New Insights into Structure and Function of Arthropod Toxins and Other Toxins: Tribute to Professor Hervé Rochat
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Venoms".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 2153
Special Issue Editors
Interests: toxins; biotechnology; spider venom; antimicrobial toxins; toxins and pain; anticancer toxins; toxins and therapeutic; arthropod toxins; animal venoms; toxin active in erectile function
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is in honor of the late Professor Hervé Rochat. It aims to showcase new research on the structure and function of different venoms, especially arthropod venoms. Professor Hervé Rochat, who passed away in January 2023, was a pioneer in the field of toxins and was passionate about it throughout his scientific career. The work accomplished in his lab has been an inspiration for many scientists around the world. It has allowed key discoveries not only on the structure–function relationship of animal toxins, but also on the function of their targets, particularly ion channels. His lab has developed several skills to tackle the understanding of the structure–function relationship of toxins, starting from a biochemical point of view: purification, amino acid analysis and elucidation of the primary, secondary and tertiary structures. Subsequently, more insights were obtained with pharmacological and immunological experiments. It is important to point out that Prof. Hervé Rochat’s laboratory developed cutting-edge techniques that enabled innovative and outstanding research to be conducted. For these reasons, Prof. Hervé Rochat attracted researchers and students from all the continents by contributing to their training practices. Moreover, being a great mentor, he supported these researchers to pursue these studies in their countries and to develop their own laboratories. Many of us are glad for being part of his team and are grateful for his immense support. We believe that good science lives and evolves through generations and that our role is to pursue it, drawing inspiration from our masters. This is certainly the main tribute we can pay to them.
Prof. Dr. Maria Elena De Lima
Dr. Sandrine Cestèle
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- peptide
- venom
- toxin
- ion channels
