Curriculum Vitae
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[Present Positions] [Academic Experience] [Honors and Awards] [Memberships] [Fellowships and Grants] [Service] [Reviewer For] [Teaching Experience]
[Field Research Experience] [Publications] [Abstracts] [Symposia and Seminars]
Matthew S. Grober
PERSONAL
Born: 19 November 1959, New York, New York.
Family: Wife - Debra LeBlanc Grober; Children - Aaron (17), Mia (14) and Cory (14)
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Georgia State University
Member, Science and Technology Committee of Zoo Atlanta's Board of Directors (2007-)
Conservation Board Member, Georgia Aquarium (since 2005)
Advisory Board, Acta Ethologica (since 2005)
Advisory Board Member, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (Since 2003)
External Advisor to the Eco-ethology unit in the Institute for Applied Psychology, Lisbon,
Portugal (since 1996)
2003-2006: Director, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Scholars Program
1997-2005: Associate Editor, Acta Ethologica
1998-2001: Associate Professor of Physiology, Department of Life Sciences, Arizona State University West (ASUW, since 1998)
1998-2001: Consultant to Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. ([http://www.amylin.com/],San Diego, CA) on the digestive endocrinology of Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum)
1997-1999: Southwestern team member: NSF funded 'Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching Through Field Stations (FIRST) Project
1997 – 2001:Advising Scientist, Project Dragonfly (an organization for the development of scientific inquiry in children)
1996-1998: Assistant Professor of Physiology, Department of Life Sciences, ASUW
1992-1996: Assistant Professor of Zoology, Department of Biological Sciences, U. of Idaho
1988-1992: Postdoctoral Fellow, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University [Dr. Andrew Bass, Advisor]
1988: Ph.D., Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
[Dr. James Morin, Advisor]
1981: B.S., Marine Biology, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)
1977-1979: Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis
2000 Outstanding thesis director of the year nominee, ASU Honors College
1998 Hi-tech Poster Award, Association for the Study of Animal Behavior Meeting, Urbino, Italy
1994 Alumni Award for Faculty Excellence (University of Idaho)
1994 Who's Who in America biographee
1988 Outstanding Teaching Assistant (UCLA)
1987 Biology Department Fellowship (UCLA)
1986 Hortense Fishbaugh Memorial Scholarship (UCLA)
1985 Outstanding Student Paper Award, Western Society of Naturalists
1985 Biology Department Fellowship (UCLA)
1982 Outstanding Service Award for a Graduate (CSULB)
1981 Outstanding Graduate in Biology (CSULB)
1981 Service Commendation, Associated Students Inc. (CSULB)
1981 Phi Kappa Phi National Academic Honor Society
Associate Member, Sigma-Xi Scientific Research Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Ichthyologist and Herpetologists
International Society for Neuroethology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society for Neuroscience
Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Animal Behavior Society
JB Johnston Club
Western Society of Naturalists
American Institute of Biological Science
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS (active grants with bold dates)
2006-2010 National Science Foundation (NSF) # IOB0548567, Neuroendocrinology ($492,470)
2006-2007 Brains and Behavior Seed Grant co-PI ($30,000)
2005-2006 Brains and Behavior Seed Grant ($28,000)
2004-2005 Brains and Behavior Seed Grant ($35,000)
2002-2004 NIH-AREA grant, Co-PI ($100,000)
2003-2004 CBN Venture Grant; Affiliation Collaboratory ($28,000)
2003-2004 CBN Venture Grant; Aggression Collaboratory ($25,000)
2002-2003 CBN Venture Grant; Affiliation Collaboratory ($30,000)
2002-2003 CBN Venture Grant; Aggression Collaboratory ($30,000)
1997-2001 NSF Grant # IBN 9723817, program in Neuroendocrinology ($200,307)
1997-2000 JNICT - PRAXIS program [Portuguese] Co-Investigator ($70,000)
1998/9 ASU Research Incentive Award ($16,000 – with Dr. Gordon Schuett)
1999 NSF (REU) supplement ($5000)
1998 NSF (REU) supplement ($10,000)
1998, 96, 95 ASUWest Seed Grant ($5500)
1996/7 ASUWest Instructional Development Seed Grant ($3750)
1996/7 ASU Faculty Grant-in-Aid of Research ($6000)
1995/6 ASU Research Incentive Award ($16,000)
1996 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - Invitation Fellowship Program for Research in Japan ($5300)
1995/'96 Research Incentive Award, Arizona State University ($16,000)
1995/'96 ASUWest Scholarship, research and Creative Grant Program ($5500)
1995 NSF-Epscor mini-grant ($3000)
1994 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) supplement ($5625)
1994/5 Idaho State Board of Education Research Grant ($35,000)
1994 NSF (REU) supplement ($5000)
1994/'93/'92 University of Idaho Seed Grant ($6000 each)
1993-95 NSF Grant # IBN 9309555, program in Neuroendocrinology ($165,000)
1994/5 NIH IDeA Grant ($25,000)
1995'/93/'92 University of Idaho Travel Grant
1992, 1991 NIH National Research Service Award
1989, 1990 NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship
1988, 1987 Biology Department Fellowship (UCLA)
1987, 1983 University Travel Grant (UCLA)
1986 Hortense Fishbaugh Memorial Scholarship (UCLA)
1985/84 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship
1985, 1983 University Research Grant (UCLA)
1985, 83, 82 Organismal Biology Fund (UCLA)
1984 NIH Summer Training Grant (Marine Biological Laboratory)
1984 Sigma Xi, Grants in Aid of Research
1982 Women's League Scholarship (CSULB)
SERVICE (current service in bold type)
2003- Member, Advisory Board, Society for Behavioral Neurondocrinology
2003- Director, CBN Graduate Scholars Program
2003 Chair, Neuroscience faculty search committee
2002 Member, CBN seminar committee
2001 Member, local organizing committee for the 5th annual Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology meeting, Scottsdale, AZ
1997- Member, Policy Committee, Animal Behavior Society (National)
1999- Chair, Diving Control Board, ASU Scientific Diving Program
1996- Chair, Radiation Safety, ASUWest
1996-2000 Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, ASU
1997-1999 Director, Life Sciences seminar series, ASUWest
1996- 99 Chair, Curriculum Committee, Life Sciences, ASUWest
1996-1999 Member, Articulation Task Force, Arizona Biology Conference
1996 Member, Graduate Committee, ASUWest
1992-95 Chair, Idaho Division-Northern Rocky Mountain Chapter, Soc. Neurosci.
