Prof Ian Gibbins

Portrait by Judy Morris (2009): www.judymorris.net.au

Position/s:	Professor of Anatomy & Histology Anatomy & Histology
Phone:	work+61 8 82045271
Email:	ian.gibbins@flinders.edu.au
Location:	School of Medicine (6E:121)
Postal address:	GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Originally trained as a zoologist at Melbourne University, Ian did post-docs in Pharmacology at UCLA and the University of Vermont before coming to Flinders University as a National Heart Foundation Fellow. He has been in Anatomy & Histology at Flinders ever since. He teaches widely on the nervous system, musculo-skeletal function, and embryology. His research focuses on the microscopic structure and function of autonomic and sensory neurons, using a wide range of techniques including confocal and electron microscopy, multiple-labelling immunofluorescence, and intra-cellular electrophysiology. Quantitative image analysis and statistics are essential elements of this work.

In recent years, Ian has done a lot of "public science", especially in the fields of neuroscience and anatomy. Much of this work involves collaborations with artists. He is also a published poet and electronic musician.

For Ian's creative work, see: http://www.iangibbins.com.au and http://www.facebook.com/IanGibbins.poetry.music.science

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) in Zoology, University of Melbourne, 1977
PhD in Zoology, University of Melbourne, 1981
Fil.dr (h.c) [honorary doctorate], University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 1995

Honours, awards and grants

Burns-Alpers Clinical Teaching Award, 2002
Lawrie Austin Plenary Lecture on Neurochemistry, Australian Neuroscience Society, 2006
Flinders University Staff Award for Outstanding Contribution to the University, 2007
National Science Week Unsung Hero of Science Communication (with Marcello Costa), 2008

Continuous NHMRC funding since 1986.

Key responsibilities

Head of Anatomy & Histology
Convener of Flinders Microscopy & Image Analysis Facility
Co-Chair, South Australian Neuroscience Institute (SANI)

Teaching

Teaching interests

Major teaching and curriculum development into:

Years 1&2 of the Graduate Entry Medical Program, especially in Musculo-skeletal System, Brain & Behaviour, Embryology, and Introductory Anatomy & Histology.
Bachelor of Biomedical Science, especially Year 3 "Body Systems" and Laboratory Placements
Graduate Certificate in Neuroscience (Learning), an innovative program about neuroscience primarily for school teachers which ran from 2006-2010.

My teaching focuses on innovative content, assessment and delivery methods to engage the students with material that is interesting and relevant. In 2010, I had a Teaching and Learning Innovation Grant, with Artist in Residence, Catherine Truman, to find out how students interact with the complex learning environment in Anatomy teaching. This work continued in 2011 funded by an ANAT/Synapse grant.

Topic Coordinator:

MMED3932 Body Systems
NEUR8002 The Learning Brain
YEAR2_BMBS MusculoSkeletal System

Topic Lecturer:

YEAR1_BMBS Embryology
YEAR1_BMBS Introduction to Functional Anatomy & Neuroscience
YEAR2_BMBS Neuroanatomy

Research and consultancy

Research interests

Structure and function of the peripheral autonomic nervous system.

sympathetic pathways regulating gastro-intestinal activity
pelvic pathways to female genital tract
ganglionic transmission

Organisation of peripheral sensory neurons and their projections to the spinal cord.

peptidergic and non-peptidergic pain pathways
sensory innervation of female genital tract

Interactions between peripheral sensory and autonomic pathways.

Neuropeptides and non-synaptic transmission.

quantitative confocal microscopy of peptide diffusion and receptor binding
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Raster Image Correlation Spectroscopy

Main areas of interest:

Main techniques:
Multiple-labelling immunofluorescence.
Confocal microscopy, including fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
Electron microscopy.
Quantitative image analysis, including 3D reconstructions and their quantitative analysis.
Intra-cellular electrophysiology.

Publications

Book chapters

Gibbins, I.L., 2004. Peripheral autonomic pathways. In THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 134-189.

Refereed journal articles

Vilimas, P.I., Yuan, S., Haberberger, R.V., & Gibbins, I.L., 2011. Sensory innervation of the external genital tract of female guinea pigs and mice. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(7), 1985-1995.

