early work of J. A. Ramsay. Invited commentary for JEB Classics. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 921-922.
Hoshizaki, D.K. and A.G. Gibbs (2007). Meeting report: Integrating insulin signaling and stress responses. Fly 1: 110-112.
Quinlan, M.C. and A.G. Gibbs (2006). Discontinuous gas exchange in terrestrial insects. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology 154: 18-29.
Chown, S.L., A.G. Gibbs, S.K. Hetz, C.J. Klok, J.R.B. Lighton, E. Marais (2006). Discontinuous gas exchange in insects: a clarification of hypotheses and approaches. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79: 333-343.
Gefen, E., A.J. Marlon and A.G. Gibbs (2006). Selection for desiccation resistance in adult Drosophila melanogaster affects larval development and metabolite accumulation. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 3293-3300.
Gibbs, A.G. and R.A. Johnson (2004). The role of discontinuous gas exchange in insects: the chthonic hypothesis does not hold water. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3477-3482.
Johnson, R.A. and A.G. Gibbs (2004). Effects of mating stage on water balance, metabolism and cuticular hydrocarbons of the desert harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Journal of Insect Physiology 50: 943-953.
Gibbs, A.G., F. Fukuzato and L.M. Matzkin (2003). Evolution of water conservation mechanisms in desert Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 1183-1192.
Gibbs, A.G., M.C. Perkins, and T.A.
Markow (2003). No place to hide: microclimates
of
Marron, M.T., T.A. Markow, K.J. Kain and A.G. Gibbs (2003). Effects of starvation and desiccation on energy metabolism in Drosophila. Journal of Insect Physiology 49: 261-270.
Montooth, K.L. and A.G. Gibbs (2003). Cuticular pheromones and water balance in the housefly, Musca domestica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 135: 457-465.
Gibbs, A.G. (2002). Water balance in desert Drosophila: lessons from non-charismatic microfauna. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133: 781-789.
Gibbs, A.G. (2002). Lipid melting and cuticular permeability: new insights into an old problem. Journal of Insect Physiology 48: 391-400.
Gibbs, A.G. and L.M. Matzkin (2001). Evolution of water balance in the genus Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 2331-2338.
Gibbs, A.G. and T.A. Markow (2001). Effects of age on water balance in Drosophila species. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74: 520-530.
Patel, S., D.R. Nelson and A.G. Gibbs (2001). Chemical and physical analyses of wax ester properties. 8 pp. Journal of Insect Science, 1.4. Available online: insectscience.org/1.4
Nghiem, D., A.G. Gibbs, M.R. Rose and T.J. Bradley (2000). Postponed aging and desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Experimental Gerontology 35: 957-969.
Borash, D.J., V.A. Pierce, A.G. Gibbs and L.D. Mueller (2000). Evolution of ammonia and urea tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster: resistance and cross-tolerance. Journal of Insect Physiology 46: 763-769.
Young, H.P., J.K. Larabee, A.G. Gibbs and C. Schal (2000). Relationship between tissue-specific hydrocarbon profiles and their melting temperatures in the cockroach Blatella germanica (L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology 26: 1245-1263.
Frank, C.L., A. Gibbs, E.S. Dierenfeld and J.V. Kramer (2000). The effects of
diet a‑tocopherol content on mammalian torpor. In: Life in the Cold. G. Heldmaier,
S. Klaus, and M. Klingenspor, eds.
Rourke, B.C. and A.G. Gibbs (1999). Effects of lipid phase transitions on cuticular permeability: model-membrane and in situ studies. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 3255-3262.
Pierce, V.A., L.D. Mueller and A.G. Gibbs (1999). Osmoregulation in Drosophila melanogaster selected for urea tolerance. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 2349-2358.
David, C.L., V.A. Pierce, D.W. Aswad and A.G. Gibbs (1999). The effect of urea exposure on isoaspartyl content and protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase activity in Drosophila melanogaster. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 124: 423-427.
Gibbs, A.G. (1999). Laboratory selection for the comparative physiologist. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 2709-2718.