1994/5 Vertebrate Zoologist Search Committee (U of I)
1992/3 Zoology Curriculum Committee (U of I)
1992/3 Admissions and Support Committee (U of I)
1985-87 President, Biology Graduate Students Association (UCLA)
1985 Search Committee, Department of Biology (UCLA)
1981-83 President, Biology Students Association (CSULB)
Acta Ethologica American Zoologist Behavior Genetics Animal Behavior Bulletin of Marine Science Brain, Behavior and Evolution General and Comparative Endocrinology Journal of Evolutionary Biology Journal of Neurobiology J. Marine Biological Associate of the UK City Univeristy of New York Grants Competition |
American Naturalist Behavior Biology of Reproduction Journal of Morphology Marine Ecology Progress Series National Science Foundation Ophelia J. Molecular Endocrinology Journal of Neuroendocrinology Evolution Hormones and Behavior |
Georgia State University - 2001 to present
Animal Biology (2X), Evolution (1X), Graduate Biology Seminar (currently), Hormones and Behavior (3X) Evolution (2X)
Arizona State University, West – rotating schedule since 1996
Comparative Physiology (X5), Hormones and Behavior (X3), Human Sexual
Biology (X2), and Developmental Anatomy (Spring '00)
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa, Portugal
1997 - Human Sexuality: A comparative psychobiological approach
University of Idaho
1992 –1996: Introductory Zoology, Invertebrate Zoology, Ichthyology (X3), Stress, Aging and Neuron Death, The Metaphysics of Evolution
Cornell University
1991 - Co-instructor: Immunocytochemical Techniques.
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
1985 - Teaching Assistant, Neural Systems and Behavior Course.
UCLA, Teaching Fellow in the Department of Biology
1982-1987: Animal Behavior, Marine Invertebrate Zoology (X4), Animal Physiology (X4), Invertebrate Zoology (X2), Introductory Biology for majors (X3)
1997/1998/1999/2002 – Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies. Behavioral observations, field manipulations and specimen preparation for neuroendocrine studies of socially controlled sex change in the bluebanded goby.
1999 – University of the Azores. Behavioral observations, field manipulations and specimen preparation for neuroendocrine studies of alternative male reproductive tactics in an Atlantic Blenny.
1996/1997 - Universidade do Algarve, and Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa, Portugal. Behavioral observations, field manipulations and specimen preparation for neuroendocrine studies of alternative male reproductive tactics in two inshore fish species off the Portuguese coast.
1993 - 1995 - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Behavioral observations, field manipulations and specimen preparation for a neuroendocrine studies of sex and role reversal in the saddleback wrasse Thalassoma duperrey.
1988 - La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Behavioral observations and specimen preparation for an immunohistochemical study of sex reversal in the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum.
1985/1986 - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Neuroanatomical studies of the terminal nerve in the American Eel, Anguilla rostrata.
1984/1985 - San Blas Islands, Panama. Behavioral and ecological studies of theresponses of nocturnally active coral reef fauna to the bioluminescence produced by the brittle-star Ophiopsila riisei.
1983 - Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, Washington. Photometric studies of the total stimulable light production in luminescent pelagic tunicates.
1982 - Pisces II Cruise, Southern California Coast. Oceanographic studies of the distribution and abundance of commercially important pelagic fish larvae.
1982 - Hydrolab, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Ecological studies of the importation of energy to the coral reef benthic community by planktivorous damsel fish.
1982 - Long Beach, California. Ecological, behavioral, and morphological studies of luminescent ctenophores and non-luminescent pelagic tunicates.
1981 - La Paz, Mexico. Photometric and morphological studies of light production by luminescent pelagic tunicates from the Sea of Cortez.
In preparation:
Perry, A., J. Godwin, K. Semsar, J. Miranda and D. Ford and M.S. Grober. Preoptic vasotocin expression changes during adult sex reversal (Draft copy available)
Pearson, L.A. and M.S. Grober. The effect of dissolving pulp mill effluent on Coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch) smolts. (Draft copy available).
Allen, J., A.S. Norton, and M.S. Grober. A comparative study of GnRH-ir cells in the peripheral olfactory system of teleost fishes (Draft copy available).
Watkins, K. K., A, Canario, and M.S. Grober. The effects of exogenous androgens on arginine vasotocin peptide and mRNA in the preoptic area of the bluehead wrasse. (Draft copy available).
