Updated August 2003


 

                                            CURRICULUM VITAE 

                                       Gregory E. Demas

 


 

 

Present Position                                                           Contact Information

 

Assistant Professor                                                        Phone (office): (812) 856-0158

Department of Biology,                                                   Phone (lab): (812) 855-6257

Center for the Integrative                                                 Fax: (812) 855-6705      

Study of Animal Behavior,                                               Email: gdemas@bio.indiana.edu

and Program in Neural Science                                      

Indiana University                                                                      

1001 E. 3rd Street                                                                                  

Bloomington, IN 47405                                                              

 


 

Education

 

Millersville University, Millersville, PA                               BA,         1991

Villanova University, Villanova, PA                                   MS,         1993

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD                         MA,         1995

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD                         PhD,        1998

  


 

Professional Experience

 

1991-1993         Research assistant under Dr. Michael Brown,

Professor, Department of Psychology,

Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

Emphasis: animal learning, foraging and spatial memory

 

1993-1998         Research assistant under Dr. Randy Nelson,

Professor, Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience,

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

Emphasis: neuroendocrine-immune functions, seasonality, aggression

 

1998- 2001        Postdoctoral fellow under Dr. Timothy Bartness,

Professor, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Biology,

Georgia State University Atlanta, GA.

Emphasis: neurobiology of energy metabolism, food hoarding

 

2001-present     Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Center for the Integrative Study

                        of Animal Behavior and the Indiana Molecular Biology Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

 

2002-present     Member, Program in Neural Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 


 

Honors and Awards

 

Dean’s List, Millersville University, 1988, 1990, 1991

Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, 1990

Graduation Honors (cum laude), Millersville University, 1991

Academic Scholarship, Villanova University, 1991-1993

Graduate Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1998

National Science Foundation Travel Award, 1996 

American Psychological Association Dissertation Award, 1997

Phi Beta Kappa, Johns Hopkins University, 1998

N. American Society for the Study of Obesity Young Investigator Award, 2001

American Physiological Society Research Award, 2002

Frank Beach Award in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, 2002

 


 

Areas of Research Interest

 

neuroendocrine-immune interactions                   

behavioral endocrinology

seasonality and biological rhythms                                                         

mechanisms of aggression/ social behavior

psychoneuroimmunology

behavioral neuroscience

stress physiology and behavior

 


  

Current Graduate Students

 

Nancy Beecher (Co-advisor) (PhD expected 2004), Environmental stress and immune function in anurans

Kelly Myer Polacek (PhD expected 2005), Gonadal steroid hormones and seasonal aggression in rodents

Devin Zysling (Co-advisor) (PhD expected 2007), Seasonal migration, stress and immunity in birds

 


 

Courses Taught

 

            Villanova University

Laboratory Instructor, Experimental Methods in Psychology (1991)

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Psychology (1992)

 

Johns Hopkins University

Instructor, Comparative Psychology of Sex, Aggression, and Social Learning (1995)

Teaching Assistant for:

                        Physiological Psychology (1993)

                        Motivation (1994)

                        Behavioral Endocrinology (1994, 1995)

                        Psychopharmacology (1995)

                        Animal Behavior (1996)

                        Systems Neuroscience (1996, 1997)

 

Indiana University

Physiological Ecology (Graduate, 2002, 2004)

            Endocrinology (Undergraduate, 2002, 2003)

     Biological Rhythms and Behavior (Graduate w/ Bill Timberlake, 2003)

 


 

Departmental Service

 

Biopsychology Colloquium Coordinator, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-1994

Graduate Student Steering Committee, Johns Hopkins University, 1994-1995

Teaching Assistant Selection Committee, Johns Hopkins, 1994-1998 (Chair, 1996-1998)

Internal Review Committee, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, 2001

Institutional Representative, Organization of Tropical Studies program, Indiana University, 2002

Internal Review Committee, Laboratory of Animal Resources, Indiana University, 2002