Gibbs, A.G., A.K. Louie and J.A. Ayala (1998). Effects of temperature on cuticular lipids and water balance in a desert Drosophila: Is thermal acclimation beneficial? Journal of Experimental Biology 201: 71-80.
Gibbs, A.G. (1998). Waterproofing properties of cuticular lipids. American Zoologist 38: 471-482.
Gibbs, A.G. (1998). The role of lipid physical properties in barrier function. American Zoologist 38: 268-279.
Gibbs, A.G. and E.L. Crockett (1998). Integrative and comparative aspects of lipid biology. American Zoologist 38: 265-267.
Chippindale, A.K., A.G. Gibbs, M. Sheik, K.J. Yee, M. Djawdan, T.J. Bradley and M.R. Rose (1998). Resource allocation and the evolution of desiccation resistance in laboratory-selected Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 52: 1342-1352.
Borash, D.J., A.G. Gibbs, A. Joshi and L.D. Mueller (1998). A genetic polymorphism maintained by natural selection in a changing environment. American Naturalist 151: 148-156.
Gibbs, A.G., A.K. Chippindale and M.R. Rose (1997). Physiological mechanisms of evolved desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 200: 1821-1832.
Gibbs, A.G. (1997). Biochemistry at depth. In: Deep-Sea Fishes. W.S. Hoar, D.J. Randall and A.P. Farrell, eds. Fish Physiology. Vol. XVI. pp. 239-278.
Gibbs, A. (1995). Physical properties of insect cuticular hydrocarbons: model mixtures and interactions. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 112: 667-672.
Gibbs, A. and J.G. Pomonis (1995). Physical properties of insect cuticular hydrocarbons: the effects of chain length, methyl-branching and unsaturation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 112: 243-249.
Gibbs, A., M. Kuenzli and G.J. Blomquist (1995). Sex- and age-related changes in the biophysical properties of cuticular lipids of the housefly, Musca domestica. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 29: 87-97.
Gibbs, A. (1995). Temperature, pressure, and the sodium pump: the role of homeoviscous adaptation. In: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Fishes. Vol. 5. P.W. Hochachka and T.P. Mommsen, eds. pp. 197-212.
Gibbs, A. and T.A. Mousseau (1994). Thermal acclimation and genetic variation in cuticular lipids of the lesser migratory grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes): effects of lipid composition on biophysical properties. Physiological Zoology 67: 1523-1543.
Gibbs, A., T.A. Mousseau
and J.H. Crowe (1991). Genetic and acclimatory
variation in biophysical properties of insect cuticle lipids. Proceedings of the National
Gibbs, A. and J.H. Crowe (1991). Intra-individual variation in cuticular lipids studied using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Insect Physiology 37: 743-748.
Somero, G.N., E. Dahlhoff and A. Gibbs (1991).
Biochemical adaptations of deep-sea animals: insights into biogeography and
ecological energetics. In: Marine Biology, Its Accomplishment and Future Prospect. J. Mauchline and T. Nemoto, eds. Hokusen-sha Publishing Co.,
Gibbs, A. and G.N. Somero (1990). Na+-K+-adenosine triphosphatase activities in gills of marine teleost fishes: changes with depth, size and locomotory activity level. Marine Biology 106: 315-321.
Gibbs, A. and G.N. Somero (1990). Pressure adaptation of teleost gill Na+/K+-adenosine triphosphatase: role of the lipid and protein moieties. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 160: 431-439.
Gibbs, A. and G.N. Somero (1989). Pressure adaptation of Na+/K+-ATPase in gills of marine teleosts. Journal of Experimental Biology 143: 475-492.
Nevenzel, J.C., A. Gibbs and A.A. Benson (1985). Plasmalogens in the gills of aquatic animals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B 82: 293-297.
Feder, M.E., D.B.
Feder, M.E., A.G. Gibbs, G.A. Griffith and J. Tsuji (1984). Thermal acclimation of metabolism in salamanders: fact or artefact? Journal of Thermal Biology 9: 255-260.