Marxer-Miller, S.K., S. L. Carlisle and M.S. Grober. A prostate-like gland allows for accurate sex assignment in a sexually ambiguous vertebrate. (Draft copy available).
In review:
Huddleston, G.G, J.C. Paisley, S. Graham, M.S. Grober and A.N. Clancy. Implants of estradiol conjugated to bovine serum albumin in the male rat medial preoptic area promote copulatory behavior. Neuroendocrinlogy.
Lorenzi, V., R. L. Earley, D. R. Pepper and M. S. Grober. Diurnal patterns and sex differences in cortisol, 11-ketotestosterone, testosterone, and estradiol in the bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.
In press:
Published:
Rodgers EW, Earley RL, Grober M.S. (2007) Social status determines sexual phenotype in the bi-directional sex changing bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli) Journal of Fish Biology 70:1660-1668.
Earley, R.L., J.T. Edwards*, O. Aseem, K.Felton, L.S. Blumer, M. Karom and M. S. Grober (2006) Social interactions tune aggression and stress responsiveness in a territorial cichlid fish (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus). Physiology and Behavior, 88: 353 – 363.
Scaggiante, M., M.S. Grober, V. Lorenzi and M.B. Rasotto (2006) Variability of GnRH secretion in two goby species with socially controlled alternative male mating tactics. Hormones and Behavior 50:107-117.
Rodgers EW, Earley RL, Grober M.S. (2006) Elevated 11- ketotestosterone during paternal behavior in the Bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli). Hormones and Behavior 49: 610-614.
Lorenzi, V., R.L. Earley, and M.S. Grober (2006) Preventing behavioural interactions with a male facilitates sex change in female bluebanded gobies Lythrypnus dalli. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59:715-722.
Grober M.S., E.W. Rodgers, H.N. Denman, and A.V.M. Canario. (2005) The interaction of social and steroidal influences in regulating transitons between adult sexual phenotypes.Hormones and Behavior 48: 104-104.
Rodgers EW, Earley RL, Grober MS (2005) 11-ketotestosterone and paternal behavior; Friends or foes? Hormones and Behavior 48: 122-122.
Black, M.P., J. Balthazart, M. Baillien and M.S. Grober. (2005)Socially induced and rapid increases in aggression are inversely related to brain aromatase activity in a sex-changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli. P Roy Soc Lond B Bio 272: 2435-2440.
Black, M.P., T.B Moore, A.V.M. Canario, D. Ford, R.H. Reavis and M.S. Grober. (2005) Reproduction in context: Field-testing a lab model of socially controlled sex change in Lythrypnus dalli, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 318: 127–143.
Schuett, G.W., D.L. Hardy, H.W. Grene, R.L.Earley,M.S. Grober, E.A. Van Kirk, and W.J. Murdoch. (2005) Sympatric species of rattlesnakes with contrasting mating systems show differences in seasonal patterns of plasma sex steroids. Animal Behavior 70: 257-266.
Drilling, C., and M.S. Grober. (2005) An initial description of alternative male reproductive tactics in the bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli. Environmental Biology of Fishes 72: 361–372.
Rodgers, E.W., S. Drane, and M.S. Grober. (2005) Sex reversal in pairs of Lythrypnus dalli: behavioral and morphological changes. Biological Bulletin: 208 120-126.
Scaggiante, M., M. S. Grober, V. Lorenzi and M.B. Rasotto (2004). Changes along the male reproductive axis in response to social context in a gonochoristic gobiid, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Teleostei, Gobiidae) with alternative mating tactics. Hormones and Behavior 46:607-617.
Schuett, G.W., M.S. Grober, E.A. Van Kirk, and W.J. Murdoch (2004). Long-term sperm storage and plasma steroid profile of pregnancy in a Western Diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). Herp. Review 35: 328-333.
Stokes, E.A., W. Lonergan, L.P. Weber, D.M. Janz, A.A. Poznanski, G.C. Balch, C.D. Metcalfe and M.S. Grober (2004) Decreased apoptosis in the forebrain of adult male medaka (Oryzias latipes) after aqueous exposure to ethinylestradiol. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 138:163-167.
Earley, R., L. Blumer and M.S. Grober. (2004) The gall of subordination: changes in gall bladder function associated with social stress. P Roy Soc Lond B Bio 271: 7-13.
Black, M., R. Reavis and M.S. Grober. (2004) Sex differences in behavior and isotocin in a sex-changing vertebrate. Neuroreport 1:185-189.
Carneiro, L.A., R.F. Oliveira, A.V.M Canário and M.S. Grober. (2003) The effect of arginine vasotocin on courtship behaviour in a blenniid fish with alternative reproductive tactics. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry28: 241–243, 2003.
M.P. Black and M.S. Grober (2003). Group sex, sex change and parasitic males: Sexual strategies among the fishes and their neurobiological correlates. Ann. Rev. Sex Res. 14: 160-184.
Miranda, J.A., R.F. Oliveira, L.A. Carneiro, R.S. Santos, and M.S. Grober (2003) Neurochemical Correlates of Male Polymorphism and Alternative Reproductive Tactics in the Azorean Rock-Pool Blenny, Parablennius parvicornis. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 132: 183-189.
Perry, A.N. and M.S. Grober (2003) A Model for Social Control of Sex Change: Interactions of behavior, neuropeptides, glucocorticoids and sex steroids. Hormones and Behavior 43: 31-38.