EEB Program Seminar Series coordinator, Indiana University, 2003-present

IU Imaging Research Center committee, 2003

Evolution and Development Faculty Search committee, 2003

 


 

Professional Service

 

            Grant Application Reviewer (ad hoc)

                        National Institutes of Health (NIH)

                        National Science Foundation (NSF)

            VENI Innovative Research Incentives (The Netherlands)

                             

Poster Judge, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (2001, 2003)

 

            Journal Reviewer (ad hoc)

Animal Learning & Behavior                                Naturwissenschaften

American Journal of Physiology                           Physiology & Behavior   

Biology of Reproduction                                      Behavioral Neuroscience

Journal of Biological Rhythms                             Canadian Journal of Zoology

Endocrinology                                                    Neuroendocrinology

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology                   J. of the Autonomic Nervous System

Journal of Pharmacology and                              Hormones and Behavior 

     Experimental Therapeutics                             Experimental Biology and Medicine

Proceedings of the National Academy                  Functional Ecology

    of Sciences                                                   Journal of Experimental Biology

      Psychoneuroendocrinology                                  Brain, Behavior and Immunity

            Developmental Psychobiology                             Immunobiology

     Regulatory Peptides                                           Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry

     Brazilian Journal of Medical and                          Behavioral Ecology

               Biological Research                                        Journal of Avian Biology

     Reproduction, Nutrition and Development            Biomedical Central (BMC) Physiology

 


 

Professional Memberships

 

Animal Behavior Society (ABS)

Society for Neuroscience (SFN) 

Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)

American Physiological Society (APS)

Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR)

N. American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)

Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS)

American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)

Indiana Academy of Sciences (IAS)

 


 

Grants Awarded

 

American Psychological Association Dissertation Improvement Award, 1996

National Institutes of Health Post-Doctoral NRSA Award, 1998-2001

NAASO Young Investigator Award, 1999-2001


American Physiological Society, Research Career Enhancement Award, 2002

National Institutes of Health RO1 Research Grant, in review

National Science Foundation Research Grant, in review

 


 

Publications

 

Books

 

Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., & Kriegsfeld, L.K.  (2002). Seasonal Patterns of Stress, Immune

        Function and Disease. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.

 

Journal Articles

 

1.  Brown, M.F. and Demas, G.E. (1994). Evidence for spatial working memory in honey bees (Apis

mellifera).  Journal of Comparative Psychology, 108:344-352.

 

2.  Demas, G. E. and Brown, M. F. (1995).  Honey bees are predisposed to win-shift but can learn to win-

stay. Animal Behaviour, 50:1041-1045.

 

3.  Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E., Huang, P.L., Fishman, M.C., Dawson, V.L., Dawson, T.M. and Snyder,

S.H. (1995). Behavioural abnormalities in male mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Nature, 378:383-386.

 

4.  Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L. and Kriegsfeld, L.J. (1995). The influence of season,

photoperiod and pineal melatonin on immune function. Journal of Pineal Research, 9:149-165.

 

5.  Burnett, A.L., Nelson, R.J., Calvin, D., Liu, J-X, Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Dawson,

T.M. and Snyder, S.H. (1996). Nitric oxide-dependent penile erection in mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide

synthase. Molecular Medicine, 2:288-296.

 

6.  Nelson, R.J., Asfaw, B., DeVries, A.C. and Demas, G.E. (1996).  Reproductive response to

photoperiod affects corticosterone and immunoglobulin G levels in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74:576-581.

 

7. Nelson, R.J., Fine, J.B., Demas, G.E. and Moffatt, C.A. (1996).  Photoperiod and population density

interact to affect reproductive and immune function in male prairie voles.  American Journal of Physiology,

270:R571-R577.

 

8.  Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1996).  Photoperiod and ambient temperature interact to affect

immune parameters in male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Biological Rhythms, 11:95-103.

 

9.  Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1996).  Reproductive and immune responses to

photoperiod and melatonin are linked in Peromyscus subspecies. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 179:819-825.