Yuan, S., Gibbins, I.L., Zagorodnyuk, V.P., & Morris, J.L., 2011. Sacro-lumbar Intersegmental Spinal Reflex in Autonomic Pathways Mediating Female Sexual Function. The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

bastian, I., Tam Tam, S., Zhou, X., Kazenwadel, J., Van der Hoek, M., Michael, M.Z., Gibbins, I.L., & Haberberger, R.V., 2011. Differential expression of microRNA-1 in dorsal root ganglion neurons. Histochemistry and Cell Biology, 135, 37-45.

Haberberger, R.V., Tabeling, C., Runciman, S.I., Gutbier, B., Konig, P., Andratsch, M., Schuette, H., Suttorp, N., Gibbins, I.L., & Witzenrath, M., 2009. Role of sphingosine kinase 1 in allergen-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling and hyperresponsiveness. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 124(5), 933-941.

Ruthenbeck, G.S., Carati, C.J., Gibbins, I.L., & Reynolds, K.J., 2008. A virtual reality 3D jigsaw for teaching anatomy. Studies in health technology and informatics, 138, 436-438.

van Wijngaarden, P., Brereton, H.M., Gibbins, I.L., Coster, D.J., & Williams, K.A., 2007. Kinetics of strain-dependent differential gene expression in oxygen-induced retinopathy in the rat. Experimental Eye Research, 85(4), 508-517.

Zagorodnyuk, V.P., Gibbins, I.L., Costa, M., Brookes, S.J., & Gregory, S.J., 2007. Properties of the major classes of mechanoreceptors in the guinea pig bladder. Journal of Physiology-London, 585(1), 147-163.

Gibbins, I.L. & Morris, J.L., 2006. Structure of peripheral synapses: autonomic ganglia. Cell and Tissue Research, 326(2), 205-220.

Morris, J.L., Konig, P., Shimizu, T., Jobling, P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2005. Most peptide-containing sensory neurons lack proteins for exocytotic release and vesicular transport of glutamate. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 483(1), 1-16.

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Book chapters

Gibbins, I.L., 2004. Peripheral autonomic pathways. In THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM. San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 134-189.

Refereed journal articles

Vilimas, P.I., Yuan, S., Haberberger, R.V., & Gibbins, I.L., 2011. Sensory innervation of the external genital tract of female guinea pigs and mice. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 8(7), 1985-1995.

Yuan, S., Gibbins, I.L., Zagorodnyuk, V.P., & Morris, J.L., 2011. Sacro-lumbar Intersegmental Spinal Reflex in Autonomic Pathways Mediating Female Sexual Function. The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Ruthenbeck, G.S., Carati, C.J., Gibbins, I.L., & Reynolds, K.J., 2008. A virtual reality 3D jigsaw for teaching anatomy. Studies in health technology and informatics, 138, 436-438.

Gibbins, I.L. & Morris, J.L., 2006. Structure of peripheral synapses: autonomic ganglia. Cell and Tissue Research, 326(2), 205-220.

Morris, J.L., Gibbins, I.L., & Jobling, P., 2005. Post-stimulus potentiation of transmission in pelvic ganglia enhances sympathetic dilatition of guinea-pig uterine artery in vitro. Journal of Physiology-London, 566(1), 189-203.

van Wijngaarden, P., Coster, D.J., Brereton, H.M., Gibbins, I.L., & Williams, K.A., 2005. Strain-dependent differences in oxygen-induced retinopathy in the inbred rat. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 46(4), 1445-1452.

Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., Lewis, R.J., & Morris, J.L., 2004. Differential expression of calcium channels in sympathetic and parasympathetic preganglionic inputs to neurons in paracervical ganglia of guinea-pigs. Neuroscience, 127(2), 455-466.

Morris, J.L., Ozols, D.I., Lewis, R.J., Gibbins, I.L., & Jobling, P., 2004. Differential involvement of N-type calcium channels in transmitter release from vasoconstrictor and vasodilator neurons. British Journal of Pharmacology, 141(6), 961-970.