Grober, M.S., and A.H. Bass (2002) Life history, neuroendocrinology and behavior in fish. IN, Hormones, Brain and Behavior (Academic Press, NY), D. Pfaff, A.P. Arnold, A. M. Etgen, S. E. Fahrbach, R. T. Rubin, and L. Frank eds.
Grober, M.S., A.A. George, K.K. Watkins, L.A. Carneiro & R.F. Oliveira (2002) Forebrain AVT and courtship in a fish with male alternative reproductive tactics. Brain Research Bulletin 57:423-425.
Oliveira, R.F., N. Carvalho, J. Miranda, E. J. Gonçalves, M.S. Grober & R. S. Santos (2002) The relationship between the presence of satellite males and nest-holders' mating success in the Azorean rock-pool blenny Parablennius sanguinolentus parvicornis. Ethology 108: 223-235.
R.F. Oliveira, L.A. Carneiro, D.M. Gonçalves, A.V.M. Canário & M.S. Grober (2001) Effects of 11-Ketotestosterone inhibits the alternative mating tactic in sneaker males of the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo, Brain Behavior and Evolution 58:28-37.
Grober, M.S. (2001) Preface, Social Modulation of Brain and Behavior, 12th Annual Karger Workshop. Brain Behavior and Evolution 57: 237-238.
Bass, A.H. and M.S. Grober (2001) Social and neural modulation of sexual plasticity in teleost fish. Brain Behavior and Evolution 57: 293-300.
Oliveira, R.F., L.A. Carneiro, A.V.M. Canario and M.S. Grober (2001) Effects of androgens on social behavior and morphology of alternative reproductive males in the Azorean rock-pool blenny. Hormones and Behavior 39: 157-166.
Oliveira, R.F., A.V.M. Canario and M.S. Grober (2001) Male sexual polymorphism, alternative reproductive tactics, and androgens in combtooth blennies (Pisces: Blenniidae). Hormones and Behavior 40: 266-275.
Oliveira, R.F., A.V.M. Canario, M.S. Grober and R.S. Santos (2001) Endocrine correlates of male polymorphism and alternative reproductive tactics in the Azorean rock-pool blenny, Parablennius sanguinolentus parvicornis.. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 121: 278-288.
Oliveira, R.F., J. Miranda , N. Carvalho, E. J. Gonçalves, M.S. Grober and R. S. Santos (2000) Male mating success in the Azorean rock-pool blenny: the effects of body size, male behaviour and nest characteristics. J. Fish Biol. 57: 1416-1428.
Schuett, G.W. and M.S. Grober. (2000) Post-fight plasma lactate and corticosterone levels in male copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix (Serpentes, Viperidae): Differences between winners and losers. Physiol. Behav. 71:335-341.
Carlisle, S. L., S.K. Marxer-Miller, A. Canario, R.F. Oliveira, L.A. Carneiro, and M.S. Grober. (2000) Effects of 11-ketotestosterone on genital papilla morphology in the sex changing fish, Lythrypnus dalli. J. Fish. Biol. 57:445-456.
Godwin, J., R. Sawby, R.R. Warner, D. Crews and M.S. Grober. (2000) Hypothalamic arginine vasotocin mRNA abundance variation across sexes and with sex change in a coral reef fish. Brain, Behav. Evol. 55:77-84.
dos Santos, M.E., T. Modesto, R. Matos, M.S. Grober, R.F. Oliveira, and A. Canario. (2000) Sound production by the Lusitanian Toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus. Bioacoustics 10: 309-321.
Reavis, R.H. and M.S. Grober. (1999) An integrative approach to sex change: social, behavioural and neurochemical changes in Lythrypnus dalli (Pisces). Acta Ethologica. 2: 51-60.
Grober, M.S., G.Winterstein, V. Eroschenko, and A. Ghazanfar (1998) The effects of estradiol on Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone neurons in the developing mouse brain. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 112: 356-363.
Grober, M.S. (1998) Socially controlled sex change: integrating ultimate and proximate levels of analysis. Acta Ethologica 1:3-17.
Grober, M.S. (1997) Conserved neuroendocrine foundations give rise to diverse sexual phenotypes in fish. pgs. 2-20 IN, Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding (Westport, CT: Praeger), L. Ellis and L. Ebertz eds.
Grober, M.S. and T. Sunobe (1996) Serial adult sex change involves rapid and reversible changes in forebrain neurochemistry. Neuroreport 7: 2945-2949.
Grow, W. A., E. Kendall-Wassmuth, M.S. Grober, C. Ulibarri and M.B. Laskowski. (1996) Muscle fiber type correlates with innervation topography in the rat serratus anterior muscle. Muscle & Nerve 19:605-613.
Eroschenko, V.P., A.A. Abuel-Atta and M.S. Grober. (1995) Neonatal exposures to technical methoxychlor alters ovaries in adult mice. Repro. Toxicology 9:379-387.
Grober, M.S., T.R. Myers, M.A. Marchaterre, A.H. Bass and D.A. Myers. (1995) Structure, localization and molecular phylogeny of a GnRH cDNA from a paracanthopterygiian fish, the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 99:85-99.
Nevitt, G.A., M.S. Grober, M.A. Marchaterre and A.H. Bass. (1995) GnRH-like immunoreactivity in the peripheral olfactory system and forebrain of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar): A reassessment at multiple life history stages. Brain, Behav., Evol. 45:350-358.