Satel, S.L., A.G. Gibbs and M.E. Feder (1982). Resistance of the shell membrane and mineral layer to diffusion of oxygen and water in flexible-shelled eggs of the snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Respiration Physiology 49: 279-291.
Other publications from my lab (I encourage lab members to be
independent and develop their own projects.
I do not co-author their publications unless I have made a significant
contribution to planning or performing the work):
Gefen, E. (2008). Sexual dimorphism in desiccation responses of the sand scorpion Smeringurus mesaensis (Vaejovidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 798-805.
Rangwala, S.H., R. Elumalai, C. Vanier, H. Ozkan, D.W. Galbraith, and E.J. Richards (2006). Meiotically-stable natural epialleles of Sadhu, a novel Arabidopsis retroposon. PLoS Genetics 2:e36.
Etienne, R., K. Fortunat and Pierce, V. (2001). Mechanisms of urea tolerance in urea-adapted populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 2699-2707.
Rourke, B.C. (2000). Geographic and altitudinal variation in respiratory and cuticular water loss from the lesser migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 2699-2712.
Watkins, T.B. (2000). The effects of acute and developmental temperature on burst swimming speed and myofibrillar ATPase activity in tadpoles of the Pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73: 356-364.
RECENT
PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS (undergraduate co-authors underlined):
Marlon, A.J., E. Gefen, S. Rajpurohit.
S., and A.G. Gibbs. (2010). Evolution of gene
expression in larval fat body of stress-selected Drosophila. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Seattle WA.
Gibbs, A.G., C.C. Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit and W.J. Etges (2010). Ecological genomics of host plant adaptation and stress in desert Drosophila. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle WA.
Rajpurohit. S.,
E. Gefen, A.J. Marlon and A. G. Gibbs.
(2009). Evolution of gene expression in larval fat body of
stress-selected Drosophila. Gordon
Research Conference on Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics.
Oliveira, C.C., S. Rajpurohit. A.G. Gibbs, and W.J. Etges (2009). Ecological genomics of host plant adaptation and stress in desert Drosophila. Gordon Research Conference on Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics.
Bernardo, M., N. Bond, and A.G. Gibbs (2009). Role
of ecdysone signaling in fat body remodeling in Drosophila
melanogaster. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Summer Poster Session.
UNLV.
Kobey, R.L., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2009). The dark side of desiccation resistance and thermotolerance. 50th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.
Lee, E., A. Merkey, J. Socha, W. Lee, A.
Gibbs, D. Hoshizaki (2009). Functional analysis of tracheal development
during metamorphosis. 50th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.
Kobey,
R.L., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2009).
Effects of melanization on water
balance and metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Meeting of the
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Kimbrell, D., M. George, C. Fuller, L. von Kalm, K. Beckingham, D. Hoshizaki, A. Gibbs, J. Alley, K. Taylor, P. Fuller, K. Kleinhesselink, A. Hammonds, R. Morgan, T. Smallwood, and A. Kloehn (2009). Modeling the effects of altered gravity on the immune response using the fruit fly Drosophila. Journal of Gravitational Physiology In press.
Kobey, R.L., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2008). Expression of Thor does not increase desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Summer Poster Session. UNLV.
Kobey, R.L., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2008). THOR, a protein translation inhibitor, mediates desiccation rtesistance in Drosophila melanogaster. NSF-EPSCor Research Conference. Reno NV.
Merkey, A., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2008). The U-shaped metabolic curve of insect metamorphosis: substrate utilization patterns and proximate causes. 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA.
Aguila, J., A.G.
Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2008). Contribution of larval energy stores to adult
reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster. 49th Annual Drosophila
Research Conference. San Diego CA.
Kobey, R.L. D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2008). THOR, a protein translation inhibitor, mediates desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA.
Bond, N., A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2008). The role of ecdysone signaling in pupal metabolism. 49th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA.
Kobey,
R.L., Hoshizaki, D.K. and A.G. Gibbs (2007).
