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PUBLICATIONS (undergraduate co-authors associated with my lab are underlined; grad students are italicized):

 

Clark, J.M and A. G. Gibbs. (2023). Extended larval development time and larval fat stores in starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246144

Murakami, K., J.C. Palermo, B.A. Stanhope, A.G. Gibbs, A.C. Keene (2021). A screen for sleep and starvation resistance identifies a wake-promoting role for the auxiliary channel unc79. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 11: jkab199 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab199

Rajpurohit, S., V. Vrkoslav, R. Hanus, A.G. Gibbs, J. Cvačka, P. Schmidt (2021). Post-eclosion temperature effects on insect cuticular hydrocarbon profiles. Ecology and Evolution 11:352–364.

Dizon, R., A. Solis, A. Essaqi, M. Isaacs, A. McKenna, A. Gibbs, D. Lee, S.L. Harris (2020). Fly Roller: Development of an Instrument to Exercise Fruit Flies. In: Latifi S. (eds) 17th International Conference on Information Technology–New Generations (ITNG 2020). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1134. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43020-7_59

Brown, E.B., M.E. Slocumb, M. Szuperak, A. Kerbs. A.G. Gibbs, M.S. Kayser and A.C. Keene (2019). Starvation resistance is associated with developmentally specified changes in sleep, feeding and metabolic rate. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb191049 doi: 10.1242/jeb.191049

Gibbs, A.G. (2019). News and Views article: When do we eat? The clock is ticking. Molecular Ecology 28: 33–34. doi:10.1111/mec.14962.

Rajpurohit, S., E. Gefen, A. Bergland, D.A. Petrov, A.G. Gibbs and P. Schmidt (2018). Spatiotemporal patterns of desiccation tolerance in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Ecology 27: 3525-3540. doi: 10.1111/mec.14814.

Hardy, C.M., M.K. Burke, L.J. Everett, M.V. Han, K.M. Lantz and A.G. Gibbs (2018). Genome-wide analysis of starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster - a genetic model of obesity. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35: 50-65. doi.org: 10.1093/molbev/msx254. PMID: 29309688

Etges, W.J., C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit and A.G. Gibbs (2017). Effects of temperature on transcriptome and cuticular hydrocarbon expression in ecologically differentiated populations of desert Drosophila. Ecology and Evolution 7: 619-637. doi:10.1002/ece3.2653. PMID: 28116058

Etges, W.J., C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit and A.G. Gibbs (2016). Effects of temperature on transcriptome and cuticular hydrocarbon expression in ecologically differentiated populations of desert Drosophila. Ecology and Evolution 7: 619-637. doi:10.1002/ece3.2653.

Rajpurohit, S., L.M. Peterson, A.J. Orr, A.J. Marlon and A.G. Gibbs (2016). An experimental evolution test of the melanism-desiccation hypothesis in insects. PLoS One 11(9): e0163414. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163414.

Etges, W.J., C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit and A.G. Gibbs (2016). Preadult life history variation determines adult transcriptome expression. Molecular Ecology 23: 741-763. doi: 10.1111/mec.13505

Hardy, C.M., R.T. Birse, M.J. Wolf, L. Yu, R. Bodmer, and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Obesity-associated cardiac dysfunction in starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster. American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative 309: R658-R667. doi:

Slocumb, M.E., J.M. Regalado, M. Yoshizawa, G.G. Neely, P. Masek, A.G. Gibbs and A.C. Keene (2015). Enhanced sleep is an evolutionarily adaptive response to starvation stress in Drosophila. PloS ONE 10(7): e0131275. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131275

Webber, M.M., A.G. Gibbs and J.A. Rodríguez-Robles (2015). Hot and not-so-hot females: reproductive tradeoffs associated with thermoregulation in female Arizona Bark Scorpions (Centruroides sculpturatus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 368-375.

