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

• SC1102: Modelling Natural Systems (Level 1; 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)

Research Disciplines

• Zoology
• Ecology
• Physiology

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge
• Environment
• Public Health

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Journal Articles

• Carrette TJ, Straehler-Pohl I and Seymour JE (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
• Chaousis SJ, Smout M, Wilson DT, Loukas AC, Mulvenna JP and Seymour JE (2014) Rapid short term and gradual permanent cardiotoxic effects of vertebrate toxins from Chironex fleckeri (Australian box jellyfish) venom. Toxicon, 80. pp. 17-26
• Klein SG, Pitt KA, Rathjen KA and Seymour JE (2014) Irukandji jellyfish polyps exhibit tolerance to interacting climate change stressors. Global Change Biology, 20 (1). pp. 28-37
• Carrette TJ and Seymour JE (2013) Long-term analysis of Irukandji stings in Far North Queensland. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, 43 (1). pp. 9-15
• Collin S, Costello JH, Katija K, Seymour JE and Kiefer K (2013) Propulsion in cubomedusae: mechanisms and utility . PLoS ONE, 8 (2). pp. 1-10
• Courtney RL and Seymour JE (2013) Seasonality in polyps of a tropical cubozoan: a latina nr mordens. PLoS ONE, 8 (7). pp. 1-6
• Pereira PL and Seymour JE (2013) In vitro effects on human heart and skeletal cells of the venom from two cubozoans, Chironex fleckeri and Carukia barnesi. Toxicon, 76. pp. 310-315
• Underwood AH, Taylor SM and Seymour JE (2013) Range extension of the Cubozoan, Tripedalia binata Moore (Cnideria: Carybdeida: Carybdeidae) from far north Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, 56 (2). pp. 607-614
• Barnett A, Abrantes KG, Seymour JE and Fitzpatrick R (2012) Residency and spatial use by reef sharks of an isolated seamount and its implications for conservation. PLoS One, 7 (5). pp. 1-10
• Brinkman DL, Aziz A, Loukas AC, Potriquet J, Seymour JE and Mulvenna JP (2012) Venom proteome of the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri. PLoS ONE, 7 (12). pp. 1-9
• Carrette TJ, Underwood AH and Seymour JE (2012) Irukandji syndrome: a widely misunderstood and poorly researched tropical marine envenoming. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, 42 (4). pp. 214-223
• Gordon MR and Seymour JE (2012) Growth, development and temporal variation in the onset of six Chironex fleckeri medusae seasons: a contribution to understanding jellyfish ecology. PLoS One, 7 (2). pp. 1-11

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores a total of 69 research outputs authored by A/Prof Jamie Seymour from 2001 onwards.

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Current

• Mode of action and therapeutic value of the venom components from the big box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri (PhD, Primary Advisor)
• Thermal Ecology of Cuboza. (PhD, Primary Advisor)

Completed

• The biodegradable lethal ovitrap as a control method for dengue in Cairns, North Queensland with a focus on post four week deployment (2013, Masters, Associate Advisor)
• Reproduction in the tropical rock lobster Panulirus ornatus in captivity (2011, PhD, Primary Advisor)
• Statoliths of Cubozoan jellyfishes: Their Utility to Discriminate Taxa and Elucidate Population Ecology (2014, PhD, Co-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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