 

10.  Nelson, R.J. and Demas, G.E. (1996).  Seasonal changes in immune function. Quarterly Review of

Biology, 71:511-548.

 

11.  Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J., Kreuger, B. and Yarowsky, P.J. (1996).  Spatial memory deficits in

segmental trisomic (Ts[17(16)]65Dn) mice.  Behavioural Brain Research, 81:85-92.

 

12.  Demas, G.E., DeVries, A.C. and Nelson, R.J. (1997).  Effects of photoperiod and 2-deoxy-D-glucose-

induced metabolic stress on immune function in female deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). 

American Journal of Physiology, 272:R1762-R1767.

             

13.  Demas, G.E, Elliason, M. L., Dawson, T.M., Dawson, V.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Nelson, R.J. and Snyder,

S.H.  (1997).  Inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase increases aggression in mice. Molecular

Medicine, 3:610-616.

 

14.  Nelson, R.J. and Demas, G.E. (1997).  Role of melatonin in mediating seasonal energetic and

immunologic adaptations.  Brain Research Bulletin, 44: 423-430.

 

15.  Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1997).  Social, but not photoperiodic responsiveness on reproductive

function in Peromyscus aztecus.  Biology of Reproduction, 58:385-389.

 

16.  Demas, G.E., Chefer, V., Talan, M. and Nelson, R.J. (1997).  Metabolic costs of mounting an antigen-

stimulated antibody response in adult and aged C57BL/6J mice. American Journal of Physiology,

273:R1631-R1637.

 

17.  Demas, G.E., Williams, J.M. and Nelson, R.J.  (1997).  Amygdala but not hippocampal lesions impair

olfactory memory for mate in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). American Journal of Physiology,

273:R1683-R1689.

 

18.  DeVries, A.C., Gerber, J.M., Richardson, H.N., Moffatt, C.A., Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1997).

The effects of stress on corticosteroid levels and immune function in male house mice (Mus musculus)

and prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).  Journal of Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A, 118:655-663.

 

19.  Burnett, A.L., Poss, K., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Calvin, D.C., Dawson, T.M., 

Nelson, R.J., Tonegawa, S. and Snyder, S.H. (1997). Impaired sexual motivation and performance i

n mice lacking heme oxygenase-2.  Nature Medicine, 4:84-87.

 

20.  Demas, G.E, Nelson, R.J., Yarowsky, P. and Kreuger, B. (1997). Impaired spatial working and

reference memory in segmental trisomy (Ts65Dn) mice.  Behavioural Brain Research, 90:199-201.                          

 

21.  Demas, G.E and Nelson, R.J. (1998).  Exogenous melatonin enhances cellular, but not humoral

immune function in adult male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).   Journal of Biological Rhythms, 13:245-252.

 

22.  Demas, G.E and Nelson, R.J. (1998).  Photoperiod, ambient temperature and food restriction interact

to affect reproductive and immune function in adult male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).  

Journal of Biological Rhythms, 13:253-262.   

 

23.  Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1998).  Short-day enhancement of immune function is not mediated

by gonadal steroid hormones in adult deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).  Journal of Comparative

Physiology B, 168:419-426.

 

24.  Bentley, G.E., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J. and Ball, G.F. (1998).  Melatonin, immune function, and

reproductive state in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).  Proceedings of the Royal Society

of London B, 265:1191-1195.

                

25.  Nelson, R.J., Demas, G.E. and Klein, S.L. (1998).  Photoperiodic mediation of seasonal breeding and

immune function in rodents: A multi-factorial approach. American Zoologist, 38:225-236.

 

26.  Walensky L.D., Shi Z.T., Blackshaw, S., DeVries, A.C., Demas, G.E., Gascard, P., Nelson, R.J.,

Conboy, J.G., Rubin, E.M., Snyder, S.H., Mohandas, N. (1998). Neurobehavioral deficits in mice

lacking the erythrocyte membrane cytoskeletal protein 4.1. Current Biology, 8:1269-1272. 

