Editorial Board for section 'Animal Venoms'

Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.

Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

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Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
Interests: evolution; genomics; coevolution; adaptation; venom resistance
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG5 4EW, UK
Interests: regeneration; stem cells; muscle; venom; human; necrosis; therapy; snake
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1. Biological Sciences Department, Côte d'Azur University, 28 Avenue of Valrose, Valrose Park, 06 103 Nice Cedex 2, France
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


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Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 2001, Apartado Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca Morelos 62210, Mexico
Interests: scorpion venom; ion-channel blockers; proteome analysis; transcriptome analysis; toxins; gene cloning

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Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylvius Laboratory, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
Interests: evo-devo; reptiles; evolution; chick embryo

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Institute of Biotechnology, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia 38405-319, Brazil
Interests: snake venoms; phospholipases A2; metalloproteinases; antitumor; antingiogenic and antiparasitc potential of animal toxins


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Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 24105, USA
Interests: molecular evolution; genetics of adaptation; transcriptomics; proteomics; experimental evolution

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Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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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Escola Superior do Instituto Butantan and Biotério Central, Instituto Butantan, Av. Dr. Vital Brasil, 1500, São Paulo 05503-900, Brazil
Interests: snake venoms; blood coagulation; blood platelets; hemostasis; hematology
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Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Interests: venom peptides; toxins; ion channels; peptide engineering; structural biology; pharmacology; pain; cancer
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Centro de Estudos de Biomoléculas Aplicadas à Saúde (CEBio), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ Rondônia) e Nucleo de Saúde, Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR), Porto Velho-RO, Brasil
Interests: bioactive compounds; natural venoms; structure-function relationships of toxins; snake venoms; toxins and enzymes; anti-venoms; pharmacological applications
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Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, São Vicente 01049-010, Brazil
Interests: enzyme; crotoxin; snake; Bothrops; renal toxicity; muscle; Crotalus durissus; alpha toxins; venom; plant lectin; insulin; myotoxins; seeds; toxins
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Laboratory of Toxicology & Pharmacology, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: natural and bioactive compounds; animal venoms & toxins; structure-function relationships; ion channels & receptors; electrophysiology; pharmacology


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1. Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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

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School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6UB, UK
Interests: venom research; sequence, structure and functional analysis of venom proteins; development of diagnostic and improved therapeutic strategies for snakebites; the impact of venoms on the cardiovascular system; clinical man-agement of snakebites in patients; policy development for snakebites
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Guest Scientist, Faculty of Biological Sciences, AK for Applied Bioinformatics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str.13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Interests: molecular evolution; phylogenomics; phylogentics and systematics especially of arthropods and pancrustaceans; venom gene evolution; proteo-transcriptomics of in particular smaller and neglected venomous invertebrates and insects and crustaceans; morphology of venom systems

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School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor LL57 2UW, Wales, UK
Interests: origin and evolution of snake venoms; causes; correlates and mechanisms of variation in snake venom composition; snake systematics

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Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, and Department of Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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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State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: arthropod venom; cry protein; insecticidal proteins

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Laboratório de Hemostase e Venenos, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21.941-902, Brazil
Interests: structure–activity relationship; proteomics; hemostasis; cancer; snake venom treatment
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