Grober, M.S., C. Laughlin, S. Fox, and A. Bass (1994). GnRH cell size and number in a teleost fish with two male reproductive morphs: sexual maturation, final sexual status and body size allometry. Brain, Behav., Evol. 43:61-78.
Myers, D.A., T.R. Myers, M. S. Grober and P.W. Nathanielsz (1993). Levels of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus and Proopiomelanocortin mRNA in the anterior pituitary during late gestation in fetal sheep. Endocrinology 132 (5): 2109-2116.
Grober, M.S. and A.H. Bass (1991). Neuronal correlates of sex/role change in labrid fishes: LHRH-like immunoreactivity, Brain Behav. Evol. 38:302-312.
Grober, M.S., I.M.D. Jackson, and A.H. Bass (1991). Gonadal steroids affect LHRH preoptic cell number in a sex/role changing fish. J. Neurobiol. 22:734-741.
Grober, M.S. (1990) Luminescent flash avoidance in the nocturnal crab Portunus zantusii : I. The effects of luminescence and mechanical stimulation on heart rate. J. Exp. Biol. 148:415-426.
Grober, M.S. (1990) Luminescent flash avoidance in the nocturnal crab Portunus zantusii : II. Cardiac and visual responses to variations in simulated luminescent flashes. J. Exp. Biol. 148:427-448.
Grober, M.S. (1990) Aposematism and bioluminescence in coastal marine communities. In: Adaptive Coloration in Invertebrates. M. Wicksten, Ed. Texas A&M University Press.
Grober, M.S. (1989) Aposematic bioluminescence: a reply to Guilford and Cuthill. Anim. Behav. 37:341-343.
Grober, M.S. (1989) Starlight on the reef. Natural History. October, 1989.
Grober, M.S. (1988) Brittle-star bioluminescence functions as an aposematic signal to deter crustacean predators. Anim. Behav. 36:493-501.
Grober, M.S. (1988) Responses of tropical reef fauna to brittle-star luminescence. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 115:157-168.
Grober, M.S. (1988) The physiological, behavioral, and ecological responses of nocturnal marine fauna to benthic invertebrate bioluminescence. Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.
Grober, M.S., A.H. Bass, G. Burd, M. Marchaterre, N. Segil, K. Sholtz, and T. Hodgson (1987) The terminal nerve in Anguilla rostrata: An HRP-histochemical and immunocytochemical study. Brain Res. 436:148-152.
Galt, C.P., M.S. Grober, and P.F. Sykes (1985) Taxonomic correlates of bioluminescence among appendicularians (Urochordata: Larvacea). Biol. Bull. 168: 125-134.
Black, M., J. Balthazart, M. Baillien and M.S. Grober (2006) Socially-mediated Rapid increases in aggressive behavior precede corresponding decreases in brain aromatase activity in Lythrypnus dalli 1st Annual GA/SC Neuroscience Consortium Meeting
Graham, S., M.S. Grober and G. Schuett (2005) Seasonal timing of the mating period in cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus): Evidence from sex steroids, urogenital tract histology, and male sexual behavior. Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
Paisley, J, G. Huddleston, H. Denman, L. Carruth, M.S. Grober, A. Petrulis, and A. Clancy (2005) Inhibition of estrogen receptor synthesis in the medial preoptic area, but not he medial amygdala, reduces male rate mating behavior. Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Grober, M.S., E.W. Rodgers, H.N.Denman and A.V.M. Canario (2005) The interaction of social and steroidal influences in regulating transitions between adult sexual phenotypes. Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Rodgers, E. W., R.L.Earley and M.S. Grober (2005) 11-Ketotestosterone and paternal behavior: Friends or foes?Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Black, M.P., C.L.Mizell and M.S. Grober (2005) Isolation of a Social Fish: Effects on Brain and Behavior in Lythrypnus dalli. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Rodgers, E. W., and M.S. Grober (2004) Cabergoline administration implicates prolactin in the regulation of paternal care in Lythrypnus dalli Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Lorenzi, V., and M. S. Grober (2004) What sensory cues are necessary and/or sufficient to inhibit socially regulated sex change? Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Earley, R.L., L.S. Blumer, J. Edwards and M.S. Grober (2004) What circumstances elicit increased neuroendocrine stress axis activity in subordinates? Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Netherton J.D., M.S.Grober and R.L. Earley (2004) Temporal decay of cortisol in green swordtail fish (Xiphophorus helleri) following aggressive encounters: Differences between winners and losers? Hormones and Behavior 46: 117-118.
Black, M., J. Balthazart, M. Baillien, and M.S. Grober (2004) Rapid and correlated changes in brain aromatase activity and aggressive behavior are socially-mediated in Lythrypnus dalli Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Rodgers, E. W., and M.S. Grober (2004) Cabergoline administration implicates prolactin in the regulation of paternal care in Lythrypnus dalli Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Grober,M.S., G.W. Schuett and R.L. Earley. (2003) Hibernation-induced anorexia, binge feeding, and digestive physiology of Gila Monsters, Heloderma suspectum (Reptilia, Squamata). Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Leinen KA, Marxer-Miller S, Suchocki L, Grober M, Poznanski AA (2003) An examination of AVT expression in the preoptic nuclei of the adult male and female zebrafish, Danio rerio. Faseb Journal 17: A381-A382
Rodgers, E,, S. Drane and M..S. Grober (2003) Changes in neuropeptide Y producing cells during sex reversal in Lythrypnus dalli. Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Earley, R. L., K.Felton, J. D. Netherton, O.Aseem, J. Edwards, L. Blumer and M. S. Grober (2003) Integrative Analysis of Chronic Social Subordination in Convict Cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatum) Soc. Behav. Neuroendo. Abstr.
