Venomics, Venom Proteomics and Venom Transcriptomics

Dear Colleagues,

Omics technologies have revolutionized many areas of research in biology, and toxinology is no exception. Over the last ten years, there has been a tremendous increase in the use of proteomic and transcriptomic methods to provide a greater understanding of animal venoms and toxins, their complexity and their evolution. This Special Issue of Toxins will bring together reviews authored by some of the leaders in the use of –omics technologies in toxinology, with the intent of providing an up to date review of advancements in this field and identifying trends and directions for future research endeavors. As more tissues are subjected to transcriptomic analyses, our assumptions of what constitutes a venom or a toxin are being significantly questioned, and with increased sensitivity of detection, deciding which components are actually “true venom” constituents becomes difficult to determine unequivocally. Further, as –omics technologies multiply, mature, and diversify, there is a growing need to create high-throughput functional assays to evaluate the myriad of compounds being catalogued. This Special Issue, therefore, seeks not only to provide reviews but also to identify areas where new tools, methods and approaches will allow researchers to extract as much information as possible out of the tremendous data sets currently being generated. Join us as an author—contributions are being solicited, with a deadline of 31 December 2015.

Prof. Dr. Stephen Mackessy
Guest Editor

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