ALLEN G. GIBBS


INVITED SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS:
2004 Third International Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in Africa. Ithala Game Reserve, South Africa. Symposium on Water and Energy in Extreme Environments
2003 Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch. Tucson AZ. Symposium on Southwestern Ecosystems
2002 Fourth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science. Tucson AZ. Workshop on Molecular Adaptation.
2001 Second International Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in Africa. Chobe National Park, Botswana. Symposium on Metabolic Depression in Desert Animals.
2000 Entomological Society of America & Canadian Entomological Society. Montreal, Quebec. Symposium on Water Relations and Winter Survival of Insects.
1999 Fifth International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Symposium on Drosophila as a Model System for Comparative Physiologists and Biochemists.
1999 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division. San Francisco CA. Symposium on Life in Extreme Environments.
1996 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Albuquerque NM. Symposium on Responses of Terrestrial Invertebrates to Variation in Temperature and Water Availability: Molecular, Organismal and Evolutionary Approaches.
1996 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Albuquerque NM. Symposium on The Biology of Lipids: Integration of Structure and Function.
INVITED SEMINARS:
2003 Louisiana State University; Department of Biological Sciences
2001 University of Witswatersrand; Department of Biology
2001 University of Pretoria; Department of Zoology and Entomology
2001 University of Arizona; Department of Entomology
2001 Liverpool University; Department of Biological Sciences
2000 Northern Arizona University; Department of Biological Sciences
2000 University of Arizona; Center for Insect Science, Plant-Insect Group
2000 Center for Insect Science Hexapodium
1999 University of Arizona; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1999 University of Cincinnati; Department of Biological Sciences
1998 Pennsylvania State University; Department of Biology
1998 University of Nevada, Reno; Department of Biology
1997 University of California, Irvine; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1997 Stanford University; Hopkins Marine Station
1996 University of California, Riverside; Department of Biology
1994 Oregon State University; Department of Zoology
1994 University of San Diego; Department of Biology
1993 University of Southern California; Department of Biological Sciences
1993 University of California, San Diego; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1992 University of Nevada, Reno; Department of Biochemistry, Insect Research Group
1992 University of California, Irvine; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
1991 University of California, Los Angeles; Department of Physiology
1991 Arizona State University; Department of Zoology
1990 University of California, Davis; Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
POSTERS and CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS:
Vanier, C.H. and A.G. Gibbs (2003). Effects of desiccation and starvation stress on gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Society for the Study of Evolution, Chico CA.
Gibbs, A.G. and C.H. Vanier (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. Entomological Society of America.
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.
Gibbs, A.G. (2002). Evolution of water conservation mechanisms in Drosophila species. American Society of Physiologists, San Diego CA.
Vanier, C.V. and A.G. Gibbs (2002). Evolution of desiccation resistance in laboratory populations of Drosophila: physiological and molecular mechanisms. 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 (2002). Metabolic changes in Drosophila during desiccation and starvation stress. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Anaheim CA.
Gibbs, A.G., M.T. Marron, K.J. Kain and L.A. Althoff (2002). Water conservation mechanisms in Drosophila. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Anaheim CA.
Gibbs, A.G., S. Cleaves and T.A. Markow (2001). Cold tolerance and cold hardening in Drosophila species. Physiological Ecology Meeting, Bishop CA.
Marron, M.T. and A.G. Gibbs (2001). Metabolic changes in Drosophila during desiccation and starvation stress. Physiological Ecology Meeting, Bishop CA.
Gibbs, A.G. (2000). Waterproofing properties of cuticular lipids: implications for low temperature. Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Gibbs, A.G. and L. Matzkin (2000). Evolution of water balance in the genus Drosophila. Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Gibbs, A.G. and T.A. Markow (2000). Crone flies: water balance in aging Drosophila. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Bloomington IN.
Gibbs, A.G. and T.A. Markow (2000). Effects of age on water balance in desert Drosophila. Center for Insect Science; 7th Annual Poster Hexapodium. Tucson AZ.
Gibbs, A.G., M. Perkins and T.A. Markow (2000). Microclimates of cactophilic Drosophila. Center for Insect Science; 7th Annual Poster Science Hexapodium. Tucson AZ.