Expression of Thor increases
desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Meeting of the Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Merkey, A.B., A.G.
Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2007). The U-shaped
metabolic curve of insect metamorphosis: substrate utilization patterns and
proximate causes. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology,
Aguila, J.R.,
A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2007). The
contribution of larval energy stores to adult reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster.
Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology,
Merkey, A.B., C.K.
Wong, D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2007).
Metabolic depression in Drosophila melanogaster
pupae. Physiological Ecology Meeting,
Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2007). Evolution of water balance and gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. 48th Annual Drosophila Research Conference: 693C.
Sinclair, B.J., S.P. Roberts and A.G. Gibbs (2006). Gene transcription during exposure to, and recovery from, cold and desiccation stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 53.2.
Aguila, J.R., J.W. Suszko, A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2006). Larval fat cells have a key role in adult starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: P1.8.
Gibbs, A.G. and L.S. Cleaves (2006). Cold tolerance in Drosophila species. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 1.91.
Seneviratne, E. and A.G. Gibbs (2006). Effects of starvation selection on energy storage and metabolic rate in Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 3.28.
Smigel, J.T. and A.G. Gibbs (2006). Conglobation in the pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare) as a terrestrial adaptation. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46: 3.27.
Merkey, A.B., C.K. Wong, D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2006). Metabolic depression in Drosophila melanogaster pupae. BIOS Symposium, UNLV.
Wong, C.K., A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2006). The effects of temperature on the energetics of metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster. Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium, UNLV.
Aguila, J.R., R.Y. Ganzon,
A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2006). Flies and human obesity: investigating
energy homeostasis and the role of larval-derived fat cells in the Drosophila melanogaster adult. UNLV
Graduate and Professional Student Research Forum, UNLV.
Gibbs, A.G. and K.M.F. Larsen (2005). Effects of daily heat shock on development and water balance in Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 1136.
Wong, C.K., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2005). Energetics of metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 1211.
Pri-tal,
B., J. Bunkelmann, G. Davidowitz
and A.G. Gibbs (2005). Metabolism and water balance in
Gefen, E. and A.J. Marlon (2005). Effects of selection for desiccation on larval development of Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 1135.
Aguila, J.R., R.Y. Ganzon,
A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2005). Got fat? The role of
lipids in starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. BIOS Symposium, UNLV.
Jabali, A., J. Rodriguez, A. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki
(2005). Whale and an investigation of heterozygote advantage. BIOS Symposium, UNLV.
Aguila, J.R., R.Y. Ganzon,
A.G. Gibbs and D.K. Hoshizaki (2005). Got fat? The role of
lipids in starvation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.
UNLV Summer Research Symposium.
Jabali, A., J. Rodriguez, A. Gibbs and
D.K. Hoshizaki (2005). Whale and an investigation of heterozygote
advantage. UNLV Summer Research Symposium.
Wong, C.K., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2005). Energetics of metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster. UNLV Summer Research Symposium.
Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2004). Evolution of water balance and gene expression in desiccation-selected Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 700.
Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2004). Evolution
of water balance and gene expression in stress-selected Drosophila melanogaster. Third International
Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in
Gibbs, A.G. and R.A. Johnson (2004). The role of discontinuous gas exchange in insects: the chthonic
hypothesis does not hold water. Third International
Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in
Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2004).
Population differences in stress-induced gene expression.
IGERT Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics.
Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2004). Effects of stress on gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43: 838.
Gibbs, A.G. and R.A. Johnson (2004). Water balance in seed-harvester ants: effects of mating and a test of the chthonic hypothesis for discontinuous gas exchange. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43: 1042.
INVITED SEMINARS and SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS:
2010 University of Nebraska, School of Biological Sciences
2009 University of North Carolina, Department of Biology, Mangelsdorf Lecture
2008
Ohio State University, Departments of Entomology and Biology
Ohio University, Department of Biology
Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont CA
2007
2006 John H. Crowe Retirement Symposium.
2005
2004 Third International Conference of
Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in
Third International Conference of Comparative Physiology and
Biochemistry in
University of
2003 Entomological Society of
2002 Fourth International Symposium on
Molecular Insect Science.
