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Brian Barnes
Credit:
Todd Paris/UAF
Research Interests:
Physiological ecology and endocrinology of hibernating mammals; biological rhythms and sleep; overwintering biology of animals including insects. We work in field and laboratory settings investigating behavioral and physiological mechanisms by which animals cope with high-latitude winter and summer environments.
Brian
M.
Barnes
Professor of Zoophysiology
INBRE Director/PI
Toolik Co-PI
Office:
311 Irving 1 Bldg.
907-474-7649
Lab:
270 Arctic Health Research Bldg.
907-474-6067
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 757000
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000
- University of California, Riverside. B.S. in Biology, 1977
- Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station. Workshop on Biological Rhythms, 1977
- University of Washington. Ph.D. in Zoology, 1983. G.J. Kenagy, advisor
- University of California, Berkeley. Post-doctoral fellow, Departments of Zoology and Psychology, 1983-1986. P. Licht and I. Zucker, advisors
- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Biology and Wildlife: Assistant Professor of Zoophysiology, 1986-1991; Associate Professor, 1991-1999; Professor, 2000-current; Interim Director, IAB 2001; IAB Director, 2002-2021; Alaska INBRE Director, 2014-current; Toolik Field Station Co Science Director, 1998-current
- Secretary, Section in Comparative Endocrinology, American Society of Zoologists. 1994-1995
- N.S.F. Panel for Dissertation Improvement Grants, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1995
- University of Tromsø, Norway. Department of Arctic Biology. Visiting Scholar, 1995
- University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Chronobiology Research Group. Visiting Scholar, 1996
- N.S.F. Workshop developing a mission statement for the Toolik Field Station
- Chair, Toolik Field Station Steering Committee
- Chair, Laurence Irving and Per Scholander Memorial Lecture Committee
1997
Boyer, B.B. et al., 1997. Leptin prevents post-hibernation weight gain but does not reduce energy expenditure in arctic ground squirrels. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 118c, pp.405-412.
1996
Barnes, B.M., 1996. Relationships between hibernation and reproduction in male ground squirrels. In A. J. Hulbert, Nicol, S. C. , & Geiser, F. Adaptations to the cold: Tenth International Hibernation Symposium. Adaptations to the cold: Tenth International Hibernation Symposium. Armidale: University of New England Press, pp. 71-80.
Barnes, B.M., 1996. Sang froid: The supercooled "slumber" of the coldest mammal on Earth. The Sciences, 36(5), pp.12-14.
Barnes, B.M. et al., 1996. Overwintering in yellowjacket queens (Vespula vulgaris) and green stinkbugs (Elasmosthetus interstinctus) in subarctic Alaska. Physiological Zoology, 69, pp.1469-1480.
Linnell, J.D.C. et al., 1996. How vulnerable are denning bears to disturbance? A review. A study in connection with plans for the establishment of a military training area in Østlandet, Norway (In Norwegian). NINA Oppdragsmelding, 413, pp.1-19.
1995
Deviche, P. & Barnes, B.M., 1995. Introduction to the symposium: Endocrinology of Arctic birds and mammals. American Zoologist, 35, pp.189-190.
1993
Barnes, B.M., Omtzigt, C. & Daan, S., 1993. Hibernators periodically arouse in order to sleep. In G. L. Florant et al. Life in the Cold: ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms. Life in the Cold: ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms. Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 555-558.
Barnes, B.M. & Ritter, D., 1993. Patterns of body temperature change in hibernating arctic ground squirrels. In G. L. Florant et al. Life in the cold: ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms. Life in the cold: ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms. Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 119-130.
Boyer, B.B. et al., 1993. Molecular control of prehibernation brown fat growth in arctic ground squirrels. In G. L. Florant et al. Life in the cold: ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms. Life in the cold: ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms. Boulder: Westview Press, pp. 483-491.
Pages
- University of Washington, Department of Zoology.
- N.I.H. Cell and Molecular Biology Trainee, 1982-1983.
- University of California, Berkeley.
- N.I.H. Individual National Research Service Award Post-doctoral Fellowship, 1985-1986.
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- UAF Faculty Research Grants Program: "Periodic arousals and reproductive development in hibernating mammals," 1987; "DNA fingerprinting in arctic ground squirrels," 1989; "Sleep regulation in heterothermic mammals," 1993.
- NIH RO1 HD23383 (PI) "Endocrine responsiveness in heterothermic mammals," 1987-1996.
- NIH K04 HD000973 (PI) “Research Career Development Award”, 1992-1997.
- Durfee Foundation and Earthwatch (PI) “Student Field Expedition Awards”, 1990-1992.
- NIH and NSF conference grants for symposium "Endocrinology of arctic birds and mammals," (co PI with P. Deviche) 1994.
- NSF shared equipment grant (co-PI with D. Roby and others) 1994.
- American Heart Institutional Award for Graduate Research (co-PI with B. Boyer) 1995‑1999.
- NSF (PI) “An arctic residence facility for the Toolik Field Station, Alaska,” 1997-1999.
- American Heart Association Standard Grant Award 98-AK-303 (co-PI with B. Boyer) “Multi-tissue regulation of energy expenditure by uncoupling proteins,” 1998-2001.
- MJ Murdock Charitable Trust (PI) “Renovation of environmental chambers for support of arctic research,” 2000-2002.
- NSF 9819540 (PI) “Energetics, homeostasis, and life history in an arctic hibernator,” 1999-2002.
- NSF (PI) “Physiological limits to hibernation in large mammals,” 1999-2000.
- NSF (PI) “A cooperative proposal for the Toolik Field Station, Alaska,” 2000-2005; renewed 2005-2010.
- NSF EPSCoR (Research Focus Leader) “Integrative Approaches to Environmental Physiology,” 2000-2003.
- NSF (PI, collaborative research with J. Duman) “Studies on antifreeze proteins in arctic and subarctic insects,” 2001-2006, 2006-2008.
- US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (PI) “Hibernation genomics” 2005-2010.
- NSF (co-PI) “International Polar Year -- Arctic Observatory Network” 2007-2010.
- NSF (co-PI with D. O’Brien) “IPY: Extremes of hibernation physiology: patterns of expression, regulation, and limits” 2007-2010.
- Sigma Xi
- AAAS
- American Society of Mammalogists
- American Society of Physiology
- Society for the Study of Reproduction
- Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Reproductive Biology of Vertebrates
- Biological Rhythms
- Physiological Ecology of Over-Wintering
- Graduate Seminar in Physiology and Neurobiology
Past Graduate Students
- Sylvia Feder, M.S. 1990
- Mark Reed, M.S., 1993
- Olav Ormseth, M.S. 1997 (co-advised with B. Boyer)
- C. Loren Buck, Ph.D. 1998
- Kelly Hochstetler, Ph.D. (withdrew)
- William Toxvard, M.S. 2001
- Shawna Karpovitch M.S. 2002
- Jamie Barger, Ph.D. 2002 (co-advised with B. Boyer)
- Petter Kvadsheim, Ph.D., post-doc, 2001
- Todd Sformo, Ph.D., 2009
Past Post-Doctoral Fellows
- Øivind Tøien, Ph.D., post-doc then Research Associate, 1997-current