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2017

Journal Article

The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes

Casewell, Nicholas R., Visser, Jeroen C., Baumann, Kate, Dobson, James, Han, Han, Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Morgan, Michael, Romilio, Anthony, Weisbecker, Vera, Ali, Syed A., Debono, Jordan, Koludarov, Ivan, Que, Ivo, Bird, Gregory C., Cooke, Gavan M., Nouwens, Amanda, Hodgson, Wayne C., Wagstaff, Simon C., Cheney, Karen L., Vetter, Irina, van der Weerd, Louise, Richardson, Michael K. and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes. Current Biology, 27 (8), 1184-1191. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.067

The evolution of fangs, venom, and mimicry systems in blenny fishes

2017

Journal Article

How the cobra got its flesh-eating venom: Cytotoxicity as a defensive innovation and its co-evolution with hooding, aposematic marking, and spitting

Panagides, Nadya, Jackson, Timothy N.W., Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Arbuckle, Kevin, Pretzler, Rudolf, Yang, Daryl C., Ali, Syed A., Koludarov, Ivan, Dobson, James, Sanker, Brittany, Asselin, Angelique, Santana, Renan C., Hendrikx, Iwan, van der Ploeg, Harold, Tai-A-Pin, Jeremie, van den Bergh, Romilly, Kerkkamp, Harald M.I., Vonk, Freek J., Naude, Arno, Strydom, Morné A., Jacobsz, Louis, Dunstan, Nathan, Jaeger, Marc, Hodgson, Wayne C., Miles, John and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). How the cobra got its flesh-eating venom: Cytotoxicity as a defensive innovation and its co-evolution with hooding, aposematic marking, and spitting. Toxins, 9 (103) 103, 103. doi: 10.3390/toxins9030103

How the cobra got its flesh-eating venom: Cytotoxicity as a defensive innovation and its co-evolution with hooding, aposematic marking, and spitting

2017

Journal Article

Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes)

Maddock, Simon T., Childerstone, Aaron, Fry, Bryan Grieg, Williams, David J., Barlow, Axel and Wuster, Wolfgang (2017). Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107, 48-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.005

Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes)

2017

Journal Article

The cardiovascular and neurotoxic effects of the venoms of six bony and cartilaginous fish species

Han, Han, Baumann, Kate, Casewell, Nicholas R., Ali, Syed A., Dobson, James, Koludarov, Ivan, Debono, Jordan, Cutmore, Scott C., Rajapakse, Niwanthi W., Jackson, Timothy N. W., Jones, Rob, Hodgson, Wayne C., Fry, Bryan G. and Kuruppu, Sanjaya (2017). The cardiovascular and neurotoxic effects of the venoms of six bony and cartilaginous fish species. Toxins, 9 (2) 67, 67. doi: 10.3390/toxins9020067

The cardiovascular and neurotoxic effects of the venoms of six bony and cartilaginous fish species

2016

Journal Article

Endless forms most beautiful: the evolution of ophidian oral glands, including the venom system, and the use of appropriate terminology for homologous structures

Jackson, Timothy N. W., Young, Bruce, Underwood, Garth, McCarthy, Colin J., Kochva, Elazar, Vidal, Nicolas, van der Weerd, Louise, Nabuurs, Rob, Dobson, James, Whitehead, Daryl, Vonk, Freek J., Hendrikx, Iwan, Hay, Chris and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). Endless forms most beautiful: the evolution of ophidian oral glands, including the venom system, and the use of appropriate terminology for homologous structures. Zoomorphology, 136 (1), 1-24. doi: 10.1007/s00435-016-0332-9

Endless forms most beautiful: the evolution of ophidian oral glands, including the venom system, and the use of appropriate terminology for homologous structures

2016

Journal Article

Viper venom botox: the molecular origin and evolution of the waglerin peptides used in anti-wrinkle skin cream

Debono, Jordan, Xie, Bing, Violette, Aude, Fourmy, Rudy, Jaeger, Marc and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). Viper venom botox: the molecular origin and evolution of the waglerin peptides used in anti-wrinkle skin cream. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 84 (1), 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s00239-016-9764-6

Viper venom botox: the molecular origin and evolution of the waglerin peptides used in anti-wrinkle skin cream

2016

Journal Article

Rapid radiations and the race to redundancy: an investigation of the evolution of Australian elapid snake venoms