Black, M.P., M. Baillen, J. Balthazart and M.S. Grober (2003) Rapid decreases in brain aromatase activity at the onset of vertebrate sex change. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
M.P. Black, R. H. Reavis and M.S. Grober (2002) Sex differences in behavior and isotocin in a sex changing vertebrate. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
M.S. Grober, A. Perry, J. Godwin, K. Semsar, J. Miranda and D. Ford (2002) Preoptic vasotocin expression changes during adult sex reversal. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
B. Moore, ,R. Reavis and M. Grober (2001) Investigations of protogynous sex change in the Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli) in the field using artificial underwater habitats. 20th Annual Symposium of the American Academy of Underwater Scientists. (First Prize)
B. Moore,R. Reavis and M.S. Grober (2001) Investigations of protogynous sex change in the Bluebanded Goby (Lythrypnus dalli) in the field using artificial underwater habitats. Third Annual Symposium of the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Carneiro, L.A., R.F. Oliveira, A.A. George, K.K. Watkins & M.S. Grober (2001) Forebrain AVT and courtship in a sexually polymorphic fish. III European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology "Modern Views on Brain Homologies". Murcia, Spain
Oliveira, R.F.; Canário, A.V.M.; Carneiro, L.A. & Grober, M.S. (2000) Endocrine correlates of male sexual polymorphism in the Rock Pool Blenny. 20th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists. Faro, Portugal.
Carneiro L, R. Oliveira, A. George, K. Watkins and M. Grober (2000) Courtship in a sexually polymorphic fish: the role of Argine Vasotocin. Joint meeting of the VIth International Conference on Hormones, Brain and Behaviour & The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology . Madrid, Spain..
Grober, M.S. and G.W. Schuett (2000) Post-fight plasma lactate and corticosterone levels in male copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix (Serpentes, Viperidae): Differences in winners and losers. American Society of Ichthyologists and Hepetologists.
Marxer, S.K., S.L. Carlisle, A.V.M.Canario, R.F. Oliveira, L. Carneiro and M.S. Grober (2000) The effects of androgens on the internal reproductive structures of a hermaphroditic fish. American Society of Ichthyologists and Hepetologists.
Schuett, G.W. and M.S. Grober (2000) Post-fight plasma lactate and corticosterone levels in male copperheads, Agkistrodon contortrix (Serpentes, Viperidae): Differences in winners and losers. The Biology of Vipers Conference, Marielund, Sweden.
Miranda, J.A., M.S. Grober, and R. F. Olivera. (1999) Alternative mating strategies in the Azorean rock-pool blenny (Parablennius Sanguinolentus Parvicornis) National Minority Research Symposium.
George,A.A., K.K. Watkins, L.A. Carneiro, R.F. Oliveira, and M.S. Grober (1999) Courthsip in a sexually polymorphic fish: the role of vasotocin and gonadal steroids. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Poznanski, A.A, G. Dan Basu, M. Black and M. S. Grober (1999) An Examination of Neuropeptide Expression in the Preoptic Area of the Brain of the Zebrafish, Danio rerio.. Keystone Symposium on Endocrine Disruptors. Silverthorne, CO
Poznanski, A.A, G. Dan Basu, M. Black and M. S. Grober (1999) An Examination of Neuropeptide Expression in the Preoptic Area of the Brain of the Zebrafish, Danio rerio. FASEB 1999.
Hernandez, S., S. Marxer and M. S. Grober (1999) Effects of androgens on genital papilla morphology in a sex changing fish. Society for Intergrative and Comparative Biology, Denver, CO
Oliveira, R.F., M.S. Grober, A.V.M. Canário, and R.S. Santos (1999). Male sexual polymorphism in blenniid fishes: behavioural and neuroendocrine aspects. (Invited talk) European Science Foundation Workshop on "Evolutionay and Behavioural Ecology of Shallow Water Fishes", Tvarminne (Finland), 28-31 Mar 1999.
Oliveira, R.F., M.S. Grober, A.V.M. Canário, R.S. Santos, E.J. Gonçalves and V.C. Almada (1999). Male sexual polymorphism in blennies: integrating proximate mechanisms and life-history decisions. Symposia on "Indeterminate growth and life history evolution" convened by Barbara Taborsky - XXVI International Ethological Conference, Bangalore(india), 2-9 Aug 1999.
Oliveira, R.F., MS Grober, AVM Canário, RS Santos, EJ Gonçalves & VC Almada (1998). Polimorfismo sexual em blenídeos: uma abordagem funcional e causal. III Congresso Nacional de Etologia, Coimbra, 11-12 Dec 1998.
Miranda, J.A. and M.S. Grober (1998) Behavioral studies of sex change in the bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli): Lab vs. Field. National Minority Research Symposium.
Grober, M. S. Brain, Behavior and Evolution: Who's on first, What's on second, I don't know is on third? (1998) 18th Ann. Mtg. of the J.B. Johnston Club, Los Angeles, CA.