Etges, W.J., M. Trotter, C.C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, A.G. Gibbs, and S. Tuljapurkar (2015). Dynamics of gene expression over the life cycle in different environments. Molecular Ecology 24: 151-179.

Enzmann, B.L., A.G. Gibbs and P.A. Nonacs (2014). The cost of being queen: investment across Pogonomyrmex harvester ant gynes that differ in degree of claustrality. Journal of Insect Physiology 134-142.

Masek. P., L.A. Reynolds, W.L. Bollinger, C. Moody, A. Mehta, A.G. Gibbs and A.C. Keene (2014). Altered regulation of sleep and feeding contributes to starvation resistance in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 3122-3132.

Taylor, K., K. Kleinhesselink, M.D. George, R. Morgan, T. Smallwood, A.S. Hammonds, P.M. Fuller, P. Saelao, J. Alley, A.G. Gibbs, D.K. Hoshizaki, L. von Kalm, C.A. Fuller, K.M. Beckingham, D.A. Kimbrell (2014). Toll meditated infection response is altered by gravity and spaceflight in Drosophila. PLoS One 9(1) e86485.

Rajpurohit, S., C.C. Oliveira, W.J. Etges and A.G. Gibbs (2013). Functional genomic and phenotypic responses to desiccation in natural populations of a desert drosophilid. Molecular Ecology 22: 2698-2715.

Aguila, J.R., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2013). Contribution of larval nutrition to adult reproduction in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 399-406.

Rajpurohit, S., O. Nedved and A.G. Gibbs (2013). Meta-analysis of geographical clines in desiccation tolerance of Indian drosophilids. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 164: 391-398.

Hoshizaki, D.K., A.G. Gibbs and N.D. Bond (2012). Fat body. In: R.F. Chapman's The Insects: Structure and Function, 5th ed., S.J. Simpson, eds. pp. 132-145. (Note: The publishers forgot to include the second and third authors in the first printing of this book.  Nichole and I may be included on later printings.)

Gibbs, A.G. and L.A. Reynolds (2012). Drosophila as a model for starvation: evolution, physiology and genetics. In Comparative Physiology of Food Limitation, Fasting and Starvation. M.D. McCue, ed. pp. 37-52.

Rajpurohit, S. and A.G. Gibbs (2012). Selection for body tergite pigmentation and correlated responses in trident: a case study in Drosophila melanogaster. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 287-294.

Gibbs, A.G. (2011). Critical temperatures and thermodynamics of cuticular transpiration. Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 1066-1069.

Bond, N.D., D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2010). The role of 20-hydroxyecdysone signaling in Drosophila pupal metabolism. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 157: 398-404.

Merkey, A.B., C.K. Wong, D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2011). Energetics of metamorphosis in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 1437-1445.

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.

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 E. Gefen (2009). Physiological adaptation and laboratory selection. In: Experimental Evolution T. Garland and M.R. Rose, eds. pp. 523-550.

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.

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.

Gibbs, A.G. and D.K. Hoshizaki (2008). Meeting report: Life is a gas. Fly 2: 1-2.

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. (2007). Waterproof cockroaches: the early work of J. A. Ramsay. Invited commentary for JEB Classics. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 921-922.

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.

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.

Hoshizaki, D.K. and A.G. Gibbs (2007). Integrating insulin signaling and stress responses. Invited commentary for Fly. 1: 110-112.

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.

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.

Quinlan, M.C. and A.G. Gibbs (2006). Discontinuous gas exchange in terrestrial insects. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology 154: 18-29.

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.

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.

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 Sonoran Desert Drosophila. Journal of Thermal Biology 28: 353-362.

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.J., 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.  Springer-Verlag, New York. pp. 207-213.

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.

Gibbs, A.G. (1999). Laboratory selection for the comparative physiologist. Journal of Experimental Biology 202: 2709-2718.

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. and E.L. Crockett (1998). Integrative and comparative aspects of lipid biology. American Zoologist 38: 265-267.