Jackson, Timothy N. W., Koludarov, Ivan, Ali, Syed A., Dobson, James, Zdenek, Christina N., Dashevsky, Daniel, Op den Brouw, Bianca, Masci, Paul P., Nouwens, Amanda, Josh, Peter, Goldenberg, Jonathan, Cipriani, Vittoria, Hay, Chris, Hendrikx, Iwan, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). Rapid radiations and the race to redundancy: an investigation of the evolution of Australian elapid snake venoms. Toxins, 8 (11) 309, 309. doi: 10.3390/toxins8110309

Rapid radiations and the race to redundancy: an investigation of the evolution of Australian elapid snake venoms

2016

Journal Article

The snake with the scorpion's sting: novel three-finger toxin sodium channel activators from the venom of the long-glanded blue coral snake (Calliophis bivirgatus)

Yang, Daryl C., Deuis, Jennifer R., Dashevsky, Daniel, Dobson, James, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Brust, Andreas, Xie, Bing, Koludarov, Ivan, Debono, Jordan, Hendrikx, Iwan, Hodgson, Wayne C., Josh, Peter, Nouwens, Amanda, Baillie, Gregory J., Bruxner, Timothy J. C., Alewood, Paul F., Peng Lim, Kelvin Kok, Frank, Nathaniel, Vetter, Irina and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). The snake with the scorpion's sting: novel three-finger toxin sodium channel activators from the venom of the long-glanded blue coral snake (Calliophis bivirgatus). Toxins, 8 (10) A034, 303. doi: 10.3390/toxins8100303

The snake with the scorpion's sting: novel three-finger toxin sodium channel activators from the venom of the long-glanded blue coral snake (Calliophis bivirgatus)

2016

Journal Article

A tricky trait: applying the fruits of the “function debate” in the philosophy of biology to the “venom debate” in the science of toxinology

Jackson, Timothy N. W. J and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). A tricky trait: applying the fruits of the “function debate” in the philosophy of biology to the “venom debate” in the science of toxinology. Toxins, 8 (9) 263, 263. doi: 10.3390/toxins8090263

A tricky trait: applying the fruits of the “function debate” in the philosophy of biology to the “venom debate” in the science of toxinology

2016

Journal Article

Canopy venom: proteomic comparison among new world arboreal pit-viper venoms

Debono, Jordan, Cochran, Chip, Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Nouwens, Amanda, Rajapakse, Niwanthi W., Kawasaki, Minami, Wood, Kelly, Dobson, James, Baumann, Kate, Jouiaei, Mahdokht, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Koludarov, Ivan, Low, Dolyce, Ali, Syed A., Smith, A. Ian, Barnes, Andrew and Fry, Bryan G. (2016). Canopy venom: proteomic comparison among new world arboreal pit-viper venoms. Toxins, 8 (7) 210, 210.1-210.19. doi: 10.3390/toxins8070210

Canopy venom: proteomic comparison among new world arboreal pit-viper venoms

2016

Journal Article

Venoms of heteropteran insects: a treasure trove of diverse pharmacological toolkits

Walker, Andrew A., Weirauch, Christiane, Fry, Bryan G. and King, Glenn F. (2016). Venoms of heteropteran insects: a treasure trove of diverse pharmacological toolkits. Toxins, 8 (2) 43, 43. doi: 10.3390/toxins8020043

Venoms of heteropteran insects: a treasure trove of diverse pharmacological toolkits

2016

Journal Article

Deep venomics of the Pseudonaja genus reveals inter- and intra-specific variation

Reeks, Timothy, Lavergne, Vincent, Sunagar, Kartik, Jones, Alun, Undheim, Eivind, Dunstan, Nathan, Fry, Bryan and Alewood, Paul F. (2016). Deep venomics of the Pseudonaja genus reveals inter- and intra-specific variation. Journal of Proteomics, 133, 20-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.11.019

Deep venomics of the Pseudonaja genus reveals inter- and intra-specific variation

2016

Journal Article

Structure-activity relationship of chlorotoxin-like peptides

Ali, Syed Abid, Alam, Mehtab, Abbasi, Atiya, Undheim, Eivind A. B., Fry, Bryan Grieg, Kalbacher, Hubert and Voelter, Wolfgang (2016). Structure-activity relationship of chlorotoxin-like peptides. Toxins, 8 (2), 36. doi: 10.3390/toxins8020036

