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Luciano Matias Matzkin

  • Associate Professor, Entomology
  • Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
  • Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-1955
  • Marley, Rm. 641F
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • lmatzkin@arizona.edu
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  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Ecology and Evolution
    • Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States
    • Sequence variation, molecular evolution and subfunctionalization of alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) paralogs in Drosophila mojavensis and Drosophila arizonae
  • B.S. Biological Sciences
    • University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States

Work Experience

  • University of Alabama in Huntsville (2011 - 2017)
  • University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California (2008 - 2011)
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2007 - 2008)
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (2003 - 2007)

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Courses

2023-24 Courses

  • Dissertation
    EIS 920 (Fall 2023)
  • Independent Study
    EIS 699 (Fall 2023)
  • Research
    EIS 900 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Dissertation
    EIS 920 (Spring 2023)
  • Independent Study
    EIS 699 (Spring 2023)
  • Research
    EIS 900 (Spring 2023)
  • Rsrch Ecology+Evolution
    ECOL 610A (Spring 2023)
  • Dissertation
    EIS 920 (Fall 2022)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Fall 2022)
  • Independent Study
    EIS 699 (Fall 2022)
  • Meth In Ento & Insect Science
    EIS 792 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Dissertation
    EIS 920 (Spring 2022)
  • Entomology
    EIS 596A (Spring 2022)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Spring 2022)
  • Independent Study
    EIS 699 (Spring 2022)
  • Dissertation
    EIS 920 (Fall 2021)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Fall 2021)
  • Independent Study
    EIS 699 (Fall 2021)
  • Meth In Ento & Insect Science
    EIS 792 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Spring 2021)
  • Meth In Ento & Insect Science
    EIS 792 (Spring 2021)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    BIOC 553 (Fall 2020)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    ECOL 553 (Fall 2020)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    EIS 553 (Fall 2020)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    MCB 553 (Fall 2020)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Fall 2020)
  • Research
    EIS 900 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Directed Research
    ACBS 492 (Spring 2020)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Spring 2020)
  • Research
    EIS 900 (Spring 2020)
  • Thesis
    EIS 910 (Spring 2020)
  • Directed Research
    ACBS 492 (Fall 2019)
  • Directed Research
    ECOL 492 (Fall 2019)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Directed Research
    ECOL 392 (Spring 2019)
  • Honors Thesis
    MCB 498H (Spring 2019)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    MIC 399 (Spring 2019)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    BIOC 553 (Fall 2018)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    ECOL 553 (Fall 2018)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    MCB 553 (Fall 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    MCB 498H (Fall 2018)
  • How Insects Conquered Earth!
    ENTO 170C2 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Directed Research
    NSCS 392 (Spring 2018)
  • Directed Rsrch
    MCB 392 (Spring 2018)
  • Honors Independent Study
    MCB 399H (Spring 2018)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    BIOC 553 (Fall 2017)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    ECOL 553 (Fall 2017)
  • Funct+Evolutnry Genomics
    MCB 553 (Fall 2017)

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

  • Matzkin, L. M., & Markow, T. A. (2013). Transcriptional differentiation across the four cactus host races of Drosophila mojavensis. In Speciation: Natural Processes, Genetics and Biodiversity(pp 119-136). Nova Science Publishers Inc.
  • Deckert-Cruz, D. J., Matzkin, L. M., Jr., J., & Rose, M. R. (2004). Electrophoretic analysis of methuselah flies from multiple species.. In Methuselah flies: A case study in the evolution of aging(pp 237-248). World Scientific Publishing Co.

