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Ph.D.
Maria Mazzillo - The importance of mucilage secretion in zooxanthella symbioses
Shanna Hanes - The utrastructure of bleaching in cnidarian zooxanthella symbioses
M.S.
Current Graduate students:
Research tools commonly used in my lab:
Light microscopy, Immunohistochemistry, Confocal Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Hybridoma (Monoclonal Antibody) Technology, Computer Imaging, Larval culture, Histological Staining.
Page, L.R. and S.C. Kempf. (2009 in press). Larval Apical Sensory Organ in a Neritimorph Gastropod, an Ancient Gastropod Lineage with Feeding Larvae. Zoomorphology.
Kempf, S.C.(2008) Serotonergic, sensory modifications in the apical ganglion during development to metamorphic competence in larvae of the dendronotid nudibranchs Melibe leonina and Tritonia diomedea. Microscopy Res. & Tech. 71(12): 863-869.
Kempf, S.C. and L.R. Page. (2005). Anti-tubulin labeling reveals ampullary neuron ciliary bundles in opisthobranch larvae and a new putative neural structure associated with the apical ganglion. Biol. Bull. 208: 169-182.
Estes, A.M., S.C. Kempf, and R.P. Henry. 2003. Localization and quantification of carbonic anhydrase in the symbiotic Scyphozoan Cassiopea xamachana. Biol. Bull. 204: 278-289.
Wakefield, T.S. and S.C. Kempf. 2001. Development of host- and symbiuont-specific monoclonal antibodies and confirmation of the origin of the symbiosome membrane in a cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Biol. Bull. 200. Pp. 127-143.
Wakefield, T.S., M.A. Farmer, S. C. Kempf. 2000. Revised description of the fine structure of in situ “Zooxanthellae” genus Symbiodimium. Biol. Bull. 199: pp. 76-84.
Kempf,S.C., L.R. Page, A. Pires. 1997. Development of serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the embryos and larvae of nudibranch mollusks with emphasis on the structure and possible function of the apical sensory organ. J. Comp. Neurology. 386: pp. 507-528.
Carroll, D.J. and S.C. Kempf. 1994. Changes occur in the central nervous system of the nudibranch Berghia verrucicornis (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) during metamorphosis. Biol. Bull. 186: 202-212.
Kempf, S.C., G.V. Chun, and M.G. Hadfield. 1992. An immunocytochemical search for potential neurotransmitters in larvae of Phestilla sibogae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 101C, pp. 299-305.
Selected Pubs:
Research in my lab follows two different paths. Ongoing projects are concerned with,
1. A morphological and functional analysis of neurodevelopment in larvae of the oyster Crassostrea virginica.
2. The energetics and morphology of zooxanthella - cnidarian symbioses using the anemone, Aiptasia pallida, as a model organism.
(See below for more information on research.)
Stephen C.Kempf
Associate Professor
Science Officer:
......... Key Largo Marine Research Lab
Tel: 334-844-3924
Fax: 334-844-9234
E-mail: kempfsc@auburn.edu
Kempf Lab