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Professor Glenn King
NHMRC Leadership Fellow and Group LeaderInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Body:Highlights
Professor Glenn King is a biochemist and structural biologist whose expertise lies in translating venom-derived peptides into human drugs and bioinsecticides. His lab maintains the most extensive collection of venoms in the world, which includes venoms from more than 600 species of venomous spiders, scorpions, centipedes and assassin bugs.
Professor King’s primary focus is on the development of drugs to treat three pervasive nervous system disorders: chronic pain, epilepsy, and stroke. His lab is working closely with several pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs for clinical use.
Professor King has also charted new territory in the field of agriculture by developing venom peptides as eco-friendly bioinsecticides. Vestaron Corporation, the company that he founded, will begin selling these bioinsecticides in the U.S. market in 2017.
Mentorship is important to Professor King, and he is enthusiastically committed to training the next generation of biological scientists. To date he has trained 30 PhD students and 24 postdoctoral scientists, with 10 lab alumni having gone on to independent academic positions.
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Dr Aline Dantas de Araujo
Research Fellow/Senior Research officerInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Dr Natalie Saez
Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Dr Elena-Laura Budusan
Postdoctoral Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Dr Andrew Walker
Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Researcher biography:My research interests are centred around the structure and function of venom and silk polypeptides produced by arthropods, and their use in biotechnology and medicine. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the King laboratory in the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the University of Queensland, Australia. Currently, I am investigating the composition, function and evolution of neglected insect venoms produced by assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) and nettle caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae).
Dr Jonathan Chow
Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Dr David Eagles
Postdoctoral Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Dr Dani Rojas Azofeifa
Postdoctoral Research FellowInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Students
Miss Raine Mercedes
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Cebrina Nolan
PhD studentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Miss Laura Isaza Pineda
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Miss Emily Smith
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Alexandra Sundman
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:0Supervisor:Ms Unn Jeamsinkul
PhD StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Miss Shuyi Jin
StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Mr Daniel McCarthy
StudentInstitute for Molecular BioscienceResearcher profile is public:1Supervisor:Ms Yongyi Tai
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