Drapeau, M., A.G. Gibbs and T.D. Long (2000). Mechanisms of reproductive isolation in yellow mutants. Annual Drosophila Genetics Conference.
Pierce, V.A. and A.G. Gibbs (1999). Physiological mechanisms of adaptation of Drosophila larvae to a novel compound, urea. Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry A 124:S35.
Gibbs, A.G. (1998). Do comparative and selection studies give the same answers? Evolution of water balance in Drosophila. American Zoologist 38:172A.
Rourke, B.C. and A.G. Gibbs (1998). Role of lipid physical properties in water loss from a grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes. American Zoologist 38:158A.
Montooth, K.L. and A.G. Gibbs (1998). Sex, flies, and videotape. Physiological Ecology Meeting, Bishop CA.
Gibbs, A.G. and L. Matzkin (1997). Evolution of water balance in the genus Drosophila. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Boulder CO.
Pierce, V. and A.G. Gibbs (1997). Physiological mechanisms of urea resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Boulder CO.
Young, H.P., J. Larabee, A. Gibbs and C. Schal (1997). Relationship between chromatographic profile and melting point of German cockroach hydrocarbons. Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Nashville TN.
Pierce, V.A. and A.G. Gibbs (1997). Physiological responses and adaptation to urea exposure in fruitfly populations: How do organisms adapt to novel chemical stresses? American Zoologist 37:144A.
Rourke, B.C. and A.G. Gibbs (1996). Geographic variation and thermal acclimation in grasshopper cuticular lipids. American Zoologist 36:47A.
Gibbs, A. (1996). Evolution of water balance in Drosophila. Physiological Ecology Meeting, Bishop CA.
Gibbs, A. (1995). Evolution of desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Montreal, Quebec.
Gibbs, A.G., A.K. Chippindale and M.R. Rose (1995). Evolution of desiccation resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. American Zoologist 35:95A.
Gibbs, A. and G.J. Blomquist (1994). Sex- and age-related changes in physical properties of cuticular lipids from houseflies, Musca domestica. Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Dallas TX.
Gibbs, A. (1994). Correlations between cuticular lipid composition and water loss rates of insects: half of the story. The Physiologist 37:A-69.
Gibbs, A. and T.A. Markow (1993). Geographic and sex-related variation in cuticular lipids of desert fruit flies. American Zoologist 33:38A.
Gibbs, A. and T.A. Mousseau (1992). Thermal acclimation of insect cuticle lipids: biophysical properties and lipid composition. American Zoologist 32:35A.
Gibbs, A. and T.A. Markow (1992). Inter- and intra-specific variation in Drosophila cuticle lipids. Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Berkeley CA.
Gibbs, A., T.A. Mousseau and J.H. Crowe (1991). Rates of thermal acclimation of insect cuticle lipids. American Zoologist 31:78A.
Gibbs, A. and J.H. Crowe (1991). FT-IR study of lipid phase transitions and water loss in insect cuticles. Biophysical Journal 59:353A.
Gibbs, A., T.A. Mousseau, H. Dingle and J.H. Crowe (1990). Genetic and acclimatory variation in cuticle lipids of grasshoppers, Melanoplus sanguinipes. American Zoologist 30:33A.
Gibbs, A. and J.H. Crowe (1990). Lipid phase transitions in insect cuticles studied using FT-IR. The Physiologist 33:A-62.
Gibbs, A. and G.N. Somero (1989). Lipid-protein interactions and pressure adaptation of Na-K-ATPase. American Zoologist 29:129A.
Gibbs, A. and G.N. Somero (1988). Adaptation of Na-K-ATPase levels in marine teleost gills: effects of size, depth, and activity. American Zoologist 28:20A.
Gibbs, A. and G.N. Somero (1988). Pressure adaptation of Na-K-ATPase. Second International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Baton Rouge LA.
Feder, M.E., D.B. Seale, M.E. Boraas, R.J. Wassersug and A.G. Gibbs (1983). Functional conflicts between feeding and gas exchange in suspension-feeding tadpoles of Xenopus laevis. American Zoologist 23:979.
Feder, M.E. and A.G. Gibbs (1982). Thermal acclimation of oxygen consumption, enzyme kinetics and lipids in salamanders. American Zoologist 22:962.