Publications

Klompen, A. M., Ferro, K., Kempf, C. G., Florens, L., Gibson, M. C., & Cartwright, P. (2026). Proteomic analysis of FACS-enriched whole nematocysts from the colonial hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus. Toxicon: X, 100242. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2026.100242 [HTML]

Lopes, C.S., Iwama, R.E., Cortez, T., Andrade, S.C., Klompen, A.M.L., Audino, J.A., Macrander, J., Reitzel, A.M., Nagata, R.M., Lanna, E. Martinez, L.D., Chagas, B.M., & Stampar, S.N. (2025). Evolutionary insights into stoxin diversity in Ceriantharia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa). Toxicon: X, 100227. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2025.100227  [HTML]

Sabin, K. Z., Chen, S., Hill, E. M., Weaver, K. J., Yonker, J., Kirkman, M., Redwine, B., Klompen, A. M. L., Zhao, X., Guo, F., McKinney, M. C., Dewey, J. L., and Gibson, M. C. (2024). Graded FGF activity patterns distinct cell types within the apical sensory organ of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Developmental Biology 510, 50-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2024.02.010  [HTML]

Klompen, A. M. L., Tavert M. K, & Cartwright, P. (2023). Localization of Multiple Jellyfish Toxins Shows Specificity for Functionally Distinct Polyps and Nematocyst Types in a Colonial Hydrozoan. Toxins, 15, 149. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/toxins15020149. [HTML] [PDF]

Klompen, A. M. L., Sanders, S. M., & Cartwright, P. (2022). Venom system variation and the division of labor in the colonial hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus. Toxicon: X, 14, 100113. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxcx.2022.100113 [HTML] [PDF]

Americus ,B., Hams, N., Klompen, A. M. L., Alama-Bermejo, G., Lotan, T., Bartholomew, J. L., & Atkinson, S. D. (2021). The cnidarian parasite Ceratonova shasta utilizes inherited and recruited venom-like compounds during infection. PeerJ, 9, e12606. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12606 [HTML] [PDF]

Muffet, M. K., Klompen, A. M. L., Collins, A. G., & Lewis Ames, C. (2021). Raising awareness of the severity of "contactless stings" by Cassiopea and kin. Animals, 11(12), 3357. DOI: 10.3390/ani11123357 [HTML] [PDF]

Klompen, A. M. L., Kayal, E., Collins, A. G., & Cartwright, P. (2021). Phylogenetic and selection analysis of an expanded family of putatively pore-forming jellyfish toxins (Cnidaria: Medusozoa). Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(6). DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab 081 [HTML] [PDF]

Klompen, A. M. L., Macrander, J., Reitzel, A. M., & Stampar, S. N.  (2020). Transcriptomic analysis of four cerianthid (Cnidaria, Ceriantharia) venoms. Marine Drugs, 18(8), 413. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/md18080413. [HTML] [PDF]

Ames, C. L.*, Klompen, A. M. L*., Badhiwala, K., Muffett, K., Reft, A. J., Kumar, M., Janssen, J.D., Schultzhaus, J. N., Field, L. D., Muroski, M. E., Bezio, N., Robinson, J. T., Leary, D. H., Cartwright, P., Collins, A. G., & Vora, G. J. (2020). Cassiosomes are stinging-cell structures in the mucus of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana. Communications Biology, 3(1), 1-15. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0777-8  *Co-first authors. [HTML] [PDF]

Dodds, W. K., Zeglin, L. H., Ramos, R. J., Platt, T. G., Pandey, A., Michaels, T., Masigol, M., Klompen, A. M. L.,  Kelly, M. C., Jumpponen, A., Hauser, E., Hansen, P. M., Greer, M. J.,Fattahi, N., Delavaux, C. S., Connell, R. K., Billings, S., Bever, J. D., Barua, N., & Agusto, F. B. (2020). Connections and Feedback: Aquatic, Plant, and Soil Microbiomes in Heterogeneous and Changing Environments, BioScience, 70(7), 548–562. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa046. [HTML] [PDF]

Allen, J. D., Klompen, A. M. L., Alpert, E. J., & Reft, A. J. (2017). Obligate planktotrophy in the Göttes larva of Stylochus ellipticus (Platyhelminthes). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 61(2), 110-118. DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2017.1287781 [PDF]