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Section Board for 'Animal Venoms' (35)
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Interests: venom molecular evolution; phylogenetics and structure–function relationships; toxins
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Special Issue in Toxins: Antivenom and Venom Therapeutics
Special Issue in Toxins: Selected Papers from the 5th Venoms to Drugs Meeting
Special Issue in Toxins: Selected Papers from the 2017 Venoms to Drugs Conference
Special Issue in Toxins: Toxins:10th Anniversary
Special Issue in Toxins: Snakebite – From Science to Society. Selected papers
Special Issue in Toxins: Selected Papers from the 2021 Venoms to Drugs Conference
Interests: venoms; conotoxins; peptides; proteomics; transcriptomics; drug discovery
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Special Issue in Toxins: Venom Peptides: Role of Predatory and Defensive Adaptations in Their Evolution and Chemical Biology
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Venoms-Based Marine Drug Discovery: Proteomic and Transcriptomic Approaches
Special Issue in Toxins: Evolution, Genomics and Proteomics of Venom
Interests: evolutionary toxinology; macroevolution; diversification; convergent evolution; antipredator defence; herpetology; phylogenetic comparative methods
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Special Issue in Toxins: Evolution of Venomous and Poisonous Animals
Interests: snake venoms; metalloproteinases; hemostasis; venom composition; venom variability; antivenoms; immunoassays
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Interests: discovery; characterization and delivery of novel venom peptides; chemical and molecular diversity of conoidea venom; venomics; terebridae evolution and phylogeny; de novo transcriptome assembly; disulfide peptide chemistry; peptide natural product drug discovery and development
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2. Sophia Agrobiotech Institute, INRAE, CNRS, Côte d'Azur University, 400 route des Chappes, 06 903 Sophia Antipolis, France
Interests: immune interactions between hosts and parasitoid wasps; parasitoid wasps' venom contents (identification of relevant proteins and their functions); experimental evolution of venom depending on biotic and abiotic factors; venom comparison between venomous organisms; sex detemination mechanisms in Hymenoptera
Interests: proteomics; snake Venom; molecular Toxinology
Interests: hymenoptera venom; venom allergy; allergy; immunological mechanisms; T cell response; B cell response; antibodies; immunological tolerance; allergen; venom proteomics; biochemical protein characterization
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Interests: toxin; venom; peptide; ion channel; inhibitor; coagulation; neuron
2. Centre for Analytical Sciences Amsterdam (CASA), 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: snake venom; antivenom; mass spectrometry; chromatography
Interests: venom toxins; disulfide-rich peptides; ion channels; NMR solution structures; ion channel pharmacology; peptide chemistry; peptide engineering; structure-activity relationships; enzymatic ligations
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Interests: predator-prey relationships, coevolution, interspecific communication, aposematism, aversive conditioning, mimicry, and risk assessment of venomous arthropods and grasshopper mice; conservation biology; science pedagogy
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Interests: predator-prey relationships; behavioral ecology of toxins; coevolution; interspecific communication; aposematism; aversive conditioning; mimicry; risk assessment between venomous arthropods and and their enemies; conservation biology; science pedagogy
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Interests: evo-devo; reptiles; evolution; chick embryo
Interests: snake venoms; three-finger toxins; potassium channel scorpion toxins; pharmacology of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Interests: regeneration; stem cells; muscle; venom; human; necrosis; therapy; snake
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Interests: venom research; sequence, structure and functional analysis of venom proteins; development of diagnostic and improved therapeutic strategies for snakebites; impact of venoms on cardiovascular system
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Special Issue in Toxins: Venom-Induced Tissue Damage
2. Cedex 6 and Institut Pasteur, Centre de Recherche Translationnelles, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75015 Paris, France
Interests: snakebite; scorpion sting; antivenom; neglected tropical diseases; epidemiology; public health; health policy; clinical trial; clinical; treatment
Interests: animal venoms; neurotoxins; nerve growth factors; disintegrins; neurotoxicity and neuroprotection; neurodegenerative diseases; neuropharmacology and neurooncology; preclinical pharmacological assessments; in vitro and in vivo model systems; drug development
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Interests: molecular evolution; genetics of adaptation; transcriptomics; proteomics; experimental evolution
Interests: protein chemistry; structure-function relationships; protein-protein interaction and protein design and engineering
Interests: protease biochemistry; toxins; anti-cancer drug discovery; antibody therapy; venom-based peptides; prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers; proteomics
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Special Issue in Biomolecules: Novel Natural-based Biomolecules Discovery for Tackling Chronic Diseases
Special Issue in Biology: Proteases—From Basic Structure to Function to Drug Design as Targeted Therapy
Special Issue in Biomolecules: Potential Mechanism of Natural-Based Biomolecules for Disease Treatment
Interests: molecular evolution of venom components; venom composition; toxin convergence; venom gland transcriptomics; antivenom manufacturing and testing
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Interests: animal venoms & toxins; receptors; pharmacology; antivenoms
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Interests: molecular evolution of animal venoms and toxins; phylogenetics of toxins; venom gland transcriptomics
Interests: venom molecular evolution; protein structure prediction; protein-ligand interactions; molecular dynamics simulations; pharmacophore modeling; computational ligand docking
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Interests: bioactive compounds; natural venoms; structure-function relationships of toxins; snake venoms; toxins and enzymes; anti-venoms; pharmacological applications
Interests: natural and bioactive compounds; animal venoms & toxins; structure-function relationships; ion channels & receptors; electrophysiology; pharmacology
2. Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Bioscience, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Interests: animal venoms and toxins; structure-function relationships; phylogenetics; molecular evolution of venoms; venom proteomics; venom transcriptomics; venoms-based drug discovery
Interests: neuropharmacology; pain; conotoxins; ciguatoxins; drug discovery; high-throughput screening; ion channels and receptors
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Interests: origin and evolution of snake venoms; causes; correlates and mechanisms of variation in snake venom composition; snake systematics
Interests: cubozoan venom biochemical characterization and elucidation of mechanisms of pathogenesis; treatment of cubozoan envenomation induced acute cardiovascular collapse and Irukandji syndrome; cnidarian envenomation associated inflammation; marine toxins; ciguatoxin; detection of toxins; wound healing; marine bio material discovery and characterization
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Interests: scorpion venom; ion-channel blockers; proteome analysis; transcriptome analysis; toxins; gene cloning
Interests: evolution of venom systems; ultrastructure of venom systems; arthropod venom; arachnids; therapeutics from venom; bioassay
Interests: blood coagulation; protein chemistry; structure-function relationships; serine proteases; procoagulant and anticoagulant venom/toxin proteins; therapeutic protein engineering; anticoagulant therapeutics