Jeff Prince Associate Professor 20  Cox Science Center, Dept. of Biology 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124 phone (305) 284-6208 fax (305) 284-3039 laboratory website     Education and professional experience Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, University of Massachusett, Amherst, MA. 1961-1965, Botany Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University  Ithaca, NY 1966-1971, Phycology; Minors:  Marine Ecology and Plant Physiology Postdoctorate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1971-1973, Woods Hole, MA. Visiting Associate Professor (Shoals Marine Laboratory) and core faculty in Field Marine Science1976 to 1993 Course head, Field Marine Science (Shoals Marine Laboratory) 1990 to 1993 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Living Resources, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 1974 to 1995 Director of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory, 1979 to 1993 Grants and Awards "Outstanding Biology Educator" Award for 1997 Nominated and finalist for the University of Miami's 1998 Excellence in Teaching Award National Institutes of Health biomedical grant "Seaweed mariculture and tertiary sewage treatment."  1975 to 1977. College of Arts and Sciences (U. of Miami) grant for publication expenses, 1979. College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School grant's for the Electron Microscopy Laboratory, 1981. General Research Support Award, U Miami, "Comparative ultrastructure of selected nannoplankton organisms".  1985. General Research Support Award, Univ. of Miami, ( with T. Herbert). " Image processing in biological research" 1991 NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant ( with T. Nolen). 1992 " Immunogold staining of serotogenic modulatory interneurons of juvenile Aplysia." NIMH Pilot Project. ( with T. Nolen) "Aplysia as a model system for Developmental Neurotoxocology: The Effects of Heavy Metals on the Development of Learning in the Marine Snail Aplysia"  $5,050. Wet-Stem Technology at the University of Miami: Bridging Disciplines.  A combined request by the Departments of Biology, Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering. $140,000. 1997. Instructional Advancement Grant. Univ. of Miami $2,963. Digital work station. 2003 Instructional Advancement Grant. Univ. of Miami  $4,700. Participated in HHMI grant  [2005] which funded part of a new Jeol transmission electron microscope Areas of Focus conservation and restoration biology tropical biology Research Interests My current research is divided into three areas; 1) the biology of the invasive green seaweed, Codium fragile, 2) the ultrastructure of plant animal interactions using as a model, the sea hare, Aplysia californica  and 3) the ultrastructure of zooxanthellae release and uptake by corals. Teaching Interests All courses I teach include topics that illustrate unique and interesting aspects of organisms to stimulate student interest.  Advanced courses attempt to provide the student with a graduate program/research experience to prepare them for their next professional program. Publications  Prince, J. S. 2003. A presumptive alphavirus in the gastropod mollusc, Aplysia californica.  Bulletin of Marine Science 73(3):673-677. Prince, J.S. LeBlanc, W.G. and S. Macia. 2004. Design and analysis of multiple choice feeding preference data. Oecologia 138:1-4. Prince, Jeffrey.S. and C. D. Trowbridge. 2004. Reproduction in the green macroalga Codium ( Chlorophyta): characterization of gametes.  Botanica Marina  47:461-470. Kannan VB, C Demetzos, Jeffrey Prince, K Dimas, M Cladaras, Z Han, JH Wyche and P Pantaziz. 2005 . Induction of apoptosis in human colon  cancer  HCT116 cells treated with an extract of the plant product, chois mastic gum. In Vivo 19:93-102. Prince, Jeffrey S. and Johnson, P.M. 2006. Ultrastructural comparison of sea hare ink glands suggests cellular sites of anti-predator protein production and algal pigment processing. Accepted. J. of Molluscan Studies. December Prince, Jeffrey S, Matthew J. Lynn, 2 and Patricia L. Blackwelder. 2006. White vesicles in the skin of Aplysia californica cooper: a proposed excretory function. J. Molluscan Studies. December