Journals/Publications

  • Diaz, F., Allan, C. W., Markow, T. A., Bono, J. M., & Matzkin, L. M. (2021). Gene expression and alternative splicing dynamics are perturbed in head transcriptomes of heterospecifically mated females.. BMC Genomics, 35, 153-166. doi:10.1186/s12864-021-07669-0
  • Diaz, F., Kuijper, A., Hoyle, R., Coleman, J. M., Talamantes, N., & Matzkin, L. M. (2021). Environmental predictability drives adaptive within- and transgenerational plasticity of heat tolerance across life stages and climatic regions. Functional Ecology, 35, 153-166. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13704
  • Benowitz, K. M., Coleman, J. M., Allan, C. W., & Matzkin, L. M. (2020). Gene expression in the Drosophila mojavensis brain reveals tissue specific cis-regulatory and compensatory evolution across populations. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12(8), 1407-1418. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa145
  • Jaworski, C. C., Allan, C. W., & Matzkin, L. M. (2020). Chromosome-level hybrid de novo genome assemblies as an attainable option for non-model organisms. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20, 1277-1293. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13176
  • Khallaf, M. A., Auer, T. O., Grabe, V., Depetris-Chauvin, A., Ammagarahalli, B., Zhang, D., Lavista-Llanos, S., Kaftan, F., Weibflog, J., Matzkin, L. M., Rollmann, S. M., Lofstedt, C., Svatos, A., Dweck, H. K., Sachse, S., Benton, R., Hansson, B. S., & Knaden, M. (2020). A male pheromone promotes incipient isolation through conserved peripheral sensory pathways.. Science Advances, 6(25). doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba5279
  • Allan, C. W., & Matzkin, L. M. (2019). Genomic analysis of the four ecologically distinct cactus host populations of Drosophila mojavensis. BMC Genomics. doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6097-z
  • Benowitz, K. M., Coleman, J. M., & Matzkin, L. M. (2019). Assessing the architecture of Drosophila mojavensis locomotor evolution with bulk segregant analysis.. G3.
  • Coleman, J. M., Benowitz, K. M., Jost, A. G., & Matzkin, L. M. (2018). Behavioural evolution accompanying host shifts in cactophilic Drosophila larvae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 8, 6921-6931. doi:10.1002/ece3.4209
  • Diaz-Gonzalez, F., Allan, C. W., & Matzkin, L. M. (2018). Adaptive amino acid evolution at odorant and gustatory receptors associated with host adaptation in cactophilic Drosophila. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18, 144. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1250-x
  • Bono, J. M., Matzkin, L. M., Hoang, K., & Brandsmeier, L. (2015). Molecular evolution of candidate genes involved in post-mating-prezygotic reproductive isolation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(2), 403-14. doi:10.1111/jeb.12574
  • Bono, J. M., Olesnicky, E. C., & Matzkin, L. M. (2015). Connecting genotypes, phenotypes and fitness: harnessing the power of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. Molecular Ecology, 24(15), 3810-3822. doi:10.1111/mec.13252
  • Hoang, K., Matzkin, L. M., & Bono, J. M. (2015). Transcriptional variation associated with cactus host plant adaptation in Drosophila mettleri populations. Molecular Ecology, 24(20), 5186-5199. doi:10.1111/mec.13388
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2014). Ecological Genomics of Host Shifts in Drosophila mojavensis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 781(781), 233-247. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7347-9_12
  • Matzkin, L. M., Johnson, S., Paight, C., & Markow, T. A. (2013). Preadult Parental Diet Affects Offspring Development and Metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster. Plos One, 8(3), e59530. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059530
  • Lang, M., Murat, S., Clark, A. G., Gouppil, G., Blais, C., Matzkin, L. M., Guittard, E., Yoshiyama-Yanagawa, T. .., Kataoka, H., Niwa, R., Lafont, R., Dauphin-Villemant, C. .., & Orgogozo, V. (2012). Mutations in the neverland Gene Turned Drosophila pachea into an Obligate Specialist Species. Science, 337(6102), 1658-1661.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2012). Population transcriptomics of cactus host shifts in Drosophila mojavensis. Molecular Ecology, 21(10), 2428-2439.
  • Bono, J. M., Matzkin, L. M., Kelleher, E. S., & Markow, T. A. (2011). Postmating transcriptional changes in reproductive tracts of con- and heterospecifically mated Drosophila mojavensis females. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 108(19), 7878-7883.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Johnson, S., Paight, C., Bozinovic, G., & Markow, T. A. (2011). Dietary Protein and Sugar Differentially Affect Development and Metabolic Pools in Ecologically Diverse Drosophila. Journal of Nutrition, 141(6), 1127-1133.
  • Song, X., Goicoechea, J. L., Ammiraju, J., Luo, M., He, R., Lin, J., Lee, S., Sisneros, N., Watts, T., Kudrna, D. A., Golser, W., Ashley, E., Collura, K., Braidotti, M., Yu, Y., Matzkin, L. M., McAllister, B. F., Markow, T. A., & Wing, R. A. (2011). The 19 Genomes of Drosophila: A BAC Library Resource for Genus-Wide and Genome-Scale Comparative Evolutionary Research. Genetics, 187(4), 1023-1030.
