Postdoc @ CU School of Medicine - Rattlesnake ecologist - Venom biochemist
Colorado, USA
Joined April 2019
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Got to return this gorgeous female prairie #rattlesnake to her densite just as the warm weather was drying up in central Wyoming. Beautiful canyon and a new population for my dissertation on #Venom variation 👍
📷 by Neil Balchan
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#Snakes on a plain: biotic and abiotic factors determine venom compositional variation in a wide-ranging generalist rattlesnake
New publication (including a great title) by @Buzzzworm1 et al. about a myotoxin vs svMP phenotype in rattlesnake #venom
bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/ar…
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New @CSRIatLSTM opinion piece on the promise of small molecule drugs as new #snakebite treatment. Out in @TrendsinPharma. Led by the wonderful @RachelHClare @srhall106 and @RNPatel85423179 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Meet four young women in Kenya who are researching snake venom, how to improve treatment of snakebite, which kills and injures hundreds of thousands of people every year @K_SRIC @CSRIatLSTM @LSTMnews #NIHRglobalhealth #IWD2021
Looking forward to attending a virtual tour of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge tomorrow with the @UNCOBio Natural History Museum! Should be a great experience for our graduate and undergraduate curators!
Book your place for tomorrow's tour of the Museum from
@atlasobscura which includes a live interview with our Assistant Director @JackDAshby. It's their 1st virtual tour of a UK museum. Starts Tues 16 Feb at 5pm GMT. Book in advance 🐳 atlasobscura.com/experiences…
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This death adder is using its tail to lure prey within range of its venomous bite!
But check out that flash of yellow ✨🖤🐍
We discovered that death adder tails CHANGE COLOUR over their lifetime... (thread)
doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/b…
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and of course, got to thank the #snakes for their participation in our venom spitting study! Slow motion venom spitting by Naja nubiae - Video credit copyright "The trustees of the Natural History Museum, London and Callum Nair". @CSRIatLSTM @LSTMnews science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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8 years after first discussing this project, we published today on the consequences the evolution of spitting has had on #venom in cobras. I'm super proud of @TalineKaz for leading this, and the contribution of so many amazing collaborators at @CSRIatLSTM and across the world!
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Here is a link to a TEDx talk I recently gave on #snakes and #snakebite for @TEDxLSTM. It’s an attempt to summarise our (and my!) fascination with snakes, and the impact they have had, and continue to have, on us today. @wellcometrust @royalsociety @RSTMH @CSRIatLSTM @LSTMnews
'Snakebitten': Tale of the serpent (Prof Nick Casewell @nickcasewell @CSRIatLSTM | TEDxLSTM) ted.com/talks/prof_nick_case… via @TEDTalks #TEDxLSTM #unknowndestinations
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Our latest lab paper, which investigates the utility of antivenom against Russell's viper venoms from SE Asia, is now out in @PLOSNTDs. This project was led by Shane Chaisakul who visited @CSRIatLSTM on a @NewtonFund Travel Award. @LSTMnews @wellcometrust journals.plos.org/plosntds/a…
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this is an amazing opportunity for a #venom related postdoc in a fantastic lab!
Please RT! We currently have a 3 year position in Sydney Australia for a post doc interested in using CRISPR to study deadly toxin and venom mechanisms of action. Super fun project! #venom Please see here: bit.ly/32e7Pai
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One of our own rockstars, ASF's @EMBrandehoff helping to spread the word about #SnakebiteAwarenessDay !! 🐍🐍🐍He has recently comeback from a medical mission in Kindia,Guinea. An area that suffers from about 650 snakebites/yr and now working in partnership with us #snakebite
Today is an ideal time to highlight work of @ucsffresno snakebite expert @embrandehoff Dr. Brandehoff recently lent his expertise a continent away. Read the story in Up Close
#internationalsnakebiteday #globalhealth @CommunityMed @UniversityMDs
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Happy to finally report that some of our forensics work from a few years ago in the Mackessy venom lab helped solve a murder investigation involving #snake #venom.
Thanks @UNC_Colorado for the coverage. unco.edu/news/articles/foren…
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Bit of a different start to the day. Thanks @VictoriaLIVE for having us on to talk about #snakebite. #SnakebiteAwarenessDay
You’ll want to watch this.
Just how potent is snake venom?
Prof Nicholas Casewell mixes @vicderbyshire’s blood with venom from a viper to show the effect of a snake bite.
It turns into a jelly-like clot
bbc.in/2kIScr1
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Our latest paper is out! Exploring receptor mimics as new #snakebite treatment. Some promise but much optimisation work needed. Great collaboration with the Ulens and Kool labs @CSRIatLSTM @laura_albulescu @TalineKaz @stuains @Jaffer_Solaiss @DrSnakeVenom frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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#HERpers at Biology of the Pitvipers. #BOPV #herpetallogy Thanks @snakeymama for bringing us together!
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An undergrad working in the UNCO zoology museum just sent me a PowerPoint of the 14+ museum curation skills she learned this semester. It auto-played and was set to Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive.” My day is made. @Buzzzworm1 @UrbanBirdNerd @UNCOBio
First day of the field season at a new study site yields 5 buzzworms including 2 wee babies and one big thicc boi AND and big beautiful bullsnake #herptwitter #WomenInSTEM #PhD #snakesarefriendsnotpests
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To my herp people, I am very deliberately using the word “lasso” over “noose”cause as a VERY BLACK person,the word noose & the action being described as noosing by white people has always made me very uncomfortable due to past & recent history. Think about it. #HerpetALLogy