 

27.  Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Dawson, T.M., Dawson, V.L., Snyder, S.H. and Nelson, R.J. (1999). 

Undisturbed circadian locomotor rhythms in mice with targeted disruption of neuronal nitric oxide

synthase. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 14:20-27.

 

28.  Demas, G.E., Moffatt, C.A., Drazen, D.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1999). Castration does not inhibit

aggressive behavior in adult male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster). Physiology & Behavior, 66:59-62.

 

29.  Kriegsfeld, L.J., Eliasson, M.J.L., Blackshaw, S., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J. and Snyder, S.H. (1999).

            Nocturnal motor coordination deficits in neuronal nitric oxide synthase knock-out mice.  Neuroscience, 89:311-315.

 

30.  Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (1999).  Effects of food deprivation and metabolic fuel utilization on

food hoarding by jirds (Meriones shawi).  Physiology & Behavior, 67:243-248.

 

31.  Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Blackshaw, S., Nelson, R.J. and Snyder, S.H. (1999). Elimination of

aggressive behavior in male mice lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Journal of         

Neuroscience, 19:RC30 (1-5).

 

32.  Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Burnett, A.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1999).  Ejaculatory abnormalities in

mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-/-).  Physiology & Behavior, 67:561-566.

 

33.  Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Poss, K.D., Tonegawa, S. and Nelson, R.J. (1999).  Circadian

locomotor rhythms in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for carbon monoxide synthesizing enzyme

heme oxygenase-2. Biological Rhythm Research, 30:282-289

 

34.  Jasnow, A.M., Bartness, T.J., Huhman, K.L., and Demas, G.E. (2000). Short-day increases in

aggression are inversely related to circulating testosterone concentrations in male Siberian hamsters

(Phodopus sungorus), Hormones and Behavior, 38:102-110.

 

35.  Sampei, K., Goto, S., Alkayed, N.J., Crain, B.J., Korach, K.S., Traystman, R.J., Demas G.E., Nelson,

R.J. and Hurn PD.(2000) Stroke in estrogen receptor a-deficient mice.  Stroke, 31:738-743.

 

36.  Demas, G.E., El-Bakry, H.A., Mintz, E.M., Zahran, W.M. and Bartness, T.J. (2001). Wheel-running

activity patterns in long and short days by five species of desert rodents. Biological Rhythm Research, 32:1-16.

 

37.  Bartness, T.J., Song, C.K. and Demas, G.E. (2001).  Central nervous system innervation of brown

adipose tissue.  In: Adipose Tissue, S. Klaus (Ed.)  Landes Bioscience: Georgetown, TX, pp. 97-115.

 

38.  Bartness, T.J., Demas, G.E. and Song, C.K.  (2001).  Central nervous system innervation of white

adipose tissue.  In: Adipose Tissue, S. Klaus (Ed.)  Landes Bioscience: Georgetown, TX, pp. 116-130.

 

39.  Bartness, T.J., Song, C.K. and Demas G.E. (2001).  Viral identification of SCN efferents to peripheral

tissue: Findings and implications for biological rhythms. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 16: 196-204.

 

40.  Drazen, D.L., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J. (2001). Leptin effects on immune function and energy

balance are photoperiod-dependent in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). Endocrinology, 142: 2768-2775.

 

41.  Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2001). A novel method for localized sympathetic nervous system

denervation of peripheral tissue using guanethidine Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 122: 21-28.

 

42.  Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2001). Direct innervation of body fat and adrenal medullary

catecholamines mediate photoperiodic changes in body fat. American Journal of Physiology, 281:R1499-1505.

 

43.  Jasnow, A.J., Drazen, D.L, Nelson, R.J., Huhman, K.L. and Demas, G.E. (2001).  Acute and chronic

social defeat suppresses humoral immunity of male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).  

Hormones and Behavior, 40:428-433.