Oliveira, R. F., M. S. Grober, A. V.M. Canário, E. J. Gonçalves and V. C. Almada (1988) Male sexual polymorphism in the peacock blenny: integrating ultimate and proximate levels of analysis. Association for the Study of Animal Behavior Summer Meeting 1998 - "Individual variations in behaviour", Urbino, Italy
Grober, M. S., M.P. Black, and R.H. Reavis (1998) Social control of sex change: a synthesis of laboratory and field studies with implications for the conservation of protogynous fishes. International Symposium on Behavior and Conservation of Littoral Fishes, ISPA, Lisbon, Portugal.
Reavis, R. H. and M. S. Grober (1998) Synchronizing sex change in the blue-banded goby (Lythrypnus dalli): relationships between social, behavioral and neuroendocrine systems. International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Asilomar, CA.
Black, M., R. Reavis, and M. S. Grober (1998) Behavioral sex change in Lythrypnus dalli (Pisces: Gobiidae): An integration of lab and field observations. Western and Southwestern Regional Conference on Comparative Endocrinology.
Dos Santos, M., T. Modesto, R. Matos, M. Grober, R. Oliveira and A. Canário (1998) Sound Production by the Northeastern toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus. International Symposium on Behavior and Conservation of Littoral Fishes, ISPA, Lisbon, Portugal.
McIntyre, K. K., A. Canario, and M. S. Grober (1997) Androgen implants mediate arginine vasotocin expression in the preoptic area of a sex-reversing fish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Grober, M.S. and A. Bass (1996) From environmental variation to neurochemical divergence: comparative insights into sexual polymorphism in vertebrates. 16th Ann. Mtg. of the J.B. Johnston Club, Washington, DC.
Godwin, J., R. Sawby, R.R. Warner, D. Crews, and M. S. Grober. (1996) Adult sex reversal is associated with changes in AVT mRNA expression in the preoptic area. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
R. Reavis and M. S. Grober (1996) When fish change sex: reorganization of brain and behavior in Lythrypnus dalli, the bluebanded goby. Animal Behavior Society; Flagstaff, AZ.
Grober, M.S. and T. Sunobe (1995) Sex-specific and reversible changes in the size of AVT-ir cells in the preoptic area are associated with serial adult sex reversal. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
R. Sawby, A. A. Ghazanfar, C. Morrey, M. DeSantis and M.S. Grober (1995) Differential regulation of AVT peptide and mRNA correlates with naturally occurring adult sex change. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Grober, M.S. (1994) A Cladistic analysis of the Evolution of Gonadotropin Relaeasing Hormone (GnRH): multiple forms and multiple functions? 14th Ann. Mtg. of the J.B. Johnston Club, Miami, FL.
Grober, M.S. , R. Sawby and C. Morrey (1994) Salmon and Chicken-II type GnRH cDNA from the sex reversing fish Thalassoma duperrey. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Ghazanfar, A.A. and M.S. Grober (1994) Unique distribution of CRH-ir relative to AVT-ir in the brain of the saddleback wrasse: a novel characteristic of sex reversing vs. gonochoristic fish. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Grober, M.S. and A.S. Norton (1993) A comparative study of GnRH-ir cells in the peripheral olfactory system of teleost fishes. American Zoologist 33(5):37A.
Grober, M.S. (1993) Structure / function analysis of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH): an evolutionary approach. IUBS Symposium, "Advances in the Molecular Endocrinology of Fish". Toronto, Canada.
Grober, M.S., C. Laughlin, S. Fox, and A. Bass (1992) Ontogeny of GnRH cell number and size in the alternative mating morphs of the plainfin midshipman, Porichthys notatus. 3rd International Congress of Neuroethology. Montreal, Canada.
Grober, M.S., .A. Bass and D. Myers (1992) GnRH cDNA sequence from the sexually polymorphic teleost fish, Porichthys notatus. Soc. Neurosci Abstr.
Grober, M.S. (1991) Teleost sex reversal: Evolutionary novelty or conserved mechanisms. Ann. Mtg. Anim. Behav. Soc., University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC.
Grober, M.S., D. Myers, T. Myers, and A. Bass (1991) GnRH in the sexually polymorphic teleost fish, Porichthys notatus : Immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Nevitt, G.A., M.S. Grober and A. Bass (1991) GnRH immunoreactive somata in the peripheral and central olfactory system of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) : A life history analysis. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Grober, M.S. and A. Bass (1990) LHRH-positive cells in a sex reversing fish: sexual polymorphism and modulation by gonadal steroid hormones. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Grober, M.S. and A. Bass (1990) Neural consequences of alternative reproductive tactics in teleost fishes: LHRH-positive preoptic cells. 10th Ann. Mtg. of the J.B. Johnston Club, St. Louis, MO.
Grober, M.S. and A.H. Bass (1989) LHRH-like immunoreactivity in the brain of a sex reversing fish: modulation by gonadal steroid hormones. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr.
Grober, M.S. (1987) Ophiuroid bioluminescence: A keystone phenomenon in coral reef communities. American Zoologist 27(4):103A.
Grober, M.S. (1986) Ophiuroid luminescence: simple emission produces complex interactions. Ann. Mtg. Anim. Behav. Soc., University of Arizona, Tucson.
Grober, M.S. (1985) Luminescence in Ophiopsila riisei : A test of possible functions. 66th Ann. Mtg. Western Soc. Nat., Monterey, CA.
Grober, M.S. (1983) Luminescence in Renilla kollikeri (Cnidaria:Pennatulacea) inhibits decorating behavior and predation in juvenile Loxorhynchus grandis (Crustacea: Brachyura). 64th Ann. Mtg. Western Soc. Nat., Vancouver, B.C.