  • Markow, T. A., Beall, S., & Matzkin, L. M. (2009). Egg size, embryonic development time and ovoviviparity in Drosophila species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22(2), 430-434.
  • Matzkin, L. M., & Markow, T. A. (2009). Transcriptional regulation of metabolism associated with the increased desiccation resistance of the cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis. Genetics, 182(4), 1279-1288.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Mutsaka, K., Johnson, S., & Markow, T. A. (2009). Metabolic pools differ among ecologically diverse Drosophila species. Journal of Insect Physiology, 55(12), 1145-1150.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Watts, T. D., & Markow, T. A. (2009). Evolution of stress resistance in Drosophila: Interspecific variation in tolerance to desiccation and starvation. Functional Ecology, 23(3), 521-527.
  • Pfeiler, E., Bitler, B. G., Castrezana, S., Matzkin, L. M., & Markow, T. A. (2009). Genetic diversification and demographic history of the cactophilic pseudoscorpion Dinocheirus arizonensis from the Sonoran Desert. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(1), 133-141.
  • Bono, J. M., Matzkin, L. M., Castrezana, S., & Markow, T. A. (2008). Molecular evolution and population genetics of two Drosophila mettleri cytochrome P450 genes involved in host plant utilization. Molecular Ecology, 17(13), 3211-3221.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2008). The Molecular Basis of Host Adaptation in Cactophilic Drosophila: Molecular Evolution of a Glutathione S-Transferase Gene (GstD1) in Drosophila mojavensis. Genetics, 178(2), 1073-1083.
  • Schaeffer, S. W., Bhutkar, A., McAllister, B. F., Matsuda, M., Matzkin, L. M., O'Grady, P. M., Rohde, C., Valente, V., Aguade, M., Anderson, W. W., Edwards, K., Garcia, A., Goodman, J., Hartigan, J., Kataoka, E., Lapoint, R. T., Lozovsky, E. R., Machado, C. A., Noor, M., , Papaceit, M., et al. (2008). Polytene Chromosomal Maps of 11 Drosophila Species: The Order of Genomic Scaffolds Inferred From Genetic and Physical Maps. Genetics, 179(3), 1601-1655.
  • Clark, A. G., Eisen, M. B., Smith, D. R., Bergman, C. M., Oliver, B., Markow, T. A., Kaufman, T. C., Kellis, M., Gelbart, W., Iyer, V. N., Pollard, D. A., Sackton, T. B., Larracuente, A. M., Singh, N. D., Abad, J. P., Abt, D. N., Adryan, B., Aguade, M., Akashi, H., , Anderson, W. W., et al. (2007). Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny. Nature, 450(7167), 203-218.
  • Flowers, J. M., Sezgin, E., Kumagai, S., Duvernell, D. D., Matzkin, L. M., Schmidt, P. S., & Eanes, W. F. (2007). Adaptive Evolution of Metabolic Pathways in Drosophila. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 24(6), 1347-1354.
  • Machado, C. A., Matzkin, L. M., Reed, L. K., & Markow, T. A. (2007). Multilocus nuclear sequences reveal intra- and interspecific relationships among chromosomally polymorphic species of cactophilic Drosophila. Molecular Ecology, 16(14), 3009-3024.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Watts, T. D., & Markow, T. A. (2007). Desiccation resistance in four Drosophila species: Sex and population effects.. Fly, 1(5), 268-273.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Watts, T. D., Bitler, B. G., Machado, C. A., & Markow, T. A. (2006). Functional genomics of cactus host shifts in Drosophila mojavensis. Molecular Ecology, 15(14), 4635-4643.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2005). Activity variation in alcohol dehydrogenase paralogs is associated with adaptation to cactus host use in cactophilic Drosophila. Molecular Ecology, 14(7), 2223-2231.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Merritt, T., Zhu, C., & Eanes, W. F. (2005). The Structure and Population Genetics of the Breakpoints Associated With the Cosmopolitan Chromosomal Inversion In(3R)Payne in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics, 170(3), 1143-1152.
  • Schmidt, P. S., Matzkin, L., Ippolito, M., & Eanes, W. F. (2005). Geographic variation in diapause incidence, life-history traits, and climatic adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution, 59(8), 1721-1732.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2004). Population genetics and geographic variation of alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) paralogs and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) in Drosophila mojavensis. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 21(2), 276-285.
  • Sezgin, E., Duvernell, D. D., Matzkin, L. M., Duan, Y., Zhu, C., Verrelli, B. C., & Eanes, W. F. (2004). Single-locus latitudinal clines and their relationship to temperate adaptation in metabolic genes and derived alleles in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics, 168(2), 923-931.
  • Gibbs, A. G., Fukuzato, F., & Matzkin, L. M. (2003). Evolution of water conservation mechanisms in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206(7), 1183-1192.
  • Matzkin, L. M., & Eanes, W. F. (2003). Sequence variation of alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) paralogs in cactophilic Drosophila. Genetics, 163(1), 181-194.
  • Gibbs, A. G., & Matzkin, L. M. (2001). Evolution of water balance in the genus Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204(13), 2331-2338.

