Days: Tuesday, September 14th Wednesday, September 15th Thursday, September 16th
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This session focuses on the different levels of diversity tackled in venom studies, from organisms to molecules. It will include ecological and evolutionary aspects, venom composition, physiological action, and molecular targets of venom.
14:35 | Venom evolution in spitting cobras: integrating diverse data types and harnessing the power of collaboration in venom research (abstract) |
15:15 | A bug's secrets – Characterization of toxic venom components from the African assassin bug Psytalla horrida (abstract) PRESENTER: Maike Fischer |
15:25 | Venom modulation in the red-headed centipede Scolopendra morsitans (abstract) PRESENTER: Vanessa Schendel |
15:35 | The composition and specific toxicity of venom of araneophagous white-tailed spiders (abstract) PRESENTER: Ondřej Michálek |
15:45 | Venom variation in functionally distinct tissues of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus through a nematocyst-enriched transcriptome (abstract) PRESENTER: Anna Klompen |
15:55 | Convergent evolution of venom gland transcriptomes across Metazoa (abstract) PRESENTER: Giulia Zancolli |
16:20 | Bivalent antivenom against severe Scorpion envenomation in Morocco (abstract) |
16:23 | Characterization and identification of a novel protease from Palythoa caribaeorum venom (abstract) PRESENTER: Martha Mayela Manzano-Mora |
16:26 | Proteomic analysis of the venom duct of the West African cone snail Varioconus guanche (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria del Mar Cano Caballero |
16:29 | Venom characterization of the aquatics bugs Ilyocoris cimicoides (Hemiptera: Naucoridae) and Notonecta glauca (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) (abstract) PRESENTER: Sol Yepes |
16:32 | The importance of performing both LD50 and ED50 potency experiments: A case study investigating the prey specificity of tarantula venoms. (abstract) PRESENTER: Keith Lyons |
16:35 | Differential Gene Expression analyses reveal potential novel predatory toxins in the heteronemertean Lineus longissimus (abstract) PRESENTER: Claudia Camarero-Hoyos |
16:38 | Comparative venom biochemistry of Anatolian venomous snakes: protein profiles and enzyme activities (abstract) PRESENTER: Nasit Igci |
16:41 | Spider toxin PmuTx1 targets voltage-gated channels Nav1.7 and Cav3.2 (abstract) PRESENTER: Marie Tuifua |
16:44 | Comparative analysis of V. ursinii ssp. and V. a. ammodytes venoms which originated from Croatia (abstract) PRESENTER: Maja Lang Balija |
16:47 | Investigation of the individual venom variation of Macrovipera lebetinus obtusa (Blunt-nosed viper) in terms of protein profile, phospholipase A2 and protease enzyme activities (abstract) PRESENTER: Rabia Tas |
16:50 | Enzymatic activity of phospholipases A2 from Naja ashei venom (abstract) PRESENTER: Aleksandra Bocian |
16:53 | The Determination of Antimicrobial and Anti-quorum Sensing Activities in Honey bee Venom Collected from Mugla in Turkey (abstract) PRESENTER: Ozgur Ceylan |
17:20 | Protein diversity in the venom duct of the Mediterranean cone snail Lautoconus ventricosus (abstract) PRESENTER: Juan Carlos G. Galindo |
17:30 | Does arboreal life habits in Neotropical ant species impacts their venom composition and performance? (abstract) PRESENTER: Axel Touchard |
17:40 | The macroecology of venom: Using phylogenetic comparative approaches to understand the general rules of venom ecology and evolution (abstract) PRESENTER: Kevin Healy |