Grober, M.S. (1982) Rates of production of luminescent houses in larvaceans. 4th U.S. - Mexico Science Symposium, Calif. State Univ., Long Beach.
Grober, M.S., C.P. Galt, and P.F. Sykes (1981) Morphological correlates of bioluminescence in appendicularians (Urochordata, Larvacea). 62nd Ann. Mtg. Western Soc. Nat., Santa Barbara, CA.
SYMPOSIA (in bold type) AND INVITED SEMINARS
WABC – Steamboat Springs, CO January 2006
Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, CA (March, 2005)
Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, (April, 2005)
Invited speaker at the Center for Integrated Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB)Indiana University (Oct, 2004). Social control of vertebrate sex change: the long and the short of it.
ASAB meeting Invited speaker at the annual winter meetings of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), London, England (Dec, 2003). Tinbergen's sexy swimming and reproductive plasticity in fishes: conserved behavior patterns regulate dramatic variation in brain and behavior.
Presidential Symposium speaker at the annual meetings of the International Academy of Sex Researchers, Hamburg, Germany (Jun, 2002).
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (June, 2002)
Department of Biology, University of Minnesota, Duluth (April, 2002)
Invited participant in the NIH sponsored RISE symposium on Eco-Devo, University of Puerto, San Juan, Puerto Rico (March 2002).
Department of Zoology, University of South Dakota (March, 2002)
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma (December, 2001)
Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University (December, 2001)
Invited participant in the Symposium on Sexual Polymorphism in Vertebrates at the 27th International Ethological Conference, Tubingen, Germany (August 2001).
Department of Zoology, University of Florida (February, 2001)
Department of Biology, University of Memphis (January, 2001)
Department of Biology, Lehigh University (January, 2001)
Department of Biology, Florida International University (January, 2001)
Department of Biology, Georgia State University (November, 2000)
Department of Biology, University of Louisville (October, 2000)
Organized the 2000 Karger Workshop at the JB Jhonston Club, titled "Social modulation of brain and behavior." Proceedings will be published in Brain, Behavior and Evolution. Speakers: J.C. Wingfield (special guest), G.F. Ball, J. Balthazart, A. Bass, R. Huber, J. Pfaus, C. Summers.
Invited participant at the 34th Winter Conference on Brain Research. Session: Evolution Of Neurohypophyseal Peptide Systems: Why Sex Matters. Organizer: T.R. Insel - Participants: M.S. Grober, F.L. Moore, L.J. Young, G.J. De Vries
Invited participant in the International Behavioral Development Symposium 2000 - Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation and Sex-Typical Behavior, Minot State University, Minot, ND (May, 2000).
Departments of Biology and Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA (April, 2000)
Biopsychology Program, Hunter College, CUNY, NY (May 2000)
Interdisciplinary Exercise Science Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (March, 2000)
Department of Evolutionary, Population and Organismal Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder (January, 1999)
Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (October, 1998)
Invited participant in the International Symposium on Behavior and Conservation of Littoral Fishes, ISPA, Lisbon Portugal (April, 1998).
Biology Department, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix (February, 1998)
Biology Department, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff (November, 1997)
Invited participant in a satellite symposium of the 13th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology entitled The Comparative Biology of GnRH Neurons., Tokyo, Japan (November 1997)
Unidade de Investigação em Eco-Etologia in the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisboa, Portugal (July, 1996)
Unidade de Ciencias e tecnologias dos Recursos Aquaticos, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal (July, 1996)
Department of Aquatic Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Japan (March, 1996)
Nippon Medical School, Japan (March, 1996)
Department of Fisheries, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (March, 1996)
National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan (March, 1996)
Department of Zoology, ASU, Tempe (February 1996)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona (February 1996)
Organized and participated in a symposium on the neuroendocrine basis for sexual plasticity in vertebrates at the International Ethological Congress, Waikiki, HI (August, 1995)
Invited participant in the Neuroendocrinology Grantsmanship/Research Symposium. Washington State University, Pullman, WA. (July, 1995)
Invited participant in the International Behavioral Development Symposium - Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation and Sex-Typical Behavior, Minot State University, Minot, ND (May, 1995).
Life Sciences Department, ASU West, Phoenix, AZ (May, 1995)
Biology Department, California State University, Long Beach (April, 1995)
National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan (February, 1995)
Department of Physiology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo Japan (February, 1995)
Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan (Feb., 1995)
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State U., Corvallis, OR (Nov., 1994)
Institute for Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR (November, 1994)
Biology Department, California State University, Long Beach(September, 1994)
Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa (January 1994)
Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa (January 1994).
Washington State U. and U of Idaho Aquaculture Seminar Series (October 1993)
School of Fisheries, University of Washington (April, 1993)
Department of Zoology, Washington State University (March, 1993).
American Fisheries Society - Palouse chapter, Moscow, Idaho (December, 1992).
Washington State U. and U of Idaho Reproductive Biology Group (October, 1992).
Washington State U. and U of Idaho Ecology and Evolution Meeting (September, 1992).
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow (September, 1992).
The University of Maryland - Center of Marine Biotechnology (July, 1992).
Department of Biology, University of Idaho, Moscow (1991).
Department of Biology, University of Montreal (1991)
Department of Biology, Colorado State University (1990).
Department of Biology, California State University, San Diego (1988).
Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University (1988).
Invited participant in the Symposium on Adaptive Coloration in Invertebrates. American Society of Zoologists, New Orleans (1987).