 

44.  Demas, G.E., Bowers, R., Bartness, T.J. and Gettys, T.W. (2001).  Photoperiodic changes in gene

expression in adipose tissue in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). American Journal of

Physiology, 282:R114-R121.

 

45.  Demas, G.E., Drazen, D.L., Jasnow, A.J., Bartness, T.J. and Nelson, R.J. (2002).  Sympathoadrenal

system differentially affects photoperiodic changes in immune function in Siberian hamsters

(Phodopus sungorus), Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 14:29-35.

 

46.  Bartness, T.J., Demas, G.E. and Song C.K. (2002). Seasonal changes in adiposity: the roles of the

photoperiod, melatonin and sympathetic nervous system.  Experimental Biology and Medicine, 227: 363-376.

 

47.  Demas, G.E. (2002).  Splenic denervation blocks leptin-induced enhancement of humoral immunity in

Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus), Neuroendocrinology, 76:178-184.

 

48.  Drazen, D.L., Jasnow, A.J., Nelson, R.J. and Demas. G.E. (2002).  Short days, but not short-term

melatonin treatment, enhances humoral immunity in male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).

Journal of Pineal Research, 33: 118-124.

 

49.  Jasnow, A.J., Huhman, K.L., Bartness, T.J. and Demas, G.E. (2002). Short days and exogenous

melatonin increase aggression in male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus), Hormones and Behavior, 42:13-20.

 

50.  Demas, G.E and Nelson, R.J. (2003).  Lack of photoperiodic changes in humoral or cell-mediated 

immunity in a desert-dwelling rodent, Peromyscus aztecus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 173:171-176.

 

51.  Demas, G.E., Drazen, D.L. and Nelson, R.J. (2003).  Reduction in total body decreases humoral

            immunity, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Sciences B, 270:905-911.

 

52.  Demas, G.E., Drazen, D.L. and Nelson, R.J. (2003). In vivo and in vitro norepinephrine suppresses

lymphocyte proliferation in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus), American Journal of Physiology, 285:R873-R879

 

53.  Bartness, T.J. and Demas, G.E. (2003).  Comparative studies of food intake. In: Handbook of

Neurobiology, Vol. 10: Neurobiology of Food and Fluid Intake. E.M. Stricker and S. Woods (Eds). Kluwer Press, In press.

 

54. Demas, G.E. (2003). To Everything there is a season: Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal

changes in physiology. Naturwissenschaften, In press.

 

55. Demas, G.E. and Kreigsfeld, L.J. (2003). Biological Rhythms. In: Handbook of Endocrinology and

Endocrine Disorders, L. Martini (Ed.), Academic Press: New York NY, In press.

 

56.  Demas, G.E. (2003). The energetics of immunity. Hormones and Behavior, In press.

 

57.  Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Hotchkiss, A., Silverman, A-J., Silver, R., & Nelson, R.J. (2003). Brain   

            mast cells are influenced by estrus induction in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster).

            Hormones and Behavior, In press.

 

58. Nelson, R.J. and Demas, G.E. (2003). Seasonal patterns of stress and disease. Current Directions in Psychological

Science, In press.

 

59. Demas, G.E. (2003). Persistent photoperiodic effects on immune responsiveness: Shedding light on immunity.

American Journal of Physiology, In press.

  

 


 

Published Abstracts and Presentations

 

1.  Demas, G. E. and Brown, M. F. (1992, November). A preliminary analysis of spatial working memory in

honey bees.  Northeast Regional Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Aston, PA.

 

2.  Demas, G. E. and Brown, M. F. (1993, November). Performance of honey bees in a radial-arm maze

analog task.  Psychonomic Society, Washington, D.C.

 

3.  Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Nelson, R.J., Huang, P.L., Fishman, M.C., Dawson, V.L.,

Dawson, T.M. and Snyder, S.H. (1995, July). Increased sexual motivation in male mice lacking the

gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase.  Conference on Reproductive Behavior, Boston, MA.