2001 Second International Conference of
Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in
University of Witswatersrand; Department of Biology
University of Pretoria; Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Arizona; Department of Entomology (twice - spring and fall semesters)
Liverpool University; Department of Biological Sciences
2000 Entomological Society of America &
Canadian Entomological Society.
University of Northern Arizona; Department of Biological Sciences
Center for Insect Science Hexapodium
1999 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division. San Francisco CA. Symposium on Life in Extreme Environments.
Fifth International Congress
of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry.
University of Arizona; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Cincinnati; Department of Biological Sciences
1998
University of Nevada, Reno; Department of Biology
1997
University of California, Irvine; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1996 Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology.
Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology.
University of California, Riverside; Department of Biology
1994
University of San Diego; Department of Biology
1993
University of California, San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1992
University of Nevada, Reno; Department of Biochemistry, Insect Research Group
1991
University of California, Los Angeles; Department of Physiology
1990
COURSES TAUGHT (* indicates sole instructor):
* BIOL 223 Human Anatomy and Physiology I: 2006-2009
* BIOL 440 Mammalian Physiology: 2007-2009
* BIOL 447 Comparative Animal Physiology: 2010
BIOL 492/792 Comparative Physiology of Starvation Seminar: 2005
BIOL 492/796 Stress Biology Seminar: 2008
* BIOL 492 Undergraduate Research: 2006-2009
* BIOL 494 Biology Colloquium: 2005-2006
* BIOL 748 Environmental Physiology: 2006
BIOL 796 Biochemical Adaptation Seminar: 2005-2008
BIOL 796 Darwin's Origin of Species Seminar: 2009
BIOL 797 Thesis Research: 2006-2010
* Organized departmental seminar series: 2005-2010
* ECOL 399 Independent Study: 2001, 2003, 2004
* ECOL 468 Comparative Physiology: 2001
* GERO 550 Biology of Aging: 2000
* ENTO 596 Environmental Physiology of Arthropods Seminar: 2003
BIO 94 Diversity of Life: 1994 (3 sections): 1999
BIO 104, 109 Physiology: 1993 (2 sections): 1996, 1997
* BIO 112L Physiology Lab: 1994, 1995 (Course development, taught test sections)
BIO 126
development, taught Physiological Ecology section)
* BIO 173 Comparative Biochemistry: 1996, 1998
* BIO 189 Fish Physiology: 1995
* BIO 199 Undergraduate Research: 1992-99
* EEB 203 Independent Graduate Tutorial: Animal Energetics and Metabolism: 1998
* EEB 203 Independent Graduate Tutorial: Lipid Biochemistry and Metabolism: 1999
EEB 208 Special Topics in Organismal Biology and Physiology: 1992-99
EEB 210 Foundations of Physiology: 1992-99
EEB 219 Advanced Ecological Genetics: 1998
Organized
special seminar series (1994): Biochemical
and Molecular Approaches to Environmental Physiology
Gibbs, A.G. (ed.) (1997). Laboratory Manual in Physiology. Second edition. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-027304-9. Used in upper-division physiology labs at UCI.