Presentations

  • Matzkin, L. M. (2021, December). Coevolutionary divergence and the origins reproductive incompatibilities. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar. Online (due to COVID): University of Alabama Huntsville.
  • Benowitz, K., & Matzkin, L. M. (2019, June). Genome-wide mapping of multivariate complex trait evolution across Drosophila mojavensis populations. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Providence Rhode Island: Society for the Study of Evolution.
  • Bono, J. M., Callan, J., Jordan, E., & Matzkin, L. M. (2019, June). Functional effects of Drosophila arizonae male reproductive genes on female fertility. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Providence Rhode Island: Society for the Study of Evolution.
  • Diaz, F., Matzkin, L. M., Talamantes, N., Coleman, J. M., Hoyle, R., & Kuijper, A. (2019, June). Transcriptomic changes associated with the role of phenotypic plasticity and transgenerational effects in the thermal adaptation of desert Drosophila mojavensis. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Providence Rhode Island: Society for the Study of Evolution.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2019, April). Genomic, physiological and behavioral consequences of adaptation to local ecological conditions. Ecosystem Genomics Seminar. University of Arizona.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2019, August). A comparative genomic analysis of adaptation across cactophilic Drosophila species. PacBio Sequel II Arizona Genomics Institute Launch Event. University of Arizona: PacBio and AGI.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2019, March). Evolutionary consequences of adaptation to local ecological conditions. USDA ALARC - Seminar. Maricopa, Arizona: USDA ARS-Arid Land Agricultural Research Center.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Allan, C. W., & Jaworski, C. (2019, November). A comparative genomic analysis of adaptation across cactophilic Drosophila species. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting; Member Symposium: Preparing to Sequence the Planet - Starting with our Insect Friends. St. Louis, MO: Entomological Society of America.
  • Matzkin, L. M., Diaz, F., & Bono, J. (2019, June). Transcriptional analysis of post-copulatory interactions in cactophilic Drosophila. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Providence Rhode Island: Society for the Study of Evolution.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2018, January). Genomics of ecological adaptation and speciation. AZ PopGroup. Tucson, Arizona.
  • Jaworski, C., Allan, C., & Matzkin, L. M. (2017, December). Hybrid de novo genome assemblies as a valid option for non-model organisms: reduced cost but not quality. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. Ghent, England.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2017, April). Evolution of reproductive barriers. Center of Insect Sciences Hexapodium. Tucson, Arizona.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2017, April). Genomics of ecological adaptation and reproductive incompatibility. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar. Tucson, Arizona.
  • Matzkin, L. M. (2017, November). Evolutionary genomics of adaptation and behavior in cactophilic Drosophila. Special Symposium, Genomics of adaptation: Linking the next generation of genome-wide analysis to understand and manage complex traits.. Denver, Colorado: Entomological Society of America Conference..

Poster Presentations

  • Shaible, T. M., & Matzkin, L. M. (2019, June). Physiological Effects of Summer Temperature and Photoperiod in Drosophila mojavensis. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Providence Rhode Island: Society for the Study of Evolution.
  • Benowitz, K., Coleman, J. M., & Matzkin, L. M. (2018, May). Genomics of larval locomotor evolution across Drosophila mojavensis populations. Population, Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics Conference. Madison, Wisconsin: Genetics Society of America.
  • Diaz, F., Coleman, J. M., Talamantes, N., & Matzkin, L. M. (2018, May). The relative importance of phenotypic plasticity, trans-generational effects and selection in heat shock responses of the cactophilic Drosophila mojavensis.. Population, Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics Conference. Madison, Wisconsin: Genetics Society of America.
  • Jaworski, C., Allan, C., & Matzkin, L. M. (2017, June). Identifying genome-scale structural differences between ecologically divergent populations of cactophilic flies. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Conference. Portland, Oregon.

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