17:50 | A Pseudoscorpion's Promising Pinch: The Venom of Chelifer cancroides Contains a Rich Source of Novel Compounds (abstract) PRESENTER: Jonas Krämer |
18:00 | A first look at soft corals' toxins: the venom of the white seafan Eunicella singularis (abstract) PRESENTER: Serena Leone |
18:25 | Venom optimisation and venom potency in the globally invasive Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) (abstract) PRESENTER: Sean Rayner |
18:28 | Purification of antimicrobial peptides from the hemolymph of Mesobuthus gibbosus (abstract) PRESENTER: Arzu İşcan |
18:31 | MiGa an actinoporin-like protein from the Mediteranian Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) (abstract) PRESENTER: Simon Caserman |
18:34 | Does size matter after all? An investigation of the relation between morphology and venom potency in scorpions. (abstract) PRESENTER: Alannah Forde |
18:37 | Potentials in the neglected Molluscivorous and Vermivorous Conus Species (abstract) PRESENTER: Yihe Zhao |
18:40 | Fish Venoms: the transcriptomic approach to the venom cocktail (abstract) PRESENTER: Filipe Silva |
18:43 | Biochemical and functional characterization of cysteine-rich secretory proteins from the venom of the nose-horned viper (abstract) PRESENTER: Aljoša Marinko |
18:46 | The greatest of the small: Meta-analysis of hymenopteran venom diversity, and further approaches for biotechnology–pharmacology. (abstract) PRESENTER: Juan Guido |
18:49 | Dominant toxin hypothesis: Disentangling the evolution of venom as a complex trait (abstract) PRESENTER: Joachim Surm |
18:52 | Fibrinogenolytic activities of Anatolian viper venoms (abstract) PRESENTER: Fikriye Seda Atasoy |
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This session features the most recent methodological advances that are pushing forward venom research: from gene editing to biophysics, from high throughput experimentation and bioinformatics to cell biology.
14:05 | Cytotoxic Activity Investigation of Anatolian Bee (Apis mellifera anatoliaca) Venom Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (abstract) PRESENTER: Batuhan Orman |
14:08 | Gene Cloning and Expression of Cobra Venom Cytotoxin using Bacterial Expression System (abstract) PRESENTER: Yanning Yong |
14:11 | How your research strategy can influence your data (abstract) PRESENTER: Konrad Hus |
14:14 | THE CONTRIBUTION OF PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 AND METALLOPROTEINASES TO THE SYNERGISTIC ACTION OF VIPER VENOM ON THE BIOENERGETIC PROFILE OF VERO CELLS (abstract) PRESENTER: Naira Ayvazyan |
14:17 | Bryoporin from moss Physcomitrium patens is structurally related to pore-forming actinoporins (abstract) PRESENTER: Gašper Šolinc |
14:20 | Antibacterial properties of Androctonus crassicauda (Oliver, 1807) venom synthesized gold nanosturctures (abstract) PRESENTER: Idris Yazgan |
14:23 | Two web resources on venoms and their proteins: the UniProt ToxProt program and VenomZone (abstract) PRESENTER: Florence Jungo |
14:26 | Linear Scorpion Peptides: An unexplored pool for peptide hydrogels (abstract) PRESENTER: Grigoris Panayi |
14:35 | Genome organization and structure of venom genes of the Mediterranean cone snail Lautoconus ventricosus (Gmelin, 1791) (abstract) PRESENTER: José Ramón Pardos-Blas |
14:45 | The use of one-dimensional fluorine (19F) NMR in membrane-protein studies of pore-forming toxin listeriolysin O (abstract) PRESENTER: Mirijam Kozorog |
14:55 | Unveiling the Old World Mysteries - High Scale Proteomics of Turkish Viperine Venoms (abstract) PRESENTER: Maik Damm |
15:05 | Spatial venomics: Toxin production and functional biology of glycerid toxins by mass spectrometry imaging (abstract) PRESENTER: Benjamin-Florian Hempel |