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., 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.

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.  (See what the reviewers thought of this book here.)

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 Academy of Sciences USA 88: 7257-7260. (Featured in Science News.)

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., Tokyo. pp. 39-57.

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.

Benson, A.A., S Chapelle, J.C. Nevenzel, J.L. Hakanson, L Bolis and A.G. Gibbs (1987). Environmental perturbations of gill molecular structure. In: Physiological Responses of Marine Organisms to Environmental Stresses. Dorigan, J.V. and F.L. Harrison, eds. US Department of Energy. pp. 29-33.

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. Seale, M.E. Boraas, R.J. Wassersug and A.G. Gibbs (1984). Functional conflicts between feeding and gas exchange in suspension-feeding tadpoles, Xenopus laevis. Journal of Experimental Biology 110: 91-98.

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):

Rajpurohit, S and A.J. Marlon. (2011). Pigmentation scoring method for Drosophila. Drosophila Information Service 94: 134-139.

Bond, N.D., A. Nelliot, M.K. Bernardo, M.A. Ayerh, K. Gorski, C.T. Woodard and D.K. Hoshizaki (2011). Ftz-F1 and matrix metalloprotease 2 are required for fat body remodeling in Drosophila melanogaster. Developmental Biology 360: 286-296.

Gefen, E. (2008). Sexual dimorphism in desiccation responses of the sand scorpion Smeringurus mesaensis (Vaejovidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 798-805.

Rangwala, R., R. Elumalai, C.H. 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 (first author presented work):

Gibbs, A.G. (2017). Effects of diet on genetically obese Drosophila. Feeding Behavior, Nutrition and Metabolism Workshop. 58th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA.

Gibbs, A.G., E.P. Jacobs, A.A. Caplan, D.Y. Clay, S.T. Patton (2017). Effects of diet on genetically obese Drosophila. 58th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA. Poster presentation.

Beaghly, T., A. Gibbs, T. Saitta and L. Raftery. (2017). Trade-offs between fecundity and survival in starvation-selected fly populations. 58th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA.

Gibbs, A.G., N. Parmar and P. Patel (2017). Physiological Evolution in Starvation-Selected Drosophila. 58th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA.

Clay, D., S. Patton and A.G. Gibbs (2016). Dietary effects on energy storage in Drosophila. Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. UNLV.

Patton, S., D. Clay and A.G. Gibbs (2016). Development and lipid storage in starvation-selected Drosophila. Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. UNLV.

Hardy, C., M. Burke, M. Han, L. Everett, K. Lantz, A. Gibbs (2016). Genome-wide analysis of starvation-selected Drosophila melanogaster- a genetic model of obesity. The Allied Genetics Conference. Orlando FL.

Etges, W.F., C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, A.G. Gibbs and A. Wiberg (2016). Localizing transcriptome model interactions in a drosophilid genome. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Austin TX.

Saitta, T.J and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Fecundity vs. starvation resistance: Resource allocation in starvation-selected Drosophila. 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.

Jacobs, P.E., A.A. Caplan and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Effects of altered diets on development and energy content of Drosophila melanogaster. Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. UNLV.

Saitta, T.J. and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Fecundity vs. starvation resistance: Resource allocation in starvation-selected Drosophila. Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. UNLV.

Gibbs, A.G. (2015). Evolution of obesity in Drosophila and the thrifty genotype hypothesis. International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health. Tempe AZ.

Hardy, C., R. Birse, M. Wolf and A. Gibbs (2015). Obesity-induced cardiac dysfunction in starvation-selected Drosophila. 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.

Etges, W.J., C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Adult transcriptome variation is determined by egg to adult development time in a desert drosophilid. Meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Lausanne, Switzerland.

Jacobs, P.E., A.A. Caplan and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Effects of altered diets on development and energy content of Drosophila melanogaster. Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Poster Session. UNLV.

