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Nationality
  
Australian

Role
  
Professor

Name
  
Jamie Seymour


Fields
  
Venom biology

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Known for
  
Studying venom biology, especially the box jellyfish.

Institutions
  
James Cook University

Institution
  
James Cook University

Milking the world's most venomous fish


Jamie Seymour is an Australian toxinologist. He is a professor at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia.

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Jamie Seymour Associate Professor Jamie Seymour Queensland Tropical Health Alliance

He has been involved in programs designed to decrease the envenoming of humans by jellyfish, in Australia, East Timor, Thailand, and Hawaii.

Jamie Seymour FNQ jellyfish research goes ahead without key expert Cairns Post

Seymour's work has also led to changes in the treatment protocols for jellyfish stings in Australia.

Jamie Seymour Associate professor Jamie Seymour ABC News Australian

Australia's Most Poisonous Snakes | World's Worst Venom | Spark


Appearances on television

Seymour has appeared in a number of documentary television programs, such as the following:

  • Explorer episode "Jellyfish Invasion" on the National Geographic Channel.
  • Killer Jellyfish on the Discovery Channel.
  • MonsterQuest episode "Killer Jellyfish Invasion" on History.
  • Aussie Strike Force follows his venom studies in and around Cairns, Australia. It is currently shown on the Nat Geo Wild channel.
  • Multiple episodes on the YouTube channel Smarter Every Day.

    • As shown in the 2005 Discovery Channel documentary Killer Jellyfish, Jamie was stung by an Irukandji jellyfish and was hospitalised. Unlike some victims, he suffered for only about fifty hours. Jamie Seymour also made an appearance in "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin.

    References

    Jamie Seymour Wikipedia
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