Jeff Prince

Associate Professor 20 Cox Science Center, Dept. of Biology
1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124

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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
  • KV Balan, J Prince , Z Han, K Dimas, M Caldaras, JH Wyche, NM Sitras, P Pantazis. 2007 Antipoliferative activity and induction of apotosis in human colon cancer cells treated in vitro with constituents of a product derived from Pistacia lentiscus L. var. chica. Phytomedicine 14:263-272
  • Jeffrey S. Prince. 2007. Opaline gland ultrastructure in Aplysia californica (gastropoda: anaspidea). J. of Molluscan Studeis 73: 199-204
  • Prince, Jeffrey S. , Matthew J. Lynn and Cynthia D. Trowbridge. Raphide-like needles in the siphonaceous green seaweed, Codium spongiosum Harvey. In prep.
  • Seed coat morphology in Gentianopsis (Gentianaceae) 2010 Whitlock, BH. Silver,J and JS Prince. Rhodora 112: 58-79.
  • Ultrastructural Study of skin coloration in Aplysia californica. 2010. Prince,JS and D. Young. Bulletin of Marine Science 86:803-812.
  • Role of the Digestive gland in ink production in four species of sea hares: An ultrastructural comparison. Prince, JS and Johnson, PM. Submitted 10/2010 J of Molluscan Studies
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