Professor Bryan Fry
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Bryan Fry

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Background

Venoms play a range of adaptive roles in the animal kingdom from predation to defense to competitor deterrence. Remarkably, despite their biological importance and uniqueness, the evolution of venom systems is poorly understood. New insights into the evolution of venom systems and the importance of the associated toxins cannot be advanced without recognition of the true biochemical, ecological, morphological and pharmacological diversity of venoms and associated venom systems. A major limitation has been the very narrow taxonomical range studied. Entire groups of venomous animals remain virtually unstudied. My research is inherently interdisciplinary, integrating ecological, evolutionary, and functional genomics approaches in order to understand the evolution of venom systems. Studies range from discovering the shock-inducing hypotensive and anticoagulant venom of the iconic Komodo Dragon through to exploring the unique temperature specific adaptations of Antarctic octopus venoms.

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Professor Bryan Fry is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Biological Sciences Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry Zoology

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Bryan Fry’s works on UQ eSpace

222 works between 1998 and 2025
All (222) Journal Article (204) Book Chapter (5) Conference Publication (13)

121 - 140 of 222 works

2018

Journal Article

Snakebite: when the human touch becomes a bad touch

Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Snakebite: when the human touch becomes a bad touch. Toxins, 10 (4) 170, 170. doi: 10.3390/toxins10040170

Snakebite: when the human touch becomes a bad touch

2018

Journal Article

Harden up: metal acquisition in the weaponized ovipositors of aculeate hymenoptera

Baumann, Kate, Vicenzi, Edward P., Lam, Thomas, Douglas, Janet, Arbuckle, Kevin, Cribb, Bronwen, Brady, Seán G. and Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Harden up: metal acquisition in the weaponized ovipositors of aculeate hymenoptera. Zoomorphology, 137 (3), 407-408. doi: 10.1007/s00435-018-0403-1

Harden up: metal acquisition in the weaponized ovipositors of aculeate hymenoptera

2018

Journal Article

The assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis produces two distinct venoms in separate gland lumens

Walker, Andrew A., Mayhew, Mark L., Jin, Jiayi, Herzig, Volker, Undheim, Eivind A. B., Sombke, Andy, Fry, Bryan G., Meritt, David J. and King, Glenn F. (2018). The assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis produces two distinct venoms in separate gland lumens. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 755, 755. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03091-5

The assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis produces two distinct venoms in separate gland lumens

2018

Journal Article

Giant fish-killing water bug reveals ancient and dynamic venom evolution in Heteroptera

Walker, Andrew A., Hernández-Vargas, Maria José, Corzo, Gerardo, Fry, Bryan G. and King, Glenn F. (2018). Giant fish-killing water bug reveals ancient and dynamic venom evolution in Heteroptera. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 75 (17), 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s00018-018-2768-1

Giant fish-killing water bug reveals ancient and dynamic venom evolution in Heteroptera

2018

Journal Article

Proteomic and functional variation within black snake venoms (Elapidae: Pseudechis)

Goldenberg, Jonathan, Cipriani, Vittoria, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Arbuckle, Kevin, Debono, Jordan, Dashevsky, Daniel, Panagides, Nadya, Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Koludarov, Ivan, Li, Bin, Santana, Renan Castro, Nouwens, Amanda, Jones, Alun, Hay, Chris, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Bush, Brian, Miles, John J, Ge, Lilin, Kwok, Hang Fai and Fry, Bryan G (2018). Proteomic and functional variation within black snake venoms (Elapidae: Pseudechis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 205, 53-61. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2018.01.001

Proteomic and functional variation within black snake venoms (Elapidae: Pseudechis)

2018

Journal Article

Ancient Diversification of Three-Finger Toxins in Micrurus Coral Snakes

Dashevsky, Daniel and Fry, Bryan G (2018). Ancient Diversification of Three-Finger Toxins in Micrurus Coral Snakes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 86 (1), 58-67. doi: 10.1007/s00239-017-9825-5

