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Margareta Lakušić (@magy_lakusic) is a PhD student BIOPOLIS-CIBIO! Their talk "Comparative Venomics of Insular and Mainland Vipera ammodytes Populations Unveil the Effects of Sex, Age, and Prey Composition" is in our Diversity, Evolution and Ecology Session #GRSVenom24

Dr. Gustavo A. Agudelo-Cantero (Gustavo A. Agudelo-Cantero) is a Postdoc CEES - Univ. of Oslo! Their talk "Phenotypic Plasticity of the Venom of the Green Lacewing (Neuroptera, Chrysoperla carnea): Does the Maternal Environment Matter?" is in our Diversity, Evolution and Ecology Session #GRSVenom24

Tian Du (Tian Du) is our discussion leader for "Function and Characterization of Venom Products" #GRSVenom24! Tian is a final year PhD cand. Greg Neely at University of Sydney asking how diverse venoms from jellyfish to cobras act on cells through whole genome CRISPR screening.

Gabriel Mochales-Riaño (gubrins) is a PhD student working on genomics of arid-adapted horned vipers to identify their venom components! Their talk "A Multi-Omics Approach to the Toxin Evolution of True Vipers" is in our Function and Characterization Session #GRSVenom24

Dr. Schyler Ellsworth (Schyler Ellsworth) is an evolutionary biologist and Postdoctoral Researcher UNC-Chapel Hill! Their talk "Genetic Mechanisms of Venom Resistance in Drosophila using Centipede Venom" is in our Function and Characterization Session #GRSVenom24

Really excited to be presenting our genomic work on Cerastes gasperettii at GRC Venom next week! 🐍🧬

Teemu Rönkkö is a first-year PhD student at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark! Their talk "Structure-Based Predictions as a Novel Means to Pair Cone Snail-Derived Peptide Toxins with G-Protein Coupled Receptors" is in our Function and Characterization Session #GRSVenom24

Ashvriya Thapa (@ashvriyaT) is a a final-year PhD student in the Vetter lab Institute for Molecular Bioscience! Their talk "The Ant Venom Peptide, Ta3a Modulates the Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel, NaV1.7: Exploring Charges and Ionic Gradients" is in our Function and Characterization Session #GRSVenom24

Cong Ye is a Postdoc in the lab of Professor Nieng Yan (Nieng Yan) at Tsinghua University. Their talk "Structural Basis for Different ?-agatoxin IVA Sensitivities by the P type and Q type Cav2.1 Channels" is in our Function and Characterization Session #GRSVenom24

Dr. Charlotte Dawson (Charlotte Dawson) is a 2ndyear postdoctoral researcher at Centre for Snakebite Research & Interventions! Their talk "Assessment of Antivenom Efficacy as Part of the Reintroduction of Fav Afrique to the Global Market" is in our Technologies and Applications for Venoms Session #GRSVenom24

Dr. Rebecca Edge (@bexy2412) is our discussion leader for "Technologies and Applications for Venoms" #GRSVenom24! Their research focuses on improving snakebite therapeutics through the use of rationally designed immunogens to generate high quality, cross neutralising antibodies.

Dr. Rohit Patel (Rohit Patel) is a Postdoctoral Researcher Centre for Snakebite Research & Interventions. Their talk "Investigating the Antivenom-enhancing Potential of Novel Toxin-Inhibitors Against Neurotoxic Snakebite" is in our Function and Characterization Session #GRSVenom24

Max Overath is a PhD candidate in the Digital Biotechnology Lab DTU! Their talk "Yeast-Display-Guided High-Throughput Discovery of Cross-Binding VHHs Against Snake Venom Toxins" is in our Technologies and Applications for Venoms Session #GRSVenom24

Francis Ebuara (@ushiebuaras) is a PhD student in Darin Rokyta lab! Their talk "Transposable Elements are Associated with Open Chromatin Regions (OCRs) and may Enhance the Expression of Venom Genes in Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes" is in Technologies and Applications #GRSVenom24

Senji Laxme R R (Senji Laxme R Raghunath) is a PhD student focused on the toxin diversity of medically important Indian snakes! Their talk "Development of Recombinant Antibodies for Snakebite Detection and Therapeutics" is in our Technologies and Applications for Venoms Session #GRSVenom24

Favour Achimba (Favour Achimba) is our discussion leader for our Mentorship Component: Building Towards Better Science Communication Practices in the Venom Field #GRSVenom24! Favour is a 4th year PhD student in the Holford Lab Mandë Holford researching terebrid venom peptides.

Dr. Christina Zdenek (Christina N. Zdenek, PhD) is our Keynote speaker for our Mentorship Session! #GRSVenom24 Her talk ""Using Science Communication to Increase Impact" will provide guiding principles to enable and enhance the science communication abilities of ECRs! #scicomm

Mega coffee, mega smiles! So excited to be heading to the GRC Venom conference with my #GRSvenom24 co-chair Anna Klompen, PhD! Bring on the amazing venom and toxins science! 🪼🕷️

And that's a wrap for #GRSvenom24! It's been an awesome weekend of venom science and networking for early career researchers in beautiful Portland, ME! 🌞 T-3 hours until the #2024VenomGRC begins! GRC Venom

Heading home after a great week GRC Venom and #grsvenom! Wonderful opportunity to share the work we've been doing Centre for Snakebite Research & Interventions assessing antivenom efficacy! Leaving with plenty of new ideas for the next stage of my research! 👩🏼‍🔬🐍