Associate Professor Jamie Seymour or the “Jelly Dude from Nemo land” has been researching and working with venomous and dangerous animals for over 20 yrs with his present interest being “Why do animals have venom?” Based in Cairns, in Northern Australia, an area that has an over abundance of venomous animals, he is uniquely placed to study the ecology and biology of Australia’s venomous species. He teaches at all levels at James Cook University, one of the top 5% of research universities in the world with his favourite subject being “Venomous Australian Animals”, a subject designed and taught by this effervescent academic.

He has been successfully involved in programs designed to decrease the envenomings of humans by jellyfish, namely in Australia, Timor Leste (for the United Nations), Thailand and Hawaii. His research has been directly responsible for changes in the present treatment protocol for Australian jellyfish stings. He established and is the director of the Tropical Australian Venom Research Unit (TASRU) which is now recognised as one of the premier research groups in the world for the studies of the ecology and biology of box jellyfish and research into medical treatment of box jellyfish envenomings.

Teaching

• MB2080: Invertebrate Biology (Level 2; CNS)
• MB5380: Invertebrate Biology (Level 5; CNS)
• TM5582: Tropical Toxinology (Level 5; CNS)

Experience

• 1996 to present - Associate Professor, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 1995 to 1996 - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 1982 to 1996 - Chemist, Tooheys (Grafton)
• 1994 to 1995 - Research Director, Stahmann Farms (Moree)
• 1991 to 1994 - Research Scientist, CSIRO (Brisbane)
• 1986 to 1991 - Tutor, James Cook University (Townsville)

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Journal Articles

• Saggiomo S, Zelenka C and Seymour J (2017) Relationship between food and venom production in the estuarine stonefish Synanceia horrida. Toxicon, 125. pp. 19-23
• Courtney R, Browning S, Northfield T and Seymour J (2016) Thermal and osmotic tolerance of 'Irukandji' polyps: Cubozoa; Carukia barnesi. PLoS ONE, 11 (7). pp. 1-14
• Courtney R, Browning S and Seymour J (2016) Early life history of the 'Irukandji' jellyfish Carukia barnesi. PLoS ONE, 11 (3). pp. 1-13
• Ebner B, Morgan D, Kerezsy A, Hardie S, Beatty S, Seymour J, Donaldson J, Linke S, Peverell S, Roberts D, Espinoza T, Marshall N, Kroon F, Burrows D and McAllister R (2016) Enhancing conservation of Australian freshwater ecosystems: identification of freshwater flagship fishes and relevant target audiences. Fish and Fisheries, 17 (4). pp. 1134-1151
• McKenzie L, Yaakub S, Tan R, Seymour J and Yoshida R (2016) Seagrass habitats of Singapore: environmental drivers and key processes. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 34 (1). pp. 60-77
• Courtney R, Sachlikidis N, Jones R and Seymour J (2015) Prey capture ecology of the Cubozoan Carukia barnesi. PLoS ONE, 10 (5). pp. 1-12
• Ellisdon A, Reboul C, Panjikar S, Huynh K, Oellig C, Winter K, Dunstone M, Hodgson W, Seymour J, Dearden P, Tweten R, Whisstock J and McGowan S (2015) Stonefish toxin defines an ancient branch of the perforin-like superfamily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (50). pp. 15360-15365
• Payne N, Snelling E, Fitzpatrick R, Seymour J, Courtney R, Barnett A, Watanabe Y, Sims D, Squire L and Semmens J (2015) A new method for resolving uncertainty of energy requirements in large water breathers: the 'mega-flume' seagoing swim-tunnel respirometer. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6 (6). pp. 668-677
• Andreosso A, Smout M and Seymour J (2014) Dose and time dependence of box jellyfish antivenom. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 20. pp. 1-5
• Brinkman D, Konstantakopoulos N, McInerney B, Mulvenna J, Seymour J, Isbister G and Hodgson W (2014) Chironex fleckeri (box jellyfish) venom proteins. Expansion of a cnidarian toxin family that elicits variable cytolytic and cardiovascular effects. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289 (8). pp. 4798-4812
• Carrette T, Straehler-Pohl I and Seymour J (2014) Early life history of Alatina cf. moseri populations from Australia and Hawaii with implications for taxonomy (Cubozoa: Carybdeida, Alatinidae). PLoS ONE, 9 (1). pp. 1-8

Book Chapters

• Seymour B, Andreosso A and Seymour J (2015) Cardiovascular toxicity from marine envenomation. In: The Heart and Toxins. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 203-223

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Current

• Identify factors influencing the variability of survivorship of juvenile Red Claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Cardiotoxic pathways of Box Jellyfish {Chironex fleckeri) venom proteins (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Physiology and Ecology of Cubozoa (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• First aid of tropical jellyfish stings (Masters , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Life Cycle, Prey Capture Ecology and Physiological Tolerances of Medusae and Polyps of the 'lrukandji' Jellyfish: Carukia barnesi (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Quantifying ecological aspects of the seasonally abundant box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri within coastal and estuarine waters of Far North Queensland (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Etiology of Irukandji Syndrome with particular focus on the venom ecology and life history of one medically significant carybdeid box jellyfish Alatina moseri (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Statoliths of cubozoan jellyfishes: their utility to discriminate taxa and elucidate population ecology (2014, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• Seymour, J. (2014) Behaviour and Ecology Video Library of Indo Pacific Flora and Fauna. James Cook University

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