Gibbins, I.L., Jobling, P., Teo, E.H., Matthew, S.E., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Heterogeneous expression of SNAP-25 and synaptic vesicle proteins by central and peripheral inputs to sympathetic neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 459(1), 25-43.

Gibbins, I.L., Jobling, P., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Functional organization of peripheral vasomotor pathways. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, 177(3), 237-245.

Baker, S.J., Morris, J.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2003. Cloning of a C-terminally truncated NK-1 receptor from guinea-pig nervous system. Molecular Brain Research, 111(1-2), 136-147.

Gibbins, I.L., Teo, E.H., Jobling, P., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Synaptic density, convergence, and dendritic complexity of prevertebral sympathetic neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 455(3), 285-298.

Lee, D., Helps, S.C., Gibbins, I.L., Nilsson, M., & Sims, N.R., 2003. Losses of NG2 and NeuN immunoreactivity but not astrocytic markers during early reperfusion following severe focal cerebral ischemia. Brain Research, 989(2), 221-230.

Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Functional organization of vasodilator neurons in pelvic ganglia of female guinea pigs: comparison with uterine motor neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 459(3), 223-241.

Morris, J.L., Jobling, P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2002. Botulinum neurotoxin A attenuates release of norepinephrine but not NPY from vasoconstrictor neurons. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 283(6), H2627-H2635.

Anderson, R.L., Jobling, P., Matthew, S.E., & Gibbins, I.L., 2002. Development of convergent synaptic inputs to subpopulations of autonomic neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 447(3), 218-233.

Morris, J.L., Jobling, P., Shimizu, T., & Gibbins, I.L., 2002. Interleukin-1 receptor immunoreactivity in sympathetic vascular and non-vascular neurons in guinea-pig coeliac ganglion. Neuroscience Letters, 333(1), 54-58.

Anderson, R.L., Morris, J.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Neurochemical differentiation of functionally distinct populations of autonomic neurons. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 429, 419-435.

Anderson, R.L., Jobling, P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Development of electrophysiological and morphological diversity in autonomic neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 86(3), 1237-1249.

Axelsson, M., Olson, C., Gibbins, I.L., Holmgren, S., & Franklin, C., 2001. Nitric oxide, a potent vasodilator of the aortic anastomosis in the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 122, 198-204.

Shimizu, T., Morris, J.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Expression of immunoreactivity to neurokinin-1 receptor by subsets of cranial parasympathetic neurons: correlation with neuropeptides, nitric oxide synthase, and pathways. Experimental Neurology, 172, 293-306.

Jobling, P., Messenger, J.P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Differential expression of functionally identified and immunohistochemically identified NK1 receptors on sympathetic neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology, 85(5), 1888-1898.

Morris, J.L., Anderson, R.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in cutaneous sympathetic and sensory neurons during development of the guinea pig. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 437, 321-334.

Morris, J.L., Gibbins, I.L., & Jobling, P., 2001. Differential inhibition by botulinum neurotoxin A of cotransmitters released from autonomic vasodilator neurons. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 281, H2124-H2132.

Refereed conference papers

Yuan, S., Vilimas, P.I., Zagorodnyuk, V.P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2008. Activation of pudendal-spinal-pelvic pathways controlling female reproductive tract in guinea-pigs. Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc., 18.

Ruthenbeck, G.S., Carati, C.J., Gibbins, I.L., & Reynolds, K.J., 2007. A virtual reality tool for teaching anatomy. Australasian Physical and Engineering Science in Medicine, 30(4), 417-418.

Conference publications

Vilimas, P.I., Yuan, S., Haberberger, R.V., & Gibbins, I.L., 2011. Specialised sensory innervation of the clitoris and external genitalia of female guinea-pig. Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc, 21.

Yuan, S., Zagorodnyuk, V.P., Haberberger, R.V., & Gibbins, I.L., 2011. Activity of mechanosensitive neurons innervating the urethro-genital region of female guinea-pigs. Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc., 21.

Yuan, S., Vilimas, P.I., Zagorodnyuk, V.P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2010. c-Fos identification of spinal neurons activated by the urethro-genital reflex in female guinea-pigs. Proc. Aust. Neurosci. Soc, 20.