Ancient Diversification of Three-Finger Toxins in Micrurus Coral Snakes

2018

Journal Article

Three-Finger Toxin Diversification in the Venoms of Cat-Eye Snakes (Colubridae: Boiga)

Dashevsky, Daniel, Debono, Jordan, Rokyta, Darin, Nouwens, Amanda, Josh, Peter and Fry, Bryan G. (2018). Three-Finger Toxin Diversification in the Venoms of Cat-Eye Snakes (Colubridae: Boiga). Journal of Molecular Evolution, 86 (8), 531-545. doi: 10.1007/s00239-018-9864-6

Three-Finger Toxin Diversification in the Venoms of Cat-Eye Snakes (Colubridae: Boiga)

2017

Journal Article

Catch a tiger snake by its tail: differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes

Lister, Callum, Arbuckle, Kevin, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Debono, Jordan, Zdenek, Christina N., Dashevsky, Daniel, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Hay, Chris, Bush, Brian, Gillett, Amber and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Catch a tiger snake by its tail: differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 202, 39-54. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.07.005

Catch a tiger snake by its tail: differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes

2017

Journal Article

Rattling the border wall: pathophysiological implications of functional and proteomic venom variation between Mexican and US subspecies of the desert rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus

Dobson, James, Yang, Daryl, Op den Brouw, Bianca, Cochran, Chip, Huynh, Tam, Kurrupu, Sanjaya, Sánchez, Elda E., Massey, Daniel J., Baumann, Kate, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Nouwens, Amanda, Josh, Peter, Neri-Castro, Edgar, Alagón, Alejandro, Hodgson, Wayne C. and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Rattling the border wall: pathophysiological implications of functional and proteomic venom variation between Mexican and US subspecies of the desert rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, 205, 62-69. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.10.008

Rattling the border wall: pathophysiological implications of functional and proteomic venom variation between Mexican and US subspecies of the desert rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus

2017

Journal Article

The Bold and the Beautiful: a Neurotoxicity Comparison of New World Coral Snakes in the Micruroides and Micrurus Genera and Relative Neutralization by Antivenom

Yang, Daryl C., Dobson, James, Cochran, Chip, Dashevsky, Daniel, Arbuckle, Kevin, Benard, Melisa, Boyer, Leslie, Alagon, Alejandro, Hendrikx, Iwan, Hodgson, Wayne C. and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). The Bold and the Beautiful: a Neurotoxicity Comparison of New World Coral Snakes in the Micruroides and Micrurus Genera and Relative Neutralization by Antivenom. Neurotoxicity Research, 32 (3), 487-495. doi: 10.1007/s12640-017-9771-4

The Bold and the Beautiful: a Neurotoxicity Comparison of New World Coral Snakes in the Micruroides and Micrurus Genera and Relative Neutralization by Antivenom

2017

Journal Article

Differential procoagulant effects of saw-scaled viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Echis) snake venoms on human plasma and the narrow taxonomic ranges of antivenom efficacies

Rogalskia, Aymeric, Rowley, Paul, Soerensen, Christoffer, op den Brouw, Bianca, Lister, Callum, Dashevsky, Daniel, Arbuckle, Kevin, Gloria, Alexandra, Zdeneka, Christina N., Casewell, Nicholas R., Gutiérrez, José María, Mascig, Paul, Wüster, Wolfgang, Alia, Syed A., Frank, Nathaniel and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Differential procoagulant effects of saw-scaled viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Echis) snake venoms on human plasma and the narrow taxonomic ranges of antivenom efficacies. Toxicology Letters, 280, 159-170. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.08.020

Differential procoagulant effects of saw-scaled viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Echis) snake venoms on human plasma and the narrow taxonomic ranges of antivenom efficacies

2017

Journal Article

Enter the dragon: the dynamic and multifunctional evolution of anguimorpha lizard venoms