15:15 | Combining Spatial Transcriptomics and Mass-Spectrometry Imaging to identify and visualize novel nemertean toxins within histological sections (abstract) PRESENTER: Aida Verdes |
15:45 | Recombinant expression of cone snail venom insulins (abstract) PRESENTER: Sophie Laugesen |
15:48 | Enzymatic conjugation with transglutaminase to label venom toxins: method and applications (abstract) PRESENTER: Fiorella Tonello |
15:51 | Engineering of the actinoporin FraC confers hydrolytic activity to the pore channel: building the foundations towards pore-based nanoreactors (abstract) PRESENTER: Sara García Linares |
15:54 | Cytotoxic Effects of Selected Cyclic Peptides Based on Venom Mimetics on Glioblastoma (U87MG) Cells (abstract) PRESENTER: Ayse Nalbantsoy |
15:57 | Purification and evaluation of a novel analgesic peptide isolated from the venom of Centruroides exilicauda (abstract) PRESENTER: Erick-Fernando Huerta Romero |
16:00 | Multi-scale evaluation of spider toxins as potential anti-nociceptive agents: Example of Cyriotoxin-1a (abstract) PRESENTER: Evelyne Benoit |
16:03 | A new approach to antivenom preparation: Using Androctonus crassicauda venom loaded biodegradable nanoparticles as an immunoadjuvant. (abstract) |
16:06 | The transition of apoptosis to necroptosis by cobra venom cytotoxin is associated with concentration-dependent membrane permeabilization. (abstract) PRESENTER: Michelle Khai Khun Yap |
16:15 | Using Ribosome Display to Generate a Safe, Efficient and Affordable Antivenom to treat Snakebite Envenoming (abstract) PRESENTER: Richard Stenner |
16:25 | The King’s Gambit: Small Molecule Arsenal of Conus imperialis (abstract) |
16:35 | Application of Multi-Enzymatic Limited Digestion for inventorying the snake venom arsenal (abstract) PRESENTER: Fernanda Gobbi Amorim |
16:45 | Improving the utility of venoms in high throughput screening for drug discovery. (abstract) |
16:55 | Snake venom metabolomics: Comparative analysis between Vipera ammodytes meridionalis and Malpolon insignitus fuscus in the Peloponnese (abstract) PRESENTER: Alexis Panagiotopoulos |
17:30 | Killer Snails: Agents of change and innovation (abstract) |
18:15 | Towards a physiologically relevant human stem cell-derived hepatic in vitro model for evaluating venom pharmacology, toxicology and pathology (abstract) PRESENTER: Joana S Rodrigues |
18:18 | Cytotoxicity of Phospholipases A2 and 3FTxs from Naja ashei venom (abstract) PRESENTER: Anna Miłoś |
18:21 | A new w-conotoxin from Californiconus californicus with analgesic effect after systemic administration in chronic inflammatory pain. (abstract) PRESENTER: Joaquín López Carrillo |
18:24 | Upgrading biological nanopores with unnatural amino acids (abstract) PRESENTER: Ana Crnkovic |
18:27 | In vitro assessment of venom cardiovascular pharmacology and safety: a trip from single cells to isolated organs (abstract) PRESENTER: Simona Saponara |
18:30 | In Vitro activity of melittin from honey bee venom alone and in Combination with antibiotics against carbapenemases-producing Gram-negative bacilli (abstract) PRESENTER: Tania Cebrero-Cangueiro |
18:33 | Effects of the marine toxin palytoxin on human induced pluripotent stem cells (abstract) PRESENTER: Federica Cavion |
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In this session major applications of venom research are presented, including developments in the biomedical, agrochemical, cosmeceutical, and antimicrobial fields. Clinical aspects of envenomation and antivenom interventions are featured as well.