Gibbins, I.L., Vilimas, P.I., Yuan, S., Bens, J., & Morris, J.L., 2009. Sensory innervation of the external genitalia of female guinea-pigs. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 29th Annual Meeting, 19, 82-82.

Yuan, S., Vilimas, P.I., Zagorodnyuk, V.P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2009. Mapping pudendal-lumbar spinal-pelvic pathways controlling female reproductive tract in guinea-pigs. Proceedings Australian Neuroscience Society 29th Annual Meeting, 19, 109-109.

Anderson, R.L., Clarke, J.N., Malapira, L.D., Buckley, N.C., Vilimas, P.I., & Gibbins, I.L., 2009. Terminals of glutamatergic nociceptors form microdomains in lamina I of the mouse dorsal horn. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society 29th Annual Meeting.

Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., Lewis, R.J., & Morris, J.L., 2004. Pathway dependent expression of calcium channels in paracervical ganglia of female guinea-pigs. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 73-73.

Grillet, S.J., Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2004. Release of substance P from sensory nerves in guinea pig bronchi is resistant to botulinum neurotoxin A. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 15, 69-69.

Gibbins, I.L., Horn, J.P., Davis, B.M., Albers, K.M., & Morris, J.L., 2004. Ganglionic transmission matches increased growth of sympathetic final motor neurons in NGF-overexpressing mice. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY.

Morris, J.L., Gibbins, I.L., & Jobling, P., 2004. Non-nicotinic ganglionic transmission in vasodilator pathway from lumber spinal cord to pelvic arteries. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN NEUROSCIENCE SOCIETY.

van Wijngaarden, P., Brereton, H.M., Coster, D.J., Gibbins, I.L., & Williams, K.A., 2004. Strain-associated angiogenic heterogeneity amongst inbred rats in a model of oxygen-induced retinopathy. EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH.

Steward, A., Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Immunoreactivity for vesicular glutamate transporter 1 in paracervical ganglia of the guinea-pig. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 14, POS-126.

Morris, J.L., Shimizu, T., Jobling, P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2003. Vesicular glutamate transporters, VGluT1 AND VGluT2, are absent from most terminals of peptide-containing sensory neurons (Poster). Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 14.

Baker, S.J., Morris, J.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2003. Truncated neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1tr) mRNA is widespread throughout the guinea-pig nervous system and viscera (Poster). Proc Austr Neurosci Soc, 14.

Gibbins, I.L., Konig, P., Jobling, P., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Most unmyelinated sensory terminals lack proteins required for exocytosis of small synaptic vesicles (Poster). Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 14.

Jobling, P., Steward, A., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Synaptic inputs to pelvic vasodilator neurons in female guinea-pigs (Poster). Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 14.

Morris, J.L., Ozols, D.I., Lewis, R.J., Gibbins, I.L., & Jobling, P., 2003. Conotoxins distinguish between different functional populations of peptide-releasing vasomotor neurons (Poster). Proceedings of the 5th Australian Peptides Conference.

Ozols, D.I., Vilimas, P.I., Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Differential involvement of N-type calcium channels in neurotransmission from perivascular neurons. (Abstract). Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 14, POS-123.

Anderson, R.L., Shimizu, T., Jobling, P., Morris, J.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2002. Extrasynaptic actions of substance P in sympathetic ganglia. Neuroscience 2002, 5, 827.19-827.19.

Shimizu, T., Morris, J.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Neurokinin-1 receptor localisation in guniea-pig cranial parasympathetic ganglia. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 12, 114-114.

Morris, J.L., Jobling, P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Cranial vasodilator pathways to the mouse lingual vasculature. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 12, 113-113.

Morris, J.L., Gibbins, I.L., Vilimas, P.I., & Jobling, P., 2001. Botulinum toxin cleavage of SNAP-25 produces differential blockade of peptide and non-peptide neurotransmission. Proceedings of the 4th Australian Peptides Conference.

Anderson, R.L., Jobling, P., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Developing prevertebral sympathetic neurons receive fast and slow excitatory post-synaptic potentials before their electrophysiological phenotype can be identified. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 784-784.

Anderson, R.L., Matthew, S.E., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Dendritic growth and rate of synapse formation varies in distinct topographical regions of the developing coeliac ganglion. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 12, 116-116.

Brooks, J.H., Morris, J.L., & Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Preganglionic bouton number, soma size and synaptic density in the vagus nerve of the toad Bufo marinus. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 12, 112-112.

Gibbins, I.L., 2001. Innervation of cutaneous effectors by autonomic and sensory neurons. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress for Microcirculation.

Gibbins, I.L., Brooks, J.H., Matthew, S.E., & Morris, J.L., 2001. Quantitative rules for preganglionic synapse formation onto final motor neurons in the toad. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 767-767.

Gibbins, I.L., Shimizu, T., Jobling, P., Morris, J.L., Baker, S.J., Messenger, J.P., & Anderson, R.L., 2001. Atypical NK1 tachykinin receptors modulate neuronal excitability in sympathetic ganglia. Proceedings of the 4th Australian Peptide Conference.

Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2001. Electrophysiological characteristics and synaptic environment of vasodilator neurons controlling pelvic and lingual vasculature. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 789-789.

Jobling, P., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2001. Electrophysiological properties and synaptic environment of pelvic vasodilator neurons. Proceedings of the Australian Neuroscience Society, 12, 115-115.

Jobling, P., Morris, J.L., Gibbins, I.L., & Vilimas, P.I., 2001. Differential inhibition of co-transmitter release from autonomic vasomotor neurons by botulinum neurotoxin A. Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, 758-758.

Other public research outputs

Gibbins, I.L., 2009. Not Absolute.

Jobling, P., Steward, A., Gibbins, I.L., & Morris, J.L., 2003. Synaptic inputs to pelvic vasodilator neurons in female guinea-pigs (Abstract). Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical, 106, 11-12.

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Professional and community engagement

Science and Art
Regular public lectures, performances and installations, often in collaboration with artists, including:
    With Body in Mind, Flinders Medical Centre, 2007.
    Body, Brain and the New Science of Communication, Australian Book Review Lecture, 2007.
   Poetic Science: bodies, brains and the art of experimentation, with Natasha Mitchell, ABC Radio National All in the Mind 2008.
    Not Absolute, installation including video, sounds & texts with Catherine Truman, Judy Morris, Flinders University City Gallery, 2009.
   Playing with Your Mind, with Ronnie Taheny, Marcello Costa, Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 2009.
   Anatomy & Imagination, Royal Institution, Australia, 2010.
   Poetry installations at RiAus (2009) and Flinders Medical Centre (2005, 2009).
Regular reviews of science books for Australian Book Review.

Poetry and music
Full length collection of poetry, Urban Biology, published by Friendly Street Poets / Wakefield Press in 2012, with CD.
Poems published in Australian Book Review, Blue Dog, Going Down Swinging, Blast, Page Seventeen, Transnational Literature, Southerly, Friendly Street Poets.
Poems finalists or commendations in national competitions including Australian Book Review, Newcastle Poetry Prize, Max Harris Poetry Award, Page Seventeen.
Poem (Field Guide) selected for Best Australian Poems 2008.
Audio-poem (Dirt Track) selected for Going Down Swinging 30th Anniversary Edition CD; broadcast on ABC Radio National Poetica, January 2011.
Commissioned text for Australian Dance Theatre's "Be Your Self" premiered at Adelaide Festival of the Arts 2010 and toured Europe January-March 2011; contributed text to ADT's 2012 Adelaide Festival production, Proximity.
Electronic music produced as niteshifter for limited release and occasional public performances, including at Arts Theatre with Marcello Costa and Ronnie Taheny, Adelaide, 2008.

Expertise for media contact

Autonomic Nerves nerves controlling the internal organs, blook vessels and skin.
Sensory Nerves nerves responding to changes in the internal or external environment; pain
Embryology the development of the body and its components from a fertilised egg
General Anatomy how the body is put together and how it works
Cultural History of Anatomy the social and scientific framework within which the study and practice of human anatomy has developed
Microscopy using advanced technology to image molecules, cells and tissues

Subject/s

Anatomy
Autonomic Nerves
Embryology
Microscopy
Neuroscience
Skin

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