Koludarov, Ivan, Jackson, Timothy N. W., op den Brouw, Bianca, Dobson, James, Dashevsky, Daniel, Arbuckle, Kevin, Clemente, Christofer J., Stockdale, Edward J., Cochran, Chip, Debono, Jordan, Stephens, Carson, Panagides, Nadya, Li, Bin, Manchadi, Mary-Louise Roy, Violette, Aude, Fourmy, Rudy, Hendrikx, Iwan, Nouwens, Amanda, Clements, Judith, Martelli, Paolo, Kwok, Hang Fai and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Enter the dragon: the dynamic and multifunctional evolution of anguimorpha lizard venoms. Toxins, 9 (8) 242, 242. doi: 10.3390/toxins9080242

Enter the dragon: the dynamic and multifunctional evolution of anguimorpha lizard venoms

2017

Journal Article

Correlation between ontogenetic dietary shifts and venom variation in Australian brown snakes (Pseudonaja)

Cipriani, Vittoria, Debono, Jordan, Goldenberg, Jonathan, Jackson, Timothy N. W., Arbuckle, Kevin, Dobson, James, Koludarov, Ivan, Li, Bin, Hay, Chris, Dunstan, Nathan, Allen, Luke, Hendrikx, Iwan, Kwok, Hang Fai and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Correlation between ontogenetic dietary shifts and venom variation in Australian brown snakes (Pseudonaja). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology, 197, 53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.04.007

Correlation between ontogenetic dietary shifts and venom variation in Australian brown snakes (Pseudonaja)

2017

Journal Article

The Evolution of Fangs, Venom, and Mimicry Systems in Blenny Fishes (vol 27, pg 1184, 2017)

Casewell, Nicholas R., Visser, Jeroen C., Baumann, Kate, Dobson, James, Han, Han, Kuruppu, Sanjaya, Morgan, Michael, Romilio, Anthony, Weisbecker, Vera, Mardon, Karine, 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 (vol 27, pg 1184, 2017). Current Biology, 27 (10), 1549-1550. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.009

The Evolution of Fangs, Venom, and Mimicry Systems in Blenny Fishes (vol 27, pg 1184, 2017)

2017

Journal Article

Coagulating colubrids: evolutionary, pathophysiological and biodiscovery implications of venom variations between boomslang (Dispholidus typus) and twig snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus)

Debono, Jordan, Dobson, James, Casewell, Nicholas R., Romilio, Anthony, Li, Bin, Kurniawan, Nyoman, Mardon, Karine, Weisbecker, Vera, Nouwens, Amanda , Kwok, Hang Fai and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Coagulating colubrids: evolutionary, pathophysiological and biodiscovery implications of venom variations between boomslang (Dispholidus typus) and twig snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus). Toxins, 9 (5) 171, 171. doi: 10.3390/toxins9050171

Coagulating colubrids: evolutionary, pathophysiological and biodiscovery implications of venom variations between boomslang (Dispholidus typus) and twig snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus)

2017

Journal Article

Melt with this kiss: paralyzing and liquefying venom of the assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Walker, Andrew A. , Madio, Bruno, Jin, Jiayi, Undheim, Eivind A. B. , Fry, Bryan G. and King, Glenn F. (2017). Melt with this kiss: paralyzing and liquefying venom of the assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 16 (4), 552-566. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M116.063321

Melt with this kiss: paralyzing and liquefying venom of the assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

2017

Journal Article

From marine venoms to drugs: efficiently supported by a combination of transcriptomics and proteomics

Xie, Bing, Huang, Yuang, Baumann, Kate, Fry, Bryan Grieg and Shi, Qiong (2017). From marine venoms to drugs: efficiently supported by a combination of transcriptomics and proteomics. Marine Drugs, 15 (4) 103, 80-96. doi: 10.3390/md15040103

From marine venoms to drugs: efficiently supported by a combination of transcriptomics and proteomics

2017

Journal Article

Venom profiling of a population of the theraphosid spider Phlogius crassipes reveals continuous ontogenetic changes from juveniles through adulthood

