Jamie Seymour
- jamie.seymour@jcu.edu.au
- Professor, Promotional Chair
- Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
Projects
3
Publications
25
Awards
0
Biography
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.
Research
Projects
Curing arthritis using novel compounds from jellyfish venom (Old ID 27568)
01 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2024
Envenomation, first aid and critical care of tropical jellyfish stings (Old ID 21777)
01 Dec 2014 - 31 Dec 2017
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Mentor
Current JCU Research Students
Impacts of bleaching on a cnidarians’ venom ecology
Doctor of Philosophy (Medical and Molecular Sciences)
Output
Lennox-Bulow, Danica; Smout, Michael; Loukas, Alex; Seymour, Jamie (2023) 'Stonefish (Synanceia spp.) Ichthyocrinotoxins: An ecological review and prospectus for future research and biodiscovery'. Toxicon, 236 . [DOI]
Kaposi, K.L.; Courtney, R.L.; Seymour, J.E. (2023) 'A note on the sexual reproductive biology of Ricordea yuma (Corallimorpharia)'. Coral Reefs, 42 (3):755-760. [DOI]
Inter-species variation in stonefish (Synanceia spp.) ichthyocrinotoxins; an ecological perspective
2023
Lennox-Bulow, Danica; Smout, Michael; Wilson, David; Seymour, Jamie (2023) 'Inter-species variation in stonefish (Synanceia spp.) ichthyocrinotoxins; an ecological perspective'. Toxicon, 221 . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Rowley, Olivia C.; Courtney, Robert L.; Northfield, Tobin D.; Seymour, Jamie E. (2023) 'Physiological and morphological responses of 'Irukandji' polyps to thermal and osmotic conditions: consequences for niche profiling'. Hydrobiologia, 850 :1207-1216. [DOI]
Haydon, Trent D.; Matthews, Jennifer L.; Seymour, Justin R.; Raina, Jean-Baptiste; Seymour, Jamie E.; Chartrand, Kathryn; Camp, Emma F.; Suggett, David J. (2023) 'Metabolomic signatures of corals thriving across extreme reef habitats reveal strategies of heat stress tolerance'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 290 (1992). [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Kaposi, Katrina L.; Mitchell, Michela L.; Courtney, Robert L.; Seymour, Jamie E. (2023) 'Variability of cnidae within a small clonal sea anemone (Isactinia sp.)'. Invertebrate Biology, 142 (4). [DOI]
Kaposi, K.L.; Courtney, R.L.; Seymour, J.E. (2022) 'Implications of bleaching on cnidarian venom ecology'. Toxicon: X, 13 . [DOI]
Environmental drivers of the occurrence and abundance of the Irukandji jellyfish (Carukia barnesi)
2022
Rowley, Olivia C.; Courtney, Robert; Northfield, Tobin; Seymour, Jamie (2022) 'Environmental drivers of the occurrence and abundance of the Irukandji jellyfish (Carukia barnesi)'. PLoS ONE, 17 (8). [DOI]
O'Hara, E.; Seymour, J. (2022) 'Inducing metamorphosis in the irukandji jellyfish Carukia barnesi'. Scientific Reports, 12 . [DOI]
Isman, Ari; Seymour, Jamie; Little, Mark (2022) 'Use of clonidine in the treatment of Irukandji syndrome: A 4-year retrospective cohort study on safety, efficacy and clinical utility'. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 34 :504-508. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Saggiomo, Silvia L.; Firth, Cadhla; Wilson, David T.; Seymour, Jamie; Miles, John J.; Wong, Yide (2021) 'The geographic distribution, venom components, pathology and treatments of stonefish (Synanceia spp.) venom'. Marine Drugs, 19 (6). [DOI]
Rigg, Damian P.; Courtney, Robert L.; Jones, Clive M.; Seymour, Jamie E. (2021) 'Morphology and weight-length relationships for the first six instars of Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868)'. Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1):9-16. [DOI]
Rigg, Damian P.; Courtney, Robert L.; Seymour, Jamie E.; Jones, Clive M. (2021) 'Determining suitable thermal regimes for early instar redclaw juveniles, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868) (Decapoda, Parastacidae), for a proposed nursery phase'. Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1):17-23. [DOI]
Rigg, Damian P.; Courtney, Robert L.; Seymour, Jamie E.; Jones, Clive M. (2021) 'Evaluation of four practical diets on the growth and survival of juvenile redclaw, Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868)'. Freshwater Crayfish, 26 (1). [DOI]
O'Hara, E.P.; Wilson, David T.; Seymour, J.E. (2021) 'The influence of ecological factors on cnidarian venoms'. Toxicon, 9-10 . [DOI]
Piontek, Melissa; Seymour, Jamie E.; Wong, Yide; Gilstrom, Tyler; Potriquet, Jeremy; Jennings, Ernest; Nimmo, Alan; Miles, John J. (2020) 'The pathology of Chironex fleckeri venom and known biological mechanisms'. Toxicon, 6 . [DOI]
Seymour, Jamie E.; O'Hara, Emily P. (2020) 'Pupillary response to light in three species of cubozoa (Box jellyfish)'. Plankton and Benthos Research, 15 (2):73-77. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
An in vitro comparison of venom recovery methods and results on the box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri
2020
Cantoni, Jamie L.; Andreosso, Athena; Seymour, Jamie (2020) 'An in vitro comparison of venom recovery methods and results on the box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri'. Toxicon, 184 :94-98. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Bay watch: using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) to survey the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri
2020
Rowley, Olivia C.; Courtney, Robert L.; Browning, Sally A.; Seymour, Jamie E. (2020) 'Bay watch: using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) to survey the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri'. PLoS ONE, 15 (10). [DOI]
Little, Mark; Pereira, Peter; Seymour, Jamie (2020) 'Differences in cardiac effects of venoms from tentacles and the bell of live Carukia barnesi: using non-invasive pulse wave doppler'. Toxins, 13 (1). [DOI]
Seymour, Jamie; Saggiomo, Silvia; Lam, Willis; Pereira, Peter; Little, Mark (2020) 'Non-invasive assessment of the cardiac effects of Chironex fleckeri and Carukia barnesi venoms in mice, using pulse wave doppler'. Toxicon, 185 :15-25. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Rigg, Damian; Seymour, Jamie E.; Courtney, Robert L.; Jones, Clive M. (2020) 'A review of juvenile redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1898) Aquaculture: global production practices and innovation'. Freshwater Crayfish, 25 (1):13-30. [DOI]
Molecular dissection of box jellyfish venom
cytotoxicity highlights an effective venom antidote
2019
Lau, Man-Tat; Manion, John; Littleboy, Jamie B.; Oyston, Lisa; Khuong, Thang M.; Wang, Qiao-Ping; Nguyen, David T.; Hesselson, Daniel; Seymour, Jamie E.; Neely, G. Gregory (2019) 'Molecular dissection of box jellyfish venom
cytotoxicity highlights an effective venom antidote'. Nature Communications, 10 . [DOI]
Ebner, Brendan C.; Donaldson, James A.; Courtney, Robert; Fitzpatrick, Richard; Starrs, Danswell; Fletcher, Cameron S.; Seymour, Jamie (2019) 'Averting danger under the bridge: video confirms that adult small-toothed morays tolerate salinity before and during tidal influx'. Pacific Conservation Biology, 26 (2):182-189. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Ryan, Rachael Y.M.; Seymour, Jamie; Loukas, Alex; Lopez, J. Alejandro; Ikonomopoulou, Maria P.; Miles, John J. (2021) 'Immunological responses to envenomation' Frontiers in Immunology, 12 . [DOI]