14:05 | Deadly cures: a spider-venom peptide for treating ischemic injuries of the heart and brain (abstract) |
14:45 | Mutual anticancer effects of bee venom and cisplatin on human cervical and laryngeal carcinoma cells and their drug resistant sublines (abstract) PRESENTER: Goran Gajski |
14:55 | The anti-tumoral profile of an octopus peptide in BRAF-melanoma cells is mediated by the conformation of the neurokinin 1 receptor-binding domain (abstract) PRESENTER: Maria Ikonomopoulou |
15:05 | Identifying new potential antimalarial compound in toad venoms through a bio-guided fractionation process (abstract) PRESENTER: Mathilde Wells |
15:15 | High Content Microscopy Screening for Potentially Pain Modulating Toxins (abstract) PRESENTER: Ehsan Alirahimi |
15:25 | Purification of novel phospholipase A2 enzymes with anticancer activity from Pseudechis australis snake venom (abstract) PRESENTER: James Boncan |
15:45 | The Cytotoxic Effect of Apis mellifera Venom with a Synergistic Potential of Its Two Main Components-Melittin and PLA2-On Colon Cancer HCT116 Cell Lines (abstract) PRESENTER: Carole Yaacoub |
15:48 | Cardiovascular effects of snake toxins: new data for known toxins (abstract) PRESENTER: Yuri Utkin |
15:51 | Isolation, identification and characterization of phospholipases A2 from Lachesis acrochorda snake venom with activity on central nervous system glioma cancer cells (abstract) PRESENTER: Adrián Marcelo Franco Vásquez |
15:54 | Quality-related properties of the whole IgG snake antivenoms obtained by different refinement protocols (abstract) PRESENTER: Sanja Mateljak Lukacevic |
15:57 | Comparison of preclinical properties of several available antivenoms in the search for effective treatment of Vipera ammodytes and Vipera berus envenoming (abstract) PRESENTER: Tihana Kurtović |
16:00 | Implications of bee venom administration on some biochemical and haematological parameters in Wistar rats (abstract) PRESENTER: Mario Darius Codreanu |
16:03 | Is mechanistic action of NLP-induced plant membrane damage universal? (abstract) PRESENTER: Nika Žibrat |
16:30 | VaaMPIII-3, a disintegrin-like/cysteine-rich protein from the Vipera a. ammodytes venom, and its toxic effects on blood (abstract) PRESENTER: Kity Požek |
16:40 | New kids on the block: Envenomation occurrence, medical significance and venom profile of the Noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis (abstract) PRESENTER: Michel Dugon |
16:50 | A presynaptically neurotoxic secreted phospholipase A2 group IIA from snake venom and its mammalian orthologue bind to the same mitochondrial receptor (abstract) PRESENTER: Adrijan Ivanušec |
17:00 | Design and production of subtype-selective ligands of voltage-gated potassium channels (abstract) |
17:10 | From venom to bioactive peptide: Identification, Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship Study. (abstract) PRESENTER: Yasmine Boughanmi |
17:30 | Unraveling the cytotoxic mechanism of the Octpep-1 venom-derived peptide in BRAF(V600E) mutated melanoma and its synergy with mTORC1 and ERK inhibitors (abstract) PRESENTER: Javier Moral-Sanz |
17:33 | Equinatoxin II-D4 fusion protein as a promising tool to study organization of plasma membrane lipids in mammalian cells during viral infection (abstract) PRESENTER: Magdalena Kulma |
17:36 | Cholesterol modulates the cytotoxicity of Gomesin in melanoma of BRAF mutation. (abstract) PRESENTER: Ana Vela-Sebastian |
17:39 | Horse selection and immunization for effective production of polyclonal antibodies against venom from venomous animals (abstract) PRESENTER: Hakan Caliskan |
17:42 | Exploring global trends in the clinical manifestations of scorpion envenomations (abstract) PRESENTER: Adam Jacobsen |
17:45 | Venomous spiders of Albania – Does the increase of the air temperature influence the toxicity of the spider venom? (abstract) |
17:48 | Anticancer activity of Argiope bruennichi spider venom (abstract) PRESENTER: Gülay Sezer |
17:51 | The anti-platelet activity of VWA1-like proteins from the vampire snail Cumia reticulata (abstract) PRESENTER: Quirino Attilio Vassalli |
Posters will be further discussed in 3 parallel live Q&A sessions
Maria Vittoria Modica (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy)
Manuel J. Tenorio (University of Cadiz, Spain)