Gibbs, A.G. (2015). Evolution of obesity in Drosophila and the thrifty genotype hypothesis. International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health. Tempe AZ.

Saitta, T.J and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Fecundity vs. starvation resistance: Resource allocation in starvation-selected Drosophila. 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.

Hardy, C., R. Birse, M. Wolf and A. Gibbs (2015). Obesity-induced cardiac dysfunction in starvation-selected Drosophila. 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.

Saitta, T.J and A.G. Gibbs (2015). Fecundity vs. starvation resistance: Resource allocation in starvation-selected Drosophila. Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer Poster Session. UNLV.

Slocumb, M.E., J.M. Regalado, M. Yoshizawa, G.G. Neely, P. Masek, A.G. Gibbs and A.C. Keene (2015). Enhanced sleep is an evolutionarily adaptive response to starvation stress in Drosophila. 56th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.

Gibbs, A.G., C.M. Hardy, M.L. Brewer, R.T. Birse and M.J. Wolf (2014). Cardiac myopathy and flight performance in starvation-selected Drosophila, or The case of the all-American flies. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Raleigh NC. (Video)

Hardy, C.M., R. Birse, M. Wolf and A.G. Gibbs (2014). Obesity-induced cardiac dysfunction in starvation-selected Drosophila. APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology. San Diego CA.

Brewer, M.L. and A.G. Gibbs (2014). The effects of selection for desiccation or starvation resistance on takeoff flight performance in Drosophila melanogaster. APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology. San Diego CA.

Masek, P., L. Reynolds, W. Bollinger, C. Moody, A. Mehta, A. Gibbs and A. Keene (2014). Selection for starvation resistance promotes sleep and inhibits foraging behaviors in Drosophila. 55th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. San Diego CA.

Padilla, S., P. Masek, L. Reynolds, C. Moody, A. Mehta, W. Bollinger, A. Gibbs and A.C. Keene (2013). Starvation-selection promotes sleep and inhibits foraging behaviors in Drosophila. Canadian Drosophila Research Conference, Vancouver BC.

Saitta, T. and A.G. Gibbs (2014). Fecundity vs. Starvation Resistance: Resource Allocation in Starvation-Selected Drosophila. Undergraduate Research Summer Poster Session. UNLV

Reynolds, L.A. and A.G. Gibbs (2013). Following the fat: Lipid storage as a starvation resistance strategy. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Snowbird UT.

Gibbs, A.G., S. Rajpurohit, L.M. Peterson and A. Orr (2013). Testing the melanism-desiccation hypothesis using experimental evolution. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco CA.

Reynolds, L.A. and A.G. Gibbs (2013). 20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) signaling delay in starvation resistant Drosophila. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco CA.

Reynolds, L.A. and A.G. Gibbs (2012). Ecdysone signaling in starvation resistant Drosophila. 53rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.

Kimbrell, D., C. Fuller, L. von Kalm, K. Beckingham, M. George, J. Parker, M. Thomson, D. Hoshizaki, A. Gibbs, J. Alley, K. Taylor, P. Fuller, K. Kleinhesselink, A. Hammonds, R. Morgan, T. Smallwood, and A. Kloehn (2012). Modeling the effects of altered gravity on the immune response using Drosophila. 53rd Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Chicago IL.

Etges, W.J., C.C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, A.G. Gibbs, M. Trotter, S. Tuljapurkar (2011). Life stage and age-specific genomic response to different host plants in populations of Drosophila mojavensis. Gordon Research Conference on Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics.

Etges, W.J., C.C. Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, A.G. Gibbs, M. Trotter, S. Tuljapurkar (2011). Ecological genomics of stage and age specific responses to different host plants in populations of Drosophila mojavensis. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Norman OK.

Gibbs, A.G., S. Rajpurohit, C.C. Oliveira and W.J. Etges (2011). Effects of temperature on gene expression in desert Drosophila. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City UT.