Structure-activity relationship of chlorotoxin-like peptides

2016

Journal Article

Evaluating the drivers of Indo-Pacific biodiversity: speciation and dispersal of sea snakes (Elapidae: hydrophiinae)

Ukuwela, Kanishka D. B., Lee, Michael S. Y., Rasmussen, Arne R., de Silva, Anslem, Mumpuni, Fry, Bryan G., Ghezellou, Parviz, Rezaie-Atagholipour, Mohsen and Sanders, Kate L. (2016). Evaluating the drivers of Indo-Pacific biodiversity: speciation and dispersal of sea snakes (Elapidae: hydrophiinae). Journal of Biogeography, 43 (2), 243-255. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12636

Evaluating the drivers of Indo-Pacific biodiversity: speciation and dispersal of sea snakes (Elapidae: hydrophiinae)

2016

Conference Publication

Investigating venom-derived molecules that augment human immune function

Jimenez-Martinez, R., Ikonomopoulou, M., Haigh, O., Lutzky, V, Leal-Rojas, I, Ryan, R., Ratnatunga, C., Wong, Y., Lopez, A., Fry, B., Herzig, V, King, G. and Miles, J. J. (2016). Investigating venom-derived molecules that augment human immune function. International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 21-26 August 2016. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley - VCH. doi: 10.1002/eji.201670200

Investigating venom-derived molecules that augment human immune function

2016

Conference Publication

Exploring the immunosuppressive potential of venom-derived molecules

Ryan, R., Ikonomopoulou, M., Haigh, O., Lutzky, V, Martinez, Jimenez R., Ratnatunga, C., Wong, Y., Rojas, Leal, I, Lopez, A., Fry, B., Herzig, V, King, G. and Miles, J. (2016). Exploring the immunosuppressive potential of venom-derived molecules. International Congress of Immunology (ICI), Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 21-26 August 2016. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley - VCH. doi: 10.1002/eji.201670200

Exploring the immunosuppressive potential of venom-derived molecules

2015

Journal Article

Toxins: State of Journal Report, 2016

Tesh, Vernon L. and Fry, Bryan Grieg (2015). Toxins: State of Journal Report, 2016. Toxins, 7 (12), 5459-5461. doi: 10.3390/toxins7124895

Toxins: State of Journal Report, 2016

2015

Journal Article

Weaponization of a hormone: convergent recruitment of hyperglycemic hormone into the venom of arthropod predators

Undheim, Eivind A. B., Grimm, Lena L., Low, Chek -Fong, Morgenstern, David, Herzig, Volker, Zobel-Thropp, Pamela, Pineda, Sandy Steffany, Habib, Rosaline, Dziemborowicz, Slawomir, Fry, Bryan G., Nicholson, Graham M., Binford, Greta J., Mobli, Mehdi and King, Glenn F. (2015). Weaponization of a hormone: convergent recruitment of hyperglycemic hormone into the venom of arthropod predators. Structure, 23 (7) 3184, 1283-1292. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2015.05.003

Weaponization of a hormone: convergent recruitment of hyperglycemic hormone into the venom of arthropod predators

2015

Journal Article

Ancient venom systems: A review on cnidaria toxins

Jouiaei, Mahdokht, Yanagihara, Angel A., Madio, Bruno, Nevalainen, Timo J., Alewood, Paul F. and Fry, Bryan G. (2015). Ancient venom systems: A review on cnidaria toxins. Toxins, 7 (6), 2251-2271. doi: 10.3390/toxins7062251

Ancient venom systems: A review on cnidaria toxins

2015

Journal Article

Evolution of an ancient venom: recognition of a novel family of cnidarian toxins and the common evolutionary origin of sodium and potassium neurotoxins in sea anemone

Jouiaei, Mahdokht, Sunagar, Kartik, Gross, Aya Federman, Scheib, Holger, Alewood, Paul F., Moran, Yehu and Fry, Bryan (2015). Evolution of an ancient venom: recognition of a novel family of cnidarian toxins and the common evolutionary origin of sodium and potassium neurotoxins in sea anemone. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32 (6), 1598-1610. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv050

Evolution of an ancient venom: recognition of a novel family of cnidarian toxins and the common evolutionary origin of sodium and potassium neurotoxins in sea anemone