 

4.  Klein, S.L., Poss, K.D., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Dawson, T., Snyder, S.H., Tonegawa, S. and

Nelson, R.J. (1995, July).  Mating behavior in male mice devoid of heme-oxygenase-2. Conference

on Reproductive Behavior, Boston, MA.

 

5.  Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Nelson, R.J., Burnett, A.L., Huang, P.L., Fishman, M.C.,

Dawson, V.L., Dawson, T.D. and Snyder, S.H. (July, 1995).  Reproductive behavior in male mice

lacking the gene for neural nitric oxide synthase.  Conference on Reproductive Behavior, Boston, MA.

 

6.  Klein, S.L., Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Nelson, R.J., Burnett, A.L., Huang, P.L., Fishman, N.C.,

Dawson, V.L., Dawson, T.M. and Snyder, S.H. (1995, November). Mating in male mice lacking the

gene for neuronal nitric oxide (nNOS) synthase.  Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

 

7.  Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Klein, S.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1996, May). Reproductive and immune

responses to photoperiod and melatonin are linked in Peromyscus subspecies.  Society for Research

on Biological Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL.

 

8.  Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Dawson, T.M., Snyder, S.H. and Nelson, R.J. (1996, May). 

Daily behavioral variation of male mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase.  Society

for Research on Biological Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL.

 

9.  Demas, G.E., Yarowsky, P.J., Kreuger, B.K. and Nelson, R.J. (1996, October).  Deficits in spatial

memory in segmental trisomic Ts65Dn mice. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Learning and Memory,

Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

 

10. Demas, G.E., Williams, J. and Nelson, R.J. (1996, November). Amygdala but not hippocampal lesions

disrupt olfactory memory for mate in female prairie voles.  Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.

 

11. Yarowsky, P.J., Demas, G.E., Klein, S.L., Kriegsfeld, L.K., Kreuger, B.K. and Nelson, R.J. (1996,

November).  Impaired spatial memory and behavioral anomalies in segmental trisomic Ts65Dn mice. 

Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

 

12. Demas, G.E., Chefer, V., Talan, M.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1997, May).  Melatonin coordinates energetic

and immune functions in adult and aged mice.  Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Baltimore, MD.

 

13. Demas, G.E., Williams, J.M. and Nelson, R.J. (1997, June).  Brain mechanisms underlying memory

for mate in Microtus ochrogaster.  Animal Behavior Society, College Park, MD.

 

14. Demas, G.E., Eliasson, M.J.L., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Dawson, T.M., Dawson, V.L., Nelson, R.J., and

Snyder, S.H. (1997, October).  Pharmacological inhibition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase increases

aggressive behavior in male mice.  Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

 

15. Kriegsfeld, L.J., Eliasson, M.J.L., Demas, G.E., Dawson, T.M., Dawson, T.M., Nelson, R.J., and

Snyder, S.H. (1997, October).  Circadian differences in nitric oxide activity in the cerebellum of mice. 

Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

 

16. Yarowsky, P., Demas, G.E., Kreuger, B. and Nelson, R.J. (1997, October). Ts65Dn mice display

deficits in both spatial working and reference memory.  Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

 

17. Walensky, L.D., Blackshaw, S., DeVries, A.C., Demas, G.E., Shi, Z-T., Mohandas, N., Nelson, R.J.

and Snyder, S.H. (1997, December). The discrete localization of erythrocyte protein 4.1 in mammalian

brain correlates with coordination and learning deficits in knock-out mice.  Conference on Cell Biology, Washington D.C.

 

18. Burnett, A.L., Johns, D.G., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Klein, S.L., Calvin, D.C., Demas, G.E., Schramm, L.P.,

Tonegawa, S., Nelson, R.J., Snyder, S.H. and  Poss, K. D. (1998, January). Ejaculatory abnormalities

in mice with targeted disruption of the gene for the carbon monoxide synthesizing enzyme heme

oxygenase-2.  American Urological Association, San Diego CA.

