Publications

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. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/15/2/149. [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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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). https://doi.org/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. 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1080/07924259.2017.1287781 [PDF]