Undergraduate Honors Research:
2006:
Jacob Smigel
2001:
Marilyn Marron
1999:
Fernando Fukuzato
1997:
Kristi Montooth, Sejal Patel
1996:
Ruben Begino, Farshad Firouznam, Luciano Matzkin
1995:
Jose Ayala, Angela Louie, Ali Tabatabaee
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
(Degree, Award Date):
Graduate Advisor: Jerrell Aguila (PhD, 2009), Nichole Bond (PhD, current), Michael Brewer (PhD, current), L. Scott Cleaves (MS co-advisor, 2002), Jill Cocking (co-advisor), Indika Jayasekara, Jeannine K. Larabee, Allison Merkey (MS co-advisor, 2008), Bryan C. Rourke (PhD, 2000)
Doctoral Committee Member: Mark Asplen (2006), Hardip Brar, Thomas Clark (1994), Ben Costantino (current), Dan Curtis (2009), Christine Goforth, Lara Ferry-Graham (1998), Alice Gibb (1996), Matthew Graham (current), Joshua Greenwood (current), Dan Hahn (2003), Jesse Hardin (2006), Alexander Kitaysky (1996), Egle Krosniunas (1993), Pei-Pei Pan (current), Marjorie Patrick (2001), John Regus, Lauren Reynolds (current), Christine Serway (current), Fred Simmons, Vanja Velickovska (2008), Jia Wang (current), Michael Webber (current), Adrienne Williams (1998)
Master's Committee Member: Candace Rausch (2007), Fred Simmons (1996)
Advancement Exam Committee Member: Cheryl Baduini, Dan Borash, Adam Chippindale, Armand Leroi, Brian Metscher
External Dissertation Examiner: Miriam Hercus (
Undergraduate Honor's Committee Member: David Cotter (2008), Alia Jabali (2006), Terry Nilson (2007), Jacob Smigel (chair, 2006)
POST-DOCTORAL MENTORSHIP - Current
employment:
Subhash Rajpurohit (2008-current)
Eran Gefen (2005-2008) – Assistant professor, Dept. of Biology, Haifa University – Oranim
Cheryl H. Vanier (2001-2003) – Research scientist, School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Michael Greene (1998-1999) - Assistant professor,
Dept. of Biology,
Timothy B. Watkins (1997) – Program officer, National Geographic Society
Valerie A. Pierce (1996-1999) – Rutgers Preparatory High School, New Jersey
Kevin Mandernack (1995) - Associate professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Educational Service Activities:
2005-2009 Research Mentor, NSF-EPSCoR and BRIN/INBRE Undergraduate Research Fellows
2003-2004 Advised elementary school students on science fair projects as part of Entomology Department outreach
2000-2005 Research Mentor, Undergraduate Biology Research Program, NSF Futurebound Program, and Arizona Biology Network
2001-2002 Organized Functional Ecology journal club
1998 Judge, CAMP Statewide Undergraduate Research
Conference,
1995-1998 Helped to develop and teach University of California-wide Super-Course in Environmental Biology at the White Mountain Research Station (Bishop CA)
1995 Session Chair, Undergraduate Research Symposium, UCI
1993 Judge, Orange
1992-1998 Faculty panel discussions, seminars and research mentor for minority programs at UCI: California Alliance for Minority Participation; Minority Biomedical Research Program; Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program; Early Academic Outreach Program
1992 Session Chair, 3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, UC Davis
1991-present Undergraduate Research Mentor, total of >50 students
1991-1992
Research
1989 Judge,
University Service:
2009-2010 Science and Engineering Building Stockroom Committee
2007-2008 College of Sciences Graduate Admissions Committee
2007 NIH-INBRE Summer Fellowship Committee
2005-2008 Admissions Committee, Fast Track D.O. and P.A. programs between UNLV and Touro University
2005-2006 Search Committee, Executive Director of Research
1998 Long-Range Planning Committee
1997-1999 Elected Member of Dean's Executive Committee (Vice-Chair, 1998)
1997-1998 Elected
Biological Sciences Representative to
1997 Planning Committee to develop Inter-Disciplinary Program in Global Climate Change
1996-1999 Biology Laboratories Oversight Committee
1995-1998 Undergraduate Honors Committee
1996-1998 Summer Program Committee, California Alliance for Minority Participation
1996 Faculty Advisory Committee for Pregraduate Mentorship Program
1995-1998 Committee on University and Faculty Welfare
1995-1997 Undeclared Majors Advising
1995-1997 Regents Scholar Recruitment Luncheons
Departmental Service:
1993-1995, 2005-2010 Graduate Admissions Committee (Chair, 2007-2010)
2005-2006 Juanita Greer White Endowed Lecture organizing committee
2005 Ad hoc Committee on Graduate Program
1995, 2005-2010 Organized departmental seminar series
1996-1999 DNA/Electrophoresis Lab Committee (Chair, 1997)
1995-1996 Ran first two pilot sections for Bio 112L (Physiology Laboratory). Supervised writing of lab manual by graduate students, and its publication by McGraw-Hill.