 

19. Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1998, May).  Photoperiod, ambient temperature and food restriction

interact to affect reproductive and immune function in adult male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). 

Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL.

 

20. Bentley, G.E., Demas, G.E., Nelson, R.J. and Ball, G.F. (1998, May).  Melatonin, immune function,

and the reproductive state in male European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).  Society for Research on

Biological Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL.

           

21. Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (1998, June).  Exogenous melatonin enhances cell-mediated, but not

humoral immune function in adult male deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus.  Society for Behavioral

Neuroendocrinology, Atlanta, GA.

           

22. Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Dawson, T.M. Dawson, V.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1998, June).  Circadian

locomotor analysis of mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS-/-).  Society

for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Atlanta, GA.

 

23. Bamshad, M, Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (1998, November).  Does white adipose tissue (WAT)

receive photic information directly from projections of retinal ganglion cells?  Society for Neuroscience,

Los Angeles, CA.

 

24. Demas, G.E., Kriegsfeld, L.J., Dawson, T.M., Dawson, V.L., Snyder, S.H. and Nelson, R.J. (1998,

November).  Reduced aggression in male mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase

(eNOS-/-).  Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA.

 

25. Sampei, K, Sawada, M., Crain, B.J., Alkayed, N.J., Korach, K.S., Traystman, R.J., Demas, G.E.,

Nelson, R.J. and Hurn, P.D. (1998, November).  Stroke in mice deficient in classical estrogen receptors

(ERKOa).  Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA.

 

26. Demas, G.E., Bamshad, M. and Bartness, T.J. (1999, June).  The role of estrogen in mediating

sympathetic nervous system outflow to white adipose tissue in female Siberian hamsters.  Society

for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Charlottesville, VA.

           

27. Kriegsfeld, L.J., Demas, G.E., Huang, P.L., Burnett, A.L. and Nelson, R.J. (1999, June). Ejaculatory

abnormalities in mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS-/-).  Society for

Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Charlottesville, VA.

 

28.  Demas, G.E., Bamshad, M. and Bartness, T.J. (1999, July).  Does estrogen mediate sympathetic

nervous system outflow to white adipose tissue in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)?  Society for

the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Clearwater, FL.

 

29.  Demas, G.E., Whitten, R.D. and Bartness, T.J. (1999, October).  The sympathetic nervous system

mediates short-day decreases in white adipose tissue (WAT) in Siberian hamsters.  Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL.

 

30.  Shi, H., Bamshad, M., Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (1999, October).  Neurochemical phenotypes

of CNS neurons that participate in the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) innervation of white adipose tissue

(WAT).  Society for Neuroscience, Miami, FL.

 

31. Drazen, D.L., Demas, G.E. and Nelson, R.J. (2000, August).  Leptin effects on immune function and

energy balance are photoperiod-dependent in Siberian hamsters.   Society for Research on Biological

Rhythms, Amelia Island, FL.

 

32. Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2000, August). The sympatho-adrenal system mediates short-day

decreases in white adipose tissue in Siberian hamsters. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Madrid, Spain.

 

33. Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2000, November). The sympathoadrenal mediation of fasting and

photoperiod-induced lipolysis in Siberian hamsters. North American Society for the Study of Obesity, Long Beach, CA.

                               

34. Drazen, D.L., Nelson, R.J., Bartness, T.J. and Demas, G.E. (2000, November).  Sympathoadrenal

            regulation of photoperiodic changes in immune function in Siberian hamsters.  Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

 

35. Demas, G.E. and Bartness, T.J. (2000, November).  Sympathoadrenal regulation of fasting-induced

            lipid mobilization in Siberian hamsters.  Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

 

36. Demas, G.E. (2001, June).  You’re getting on my nerves: sympathetic regulation of immune function

            in rodents.  Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Scottsdale, AZ.

 

37. Demas, G.E., Huhman, K.L., Bartness, T.J. and Jasnow, A.J. (2001, June).  Short-day increases in

aggression are mediated by melatonin in male Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Society for

Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Scottsdale, AZ. 

