Provisional Agenda
(Subject to change: The conference may finish slightly earlier or later than the advertised time)
Event type: Virtual/in-person hybrid
Presentation language: English
Venue: The Jarvis Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall, Queen’s Lane, Oxford, UK
Time Zone: All times mentioned refer to British Standard (BST) – London/GMT +01:00.
Password and links: Registered conference delegates will be sent joining information and conference access links a few days before the conference.
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NB: Due to the hybrid nature of the agenda and the wide geographical locations of our speakers, it may not always be possible to group related presentations together.
Day 1, 20th August
1330: Registration
1450: Welcome and housekeeping
Clinical and pre-clinical aspects of envenomation
1500: Professor Sir David Warrell, University of Oxford, UK
Defining the clinical phenotype of envenoming
1530: Professor Cesare Montecucco, University of Padova, Italy
Stimulation of recovery of respiration in mice after the neuroparalysis induced by PLA2 containing snake venoms
1600: Dr Shirin Ahmadi, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Proteomics and histological assessment of an organotypic model of human skin following exposure to Naja nigricollis venom
1620: Refreshment break, networking and posters
1650: Dr Amy Marriott, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
A refined murine model of snakebite envenoming to determine venom induced consumption coagulopathy and treatment response
1710: Professor Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, University of Reading, UK
Intermittent glucocorticoid steroid regimen improves regeneration in Crotalus atrox-induced muscle injury model
1730: Dr Sadanand Raut, Narayangaon Pune, Maharashtra, India
Resuscitation of severely envenomed patients who arrive at the hospital in shock or with respiratory failure
1750: Dr Scott Weinstein (V), NY Young Adult Institute, USA
Hypersensitivity vs. uncommonly severe local envenoming by the red-backed spider, Latrodectus hasselti Thorell, 1870 (Theridiidae: Araneae)
1810: Close of Day 1
1830: Social event (please check your email for further details)
Day 2, 21st August
0910: Dr Subramanian Senthilkumaran (V), Manian Medical Centre – Tamil Nadu, India
Unmasking the hidden threat: femoral nerve palsy from iliopsoas haematoma post-viper bites
Managing envenoming
0930: Dr Stefanie Menzies, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
An in vitro toolkit to characterise the effects of venom neurotoxins on human targets
0950: Dr Anne Ljungars, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Discovery of broadly-neutralizing recombinant nanobodies for treatment of snakebite envenoming
1010: Dr Michael Abouyannis, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
The promise of handheld point-of-care devices for snakebite coagulopathy
1030: Professor Naoual Oukkache (V), Pasteur Institute of Morocco, Morocco
Advances in understanding and treating scorpion envenomation: Insights from North Africa
1050: Refreshment break, networking and posters
1130: Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation to Professor Cesare Montecucco
1145: Acceptance speech by Professor Cesare Montecucco
Bioprospection and translational research
1200: Professor Glenn King, University of Queensland, Australia
A venom-derived peptide-drug candidate for the treatment of chronic visceral pain
1230: Professor Juan Calvete, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, Spain
A toxicovenomics-guided large-scale toxin purification platform – applications in translational venomics
1300: Lunch break
1400: Dr Frederico Almada, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Portugal
Exploring the antimicrobial activity of black scorpionfish (Scorpaena porcus) venom against ESKAPE pathogens
1420: Mr Jarred Williams, University of Reading, UK
Untangling the Web: The impacts of tarantula venoms on muscle regeneration
1440: Mr Anthony B Salcedo-Prudencio (V), Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú
Characterization of the Pictolysin-I (Pic-I): A novel P-I metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops pictus venom (Serpentes: Viperidae) with antitumoral and mitochondriotropic effect on triple negative breast cancer cells
Snakebite epidemiology, prevention and control
1500: Dr Nicklaus Brandehoff, Asclepius Snakebite Foundation, USA
Challenges and successes of snakebite care in Guinea
1530: Refreshment break, networking and posters
1600: Dr Jade Rae, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany
Exposure to European viper bites in Germany between 2012 and 2023: a retrospective analysis of poison centre databases and hospital records
1620: Dr Ajit Shewale, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
Navigating through implementation of “National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming in India”: challenges and way forward
1640: Dr Sara Padidar & Ms Thea Litschka-Koen(V), University of Eswatini, Eswatini
A race against time to reach zero deaths from snakebite – a clinical perspective from Eswatini
1710: Professor José María Gutiérrez (V), Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
A regional initiative to reduce the impact of snakebite envenoming in Latin America and the Caribbean
1730: Close of Day 2
1900: Networking dinner (on a ‘pay-as-you-eat’ basis – venue to be announced)
Day 3, 22nd August
Bacterial toxins
0930: Dr Federico Fabris, University of Padova, Italy
Tetanus toxin impairs respiration and swallowing by acting on the peripheral and central nervous systems in cephalic tetanus
0950: Dr Suzanne Kalb, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Characterization of Burkholderia lethal factor
1010: Dr John Barr, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Anthrax toxin levels are indicators of disease progression and antimicrobial and antitoxin treatment efficacy in non-human primate and New Zealand white rabbit models
1030: Refreshment break, networking and posters
Venom diversity and evolution
1050: Dr Ronald Jenner, London Natural History Museum, UK
What is animal venom? Reconsidering a manipulative weapon
1110: Dr José R Almeida, University of Reading, UK
Ecuadorian coral snake venoms: a compositional and functional view
1130: Ms Aditi Sinha, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India
Tracing evolution of scolopendrid centipede venoms in a phylogenetic framework
1150: Miss Leah Fitzpatrick, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Roko’s Shrew: why more attention should be given to researching venom within Eulipotyphla (Mammal)
1210: Discussion and close of the conference