Santana, Renan C., Perez, David, Dobson, James, Panagides, Nadya, Raven, Robert J., Nouwens, Amanda, Jones, Alun, King, Glenn F. and Fry, Bryan G. (2017). Venom profiling of a population of the theraphosid spider Phlogius crassipes reveals continuous ontogenetic changes from juveniles through adulthood. Toxins, 9 (4) 116, 116. doi: 10.3390/toxins9040116

Venom profiling of a population of the theraphosid spider Phlogius crassipes reveals continuous ontogenetic changes from juveniles through adulthood

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

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    Evolutionary models and biodiscovery tools from neurotoxic snake venoms
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Replacing the use of animals for the study of the alpha-5 subunit of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and to probe the drug potential of novel ligands for colitis and anti-smoking
    The MAWA Trust
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    An integrated, multi-node bio-layer interferometry facility
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Functional evolution and therapeutic potential of snake venom coagulotoxins
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    Imaging Mass Spectrometry at Higher Mass Resolution
    UQ Research Facilities Infrastructure Grants
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Coagulotoxic effects of Brazilian snake venoms: Role in adaptive evolution and human pathophysiological implications
    UQ-FAPESP Strategic Research Fund SPRINT
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Multichannel peptide synthesiser to accelerate UQ's biodiscovery pipeline and peptide drug development programs
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2017
    Deep Protein Sequencing, Structure and Quantification Facility
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Integrative blood coagulation research core facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Patch-clamp electrophysiology platform for drug and insecticide discovery
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Evolution of Sea Snakes in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria
    National Geographic Society
    Open grant
  • 2015
    A sensitive, high resolution QTOF mass spectrometer with nanoUPLC system for qualitative and quantitative biomolecule analysis.
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Beyond genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes: high throughput analysis of gene and protein expression and function
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Imaging the world of miniature venomous arthropods
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Fish venom as a model system for the molecular evolution of defensive toxins
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Investigation of the venom of two endangered snakes
    Australian Geographic Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    ResTeach 2013 0.05 FTE School of Biological Sciences
    UQ ResTeach
    Open grant
  • 2013
    UQ Travel Awards Category 1 - Dr Nicholas Casewell
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    The only poisonous primates: the ecological and behaviour context of slow loris venom.
    Oxford Brookes University
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Molecular toxinology of Australia's lesser known venomous snakes
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Adaptive evolution of coleoid (cuttlefish, octopus, squid) venoms
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Evolutionary venomics: Venom system diversification in the animal kingdom
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Bryan Fry is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Clinical implications and evolutionary insights of Latin American pit viper venom function

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fernanda Cardoso, Dr Andrew Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evaluation of Phylogenetic Patterns of Scorpion Pathophysiological Effects and Effectiveness of Next-Generation Antivenoms

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Glenn King, Dr Sam Robinson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The evolution of prey-selectivity for snake venom neurotoxins, and the parallel evolution of neurotoxin resistance in prey

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Pathophysiological actions of elapid snake venom on prey and human targets

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Venom variation in New World pit vipers

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fernanda Cardoso, Dr Andrew Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Pathophysiological actions of elapid snake venom on prey and human targets

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evaluation of Phylogenetic Patterns of Scorpion Pathophysiological Effects and Effectiveness of Next-Generation Antivenoms

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Glenn King, Dr Sam Robinson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Venom variation in American pit vipers

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Anacondas as sentinel species for accumulation of oil spill heavy metals into the food web

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jianxin Zhao

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evolutionary and clinical implications of differential pathophysiological effects of rattlesnake venoms upon blood coagulation, cell function, and nerve transmission.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Andrew Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Clinical implications and evolutionary insights of Latin American pit viper venom function

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fernanda Cardoso, Dr Andrew Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Pathophysiological actions of elapid venom on prey and human targets

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Utilising invertebrates to identify novel coagulotoxins

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Glenn King, Dr Andrew Walker

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Animal venoms
  • Antivenoms
  • Biodiscovery
  • Drug design
  • Venom

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