Reynolds, L.A. and A.G. Gibbs (2011). Physiological and life history consequences of starvation selection in Drosophila. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City UT.

Rajpurohit, S., C.C. Oliveira, W.J. Etges and A.G. Gibbs (2011). Functional genomics of desiccation tolerance in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City UT.

Rajpurohit, S., C.C. Oliveira, W.J. Etges and A.G. Gibbs (2010). Functional genomics of desiccation in desert adapted Drosophila mojavensis. APS Intersociety Meeting: Global Change and Global Science: Comparative Physiology in a Changing World. Westminster CO.

Reynolds, L. and A.G. Gibbs (2010). Physiological and life history consequences of starvation selection in Drosophila. APS Intersociety Meeting: Global Change and Global Science: Comparative Physiology in a Changing World. Westminster CO.

Etges, W.J., C.C. de Oliveira, S. Rajpurohit, G. Almeida, and A.G. Gibbs (2010). Ecological genomics of host use and mating status in cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Portland OR.

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, Boston MA.

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, San Antonio TX.

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, San Antonio TX.

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, San Antonio TX.

Merkey, A.B., C.K. Wong, D.K. Hoshizaki and A.G. Gibbs (2007). Metabolic depression in Drosophila melanogaster pupae. Physiological Ecology Meeting, Bishop CA.

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. Physiological Ecology Meeting, Bishop CA.

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 Arizona grasshoppers. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 1180.

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 Africa. Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa.

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 Africa. Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa.

Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2004). Population differences in stress-induced gene expression. IGERT Symposium on Evolutionary Genomics. Tucson AZ.

Vanier, C.H. and A.G. Gibbs (2004). Population differences in stress-induced gene expression. Keystone Conference on Natural Variation and Quantitative Genetics in Model Organisms. Breckenridge CO.

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.

Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2003). Effects of desiccation and starvation stress on gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Gordon Research Conference on Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics.

Vanier, C.H. and A.G. Gibbs (2003). Population differences in stress-induced gene expression. Gordon Research Conference on Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics.

Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2003). Effects of desiccation and starvation stress on gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for the Study of Evolution, Chico CA.

Vanier, C.H. and A.G. Gibbs (2003). Population differences in stress-induced gene expression. Society for the Study of Evolution, Chico CA.

Klein, B.A., A.G. Gibbs and K. Larsen (2003). Signatures of sleep in a paper wasp. International Sleep Society Conference, Chicago IL.

Vanier, C.H. and A.G. Gibbs (2003). Microarray data characterization and analysis: lessons learned. Nevada EPSCoR Research Symposium.

Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2003). Evolution of desiccation resistance in desert Drosophila. Nevada EPSCoR Research Symposium.

Gibbs, A.G. (2003). Evolution of water balance in natural and laboratory deserts: lessons from Drosophila. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch, Tucson AZ.

Gibbs, A.G. (2003). Evolution of water conservation mechanisms in Drosophila species. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch, Tucson AZ.

Klein, B.A., A.G. Gibbs and K.M.F. Larsen (2003). Signatures of sleep in the paper wasp Polistes flavus. Entomological Society of America, Cincinnati OH.

Gibbs, A.G. (2002). Evolution of water conservation mechanisms in Drosophila species. American Society of Physiologists, San Diego CA.

Vanier, C.H. and A.G. Gibbs (2002). Evolution of desiccation resistance in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster. American Society of Physiologists, San Diego CA.

Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (2002). Evolution of desiccation resistance in laboratory populations of Drosophila melanogaster. Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Tucson AZ.

Vanier, C.V. and A.G. Gibbs (2002). Variability in and analysis of microarray data. Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Tucson AZ.

Marron, M.T., T.A. Markow, K.J. Kain and A.G. Gibbs (2001). Effects of stress on energy metabolism in Drosophila. American Zoologist 41: 1513.