Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Richard J. Lewis: From Ciguatera to Conotoxin Research
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Venoms".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 464
Special Issue Editor
Interests: venoms; conotoxins; peptides; proteomics; transcriptomics; drug discovery
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Dear Colleagues,
Toxins is very pleased to be hosting a Special Issue in honor of Prof. Richard J. Lewis, from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland (Australia), acknowledging his major scientific contributions to ciguatera (fish poisoning) and conotoxin research.
Prof. Richard J. Lewis completed his PhD on the isolation and pharmacology of ciguatoxins in 1985, and continues to remain active in this field to this day. In 1995 he expanded his research interests to venom peptides isolated from cone snails, known as conotoxins. Since then, he has rapidly grown into a world-renowned leader in the discovery and pharmacological characterization of conotoxins, as well as pursued the commercial opportunities associated with his research. Through intellectual property developed in his laboratory and the spin-off company Xenome Ltd, he led the clinical development of AM336 and Xen2174, two new molecules for intractable chronic and neuropathic pain.
Throughout his career, Prof. Richard J. Lewis has contributed many original papers (>300) that have had a significant impact on the fields of both ciguatoxins and venom peptides, such as those investigating the mechanism of ciguatera-induced cold allodynia, the separate evolution of predatory and defensive venoms in cone snails, identifying new pharmacological families of conotoxins, and pioneering venomics technologies.
Thus, this Special Issue aims to gather and highlight significant advancements in both ciguatera and conotoxin research.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sebastien Dutertre
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ciguatera
- conotoxin
- fish venom
- Richard J. Lewis
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