1994 Prepared department's portion of successful UCI Biological Sciences GAANN (Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need) proposal to Department of Education. Resulted in eight 3-year graduate fellowships.
1993-1996 Graduate Prescription and Examination Committee (Chair, 1994-1996)
Media and Public Education
2007 Interviewed by LV Weekly re: Cockroaches
2006 Interviewed by LV Sun along with post-doc Eran Gefen re: Local scorpions
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2006/nov/15/566644615.html
2006 Interviewed by Discovery Channel re: fat storage in ants
2005 Interviewed by The Scientist re: Nature paper on insect respiration: http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20050207/02
2005 Interviewed with D.K. Hoshizaki
by UNLV Magazine: story on obesity
http://magazine.unlv.edu/Issues/Spring05/20backfiring.html
2005 Lab featured in LV Sun article on formation of regent’s committee on research
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-ed/2005/jul/21/519085586.html
2004 Interviewed by National Public Radio re: recent Science article on Drosophila lipids
2003 Consultant with San Diego District Attorney's office re: effects of Santa Ana weather conditions on the foraging behavior of flesh flies
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, Entomological Society of America, Sigma Xi, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Society for the Study of Evolution
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
2008-2010 Secretary, Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry; Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2004-present Editorial board member, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology
2004-2005 Judge, Best Student Paper Competition, Division of Ecology and Evolution, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2003, 2004 Judge, Student Poster Competition, Center for Insect Science Hexapodium
2001 Consultant for National Research Council report: Under the Weather: Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease; National Academy Press
1999 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Representative to Section X (Societal Impacts) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1996 Symposium co-organizer (with E. Lisa Crockett), Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Annual Meeting: The Biology of Lipids: Integration of Structure and Function
1994 Invited participant, Fall Retreat, American Physiological Society
1992, 1995, 2004, 2010 Co-chair, Contributed Papers session, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
1991, 1992, 1995, 2004, 2005 Judge, Best Student Paper Competition, Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Committee Chair, 1992)
REVIEWING SERVICE:
Review Panels:
2007, 2008 Organism-Environment Interactions, National Science Foundation
2004 Genome-Enabled Environmental Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation
2002-2004 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants, National Science Foundation
1998 Population Biology, National Science Foundation
Grant Proposals:
California Sea Grant, Danish Natural Science Research Council, College of Staten Island Internal Grants, German Research Foundation, Israeli Science Foundation, Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District, MONTS (Montanans On a New Track for Science), M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, National Atmospheric and Oceanic Authority, National Science Foundation, University of Antwerp Research Council, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
Journals:
Acta Biotheoretica; Acta Zoologica Sinica; American Journal of Physiology; American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; American Zoologist; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta; Biological Bulletin; BioMed Central Ecology; Canadian Journal of Zoology; Cell Stress and Chaperones; Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology; Crystal Growth and Design; Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata; Ecology; Evolution; European Journal of Entomology; Experimental Gerontology; Functional Ecology; Genetica; Genome; Heredity; Integrative and Comparative Biology; Journal of Chemical Ecology; Journal of Comparative Physiology; Journal of Crustacean Biology; Journal of Evolutionary Biology; Journal of Experimental Biology; Journal of Experimental Zoology; Journal of Gerontology; Journal of Insect Physiology; Journal of Insect Science; Journal of Theoretical Biology; Pan-Pacific Entomologist; Physiological and Biochemical Zoology; Physiological Entomology; Physiology and Behavior; Plant Biology; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA; Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Science
Book Proposals:
Book Chapters:
Chown, S.L. and S.W. Nicolson (2004). Insect Physiological Ecology: Mechanisms and
Patterns. Chapters on metabolism and water balance.