                               

38. Drazen, D.L., Demas, G.E., Schneider, J. and Nelson, R.J. (2001, June).  Leptin reverses the

immunosuppressive effects of short days and 2-DG in Siberian hamsters. Society for Behavioral

Neuroendocrinology, Scottsdale, AZ.

 

39. Bowers, R., Demas, G.E., Gettys, T.W. and Bartness, T.J. (2001, October). Photoperiodic regulation

            of gene expression in brown and white adipose tissue.  North American Society for

            the Study of Obesity, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

 

40. Demas, G.E., Bartness, T.J. and Jasnow, A.J. (2001, November).  The role of adrenal medullary

catecholamines in melatonin-induced aggression in Siberian hamsters.  Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

 

41. Drazen, D.L., Nelson, R.J. and Demas, G.E. (2001, November).  Differential effects of in vitro and in

vivo norepinephrine on photoperiodic changes in immunity in Siberian hamsters. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

 

42. Mintz, E.M., Victor, N.A., Jasnow, A.M. and Demas, G.E. (2001, November). Differential expression of

            c-fos in the brains of Siberian hamsters exposed to a pyrogenic or a non-pyrogenic antigen.

            Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

 

43. Bartness, T.J. and Demas, G.E. (2001, November).  A novel method for permanent chemical

            denervation of peripheral tissue using guanethidine. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

 

44. Banks, M.C., Faruzzi, A.N., Jasnow, A.M., Demas, G.E. and Huhman, K.L. (2001, November). 

Estrogen and testosterone decrease submissive behavior following defeat in female Syrian hamsters.

Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

 

45. Jasnow, A.M. and Demas, G.E. (2002, July).  Hormonal mechanisms of photoperiodic changes in

aggression in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus).  To be presented at the Animal

Behavior Society, Bloomington, IN.

 

46. Polacek, K.M. and Demas, G.E. (2002, November).  Surgical removal of body fat (lipectomy)

decreases humoral immunity of male Siberian hamsters. To be presented at the annual meeting

of the Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL.

 

47. Polacek, K.L. and Demas, G.E. (2003, June).  Blockade of glucocorticoids attenuates melatonin-induced increases in

aggression in Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). To be presented at the Society for Behavioral

Neuroendocrinology, Cincinnati, OH.

 

48. Demas, G.E. and Jasnow, A.M. (2003, November). Lesions of the central amygdala differentially affect social defeat-

induced decreases in humoral immunity. To be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,

New Orleans, LA.

 

49. Polacek, K.M., Johnson, C. and Demas, G.E. (2003). Social interactions affect reproductive and immune responses

            of male and female Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus). To be presented at the annual meeting of the

            Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA.

 

50. Zysling, D.A., Greives, T.J., Demas, G.E. and Ketterson, E.D. (2004). The effects of steroid hormones on female

            behavior and physiology: Evidence for intersexual conflict in the dark-eye junco (Junco hyemalis). To be

            presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology, New Orleans, LA.

 

51. Greives, T.J., Zysling, D.A., Demas, G.E. and Ketterson, E.D. (2004)   Immunological and behavioral responses to

            experimentally elevated testosterone in female dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis): some evidence for possible

            constraints on evolution? To be presented at the annual meeting    of the Society for Comparative and

            Integrative Biology, New Orleans, LA.

 


 

Invited Colloquia

 

1998     Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

            Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

 

1999     Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE

            Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX

            Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

2000     Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

            Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

 

2001     Symposium Chair, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Scottsdale, AZ.

 

2002     Department of Biology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.

            Frank Beach Award lecture, Society for Neuroscience, Orlando, FL.

 

2003     Department of Biology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

            Winter Animal Behavior Conference, Jackson Hole, WY.

            Tri-State Conference on Animal Learning and Behavior, Bloomington, IN

            Department of Biology, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN

            Biopsychology Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH