Curriculum Vitae: Jason P. Breves
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education
2010: Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering)
2006: M.S. University of Rhode Island (Oceanography)
2003: B.S. Roger Williams University (Marine Biology)
Publications
Breves, J.P., Seale, A.P., Helms, R.E., Tipsmark, C.K., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2010. Dynamic gene expression of GH/PRL-family hormone receptors in gill and kidney during freshwater-acclimation of Mozambique tilapia. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A. Submitted.
Breves, J.P., Watanabe, S., Kaneko, T., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2010. Prolactin restores freshwater-type mitochondrion-rich cells expressing Na+/Cl- cotransporter in hypophysectomized Mozambique tilapia. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 299: R702-R710.
Breves, J.P., Fox, B.K., Pierce, A.L., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2010. Gene expression of growth hormone family and glucocorticoid receptors, osmosensors and ion transporters in the gill during seawater acclimation of Mozambique tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. Journal of Experimental Zoology A 313: 432-441.
Breves, J.P., Hasegawa, S., Yoshioka, M., Fox, B.K., Davis, L.K., Lerner, D.T., Takei, Y., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2010. Acute salinity challenges in Mozambique and Nile tilapia: Differential responses of plasma prolactin, growth hormone and branchial expression of ion transporters. General and Comparative Endocrinology 167: 135-142.
Fox, B.K., Breves, J.P., Davis, L.K., Pierce, A.L., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2010. Tissue-specific regulation of the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor axis during fasting and re-feeding: Importance of muscle expression of IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA in the tilapia. General and Comparative Endocrinology 166: 573-580.
Breves, J.P., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2010. Ionoregulatory and endocrine responses to disturbed salt and water balance in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) exposed to confinement and handling stress. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 155: 294-300.
Kawatsu, S., Sato, K., Watanabe, Y., Hyodo, S., Breves, J.P., Fox, B.K., Grau, E.G., Miyazaki, N., 2010. A new method to calibrate attachment angles of loggers in swimming sharks. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2010: 732586, 6 pp.
Peddu, S.C., Breves, J.P., Kaiya, H., Grau, E.G., Riley, L.G., 2009. Pre- and postprandial effects on ghrelin signaling in the brain and on the GH/IGF-I axis in the Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus). General and Comparative Endocrinology 161: 412-418.
Fox, B.K., Breves, J.P., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2009. Effects of short- and long-term fasting on plasma and stomach ghrelin, and the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor I axis in the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 37: 1-11.
Uchida, K., Moriyama, S., Breves, J.P., Fox, B.K., Pierce, A.L., Borski, R.J., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2009. cDNA cloning and isolation of somatolactin in Mozambique tilapia and effects of seawater acclimation, confinement stress, and fasting on its pituitary expression. General and Comparative Endocrinology 161: 162-170.
Breves, J.P., Veillette, P.A., Specker, J.L., 2009. Ghrelin in the summer flounder: Immunolocalization to the gastric glands and action on plasma cortisol levels. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 152: 268-272.
Riley, L.G., Fox, B.K., Breves, J.P., Kaiya, H., Dorough, C.P., Hirano, T., Grau, E.G., 2008. Absence of effects of short-term fasting on plasma ghrelin and brain expression of ghrelin receptors in the tilapia, Oreochromis mossambicus. Zoological Science 25: 821-827.
Veillette, P.A., Breves, J.P., Reardon, D.R., Specker, J.L., 2006. Adaptation for water balance in the partial gastrointestinal tract of summer flounder. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 143: 211-217.
Breves, J.P., Specker, J.L., 2005. Cortisol stress response of juvenile winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Walbaum) to predators. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 325: 1-7.
