Dr Sam Robinson

Vetter, Irina, Carter, David, Bassett, John, Deuis, Jennifer R., Tay, Bryan, Jami, Sina and Robinson, Samuel D. (2020). High-throughput fluorescence assays for ion channels and GPCRs. Calcium Signaling. (pp. 27-72) edited by Md. Shahidul Islam. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-12457-1_3

Thapa, Ashvriya, Beh, Jia Hao, Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Tran, Hue, Vetter, Irina and Keramidas, Angelo (2024). A venom peptide-induced NaV channel modulation mechanism involving the interplay between fixed channel charges and ionic gradients. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (10) 107757, 107757. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107757

Zdenek, Christina N., Cardoso, Fernanda C., Robinson, Samuel D., Mercedes, Raine S., Raidjõe, Enriko R., Hernandez-Vargas, María José, Jin, Jiayi, Corzo, Gerardo, Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F., Fry, Bryan G. and Walker, Andrew A. (2024). Venom exaptation and adaptation during the trophic switch to blood-feeding by kissing bugs. iScience, 27 (9) 110723, 110723. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110723

Koch, Thomas Lund, Robinson, Samuel D, Salcedo, Paula Flórez, Chase, Kevin, Biggs, Jason, Fedosov, Alexander E, Yandell, Mark, Olivera, Baldomero M and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2024). Prey Shifts Drive Venom Evolution in Cone Snails. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41 (8) msae120. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msae120

Goudarzi, Mohaddeseh H., Robinson, Samuel D., Cardoso, Fernanda C., Mitchell, Michela L., Cook, Lyn G., King, Glenn F. and Walker, Andrew A. (2024). Phylogeny, envenomation syndrome, and membrane permeabilising venom produced by Australia’s electric caterpillar Comana monomorpha. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 14172, 14172. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65078-1

Raffaelli, Tiziano, Wilson, David T., Dutertre, Sebastien, Giribaldi, Julien, Vetter, Irina, Robinson, Samuel D., Thapa, Ashvriya, Widi, Antin, Loukas, Alex and Daly, Norelle L. (2024). Structural analysis of a U-superfamily conotoxin containing a mini-granulin fold: Insights into key features that distinguish between the ICK and granulin folds. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (4) 107203, 107203. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107203

Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Niu, Pancong, Touchard, Axel, Mueller, Alexander, Schendel, Vanessa, Brinkwirth, Nina, King, Glenn F., Vetter, Irina and Schmidt, Justin O. (2024). Peptide toxins that target vertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels underly the painful stings of harvester ants. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (1) 105577, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105577

Binford, Greta J., Robinson, Samuel D. and Klotz, Stephen A. (2023). Justin O Schmidt - His extraordinary impact on toxinology and arthropod biodiversity science. Toxicon, 234 ARTN 107287, 107287. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107287

McMahon, Kirsten L., O’Brien, Henrik, Schroeder, Christina I., Deuis, Jennifer R., Venkatachalam, Dhananjeyan, Huang, Di, Green, Brad R., Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Li, Qing, Yandell, Mark, Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Olivera, Baldomero M., Vetter, Irina and Robinson, Samuel D. (2023). Identification of sodium channel toxins from marine cone snails of the subgenera Textilia and Afonsoconus. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 80 (10) 287, 287. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04935-0

Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Merritt, David J., Cardoso, Fernanda C., Goudarzi, Mohaddeseh Hedayati, Mercedes, Raine S., Eagles, David A., Cooper, Paul, Zdenek, Christina N., Fry, Bryan G., Hall, Donald W., Vetter, Irina and King, Glenn F. (2023). Horizontal gene transfer underlies the painful stings of asp caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Megalopygidae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (29) e2305871120, e2305871120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2305871120

Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Touchard, Axel, Keramidas, Angelo, Mueller, Alexander, Schroeder, Christina I., Barassé, Valentine, Walker, Andrew A., Brinkwirth, Nina, Jami, Sina, Bonnafé, Elsa, Treilhou, Michel, Undheim, Eivind A. B., Schmidt, Justin O., King, Glenn F. and Vetter, Irina (2023). Ant venoms contain vertebrate-selective pain-causing sodium channel toxins. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2977, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38839-1

Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Cheng, Xiaoyang, Kurdyukov, Sergey, Chung, Felicity, Okorokov, Andrei L., Li, Shengnan, Zhang, Jiangtao, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Israel, Mathilde R., Ju, Robert J., Robinson, Samuel D., Zhao, Peng, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Andersson, Åsa, Tran, Poanna, Schendel, Vanessa, McMahon, Kirsten L., Tran, Hue N. T., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Zhu, Yifei, Liu, Junyu, Crawford, Theo, Purushothamvasan, Saipriyaa, Habib, Abdella M., Andersson, David A., Rash, Lachlan D., Wood, John N. ... Vetter, Irina (2023). Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2442. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37963-2

Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Sunanda, Punnepalli, Seow, Jeffrey, Tae, Han-Shen, Robinson, Samuel D., Belgi, Alessia, Robinson, Andrea J., Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Adams, David J. and Norton, Raymond S. (2023). Characterisation of elevenin-Vc1 from the venom of Conus victoriae: a structural analogue of α-conotoxins. Marine Drugs, 21 (2) 81. doi: 10.3390/md21020081

Robinson, Samuel D., Schendel, Vanessa, Schroeder, Christina I., Moen, Sarah, Mueller, Alexander, Walker, Andrew A., McKinnon, Naomi, Neely, G. Gregory, Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F. and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2023). Intra-colony venom diversity contributes to maintaining eusociality in a cooperatively breeding ant. BMC Biology, 21 (1) 5, 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01507-9

Shi, Naiqi, Szanto, Tibor G., He, Jia, Schroeder, Christina I., Walker, Andrew A., Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, Panyi, György, King, Glenn F. and Robinson, Samuel D. (2022). Venom composition and pain-causing toxins of the Australian great carpenter bee Xylocopa aruana. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 22168, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26867-8

Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Schendel, Vanessa and Vetter, Irina (2022). Venom-derived pain-causing toxins: insights into sensory neuron function and pain mechanisms. Pain, 163 (S1), S46-S56. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002701

Xie, Jing, Robinson, Samuel D., Gilding, Edward K., Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Rehm, Fabian B.H., Yap, Kuok, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Chan, Lai Yue, Hamilton, Brett R., Harvey, Peta J., Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Durek, Thomas (2022). Neurotoxic and cytotoxic peptides underlie the painful stings of the tree nettle Urtica ferox. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298 (8) 102218, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102218

Kazandjian, Taline D., Hamilton, Brett R., Robinson, Samuel D., Hall, Steven R., Bartlett, Keirah E., Rowley, Paul, Wilkinson, Mark C., Casewell, Nicholas R. and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2022). Physiological constraints dictate toxin spatial heterogeneity in snake venom glands. BMC Biology, 20 (1) 148, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01350-y

Pinto, Ciro P.G., Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., King, Glenn F. and Rossi, Guilherme D. (2022). Proteotranscriptomics reveals the secretory dynamics of teratocytes, regulators of parasitization by an endoparasitoid wasp. Journal of Insect Physiology, 139 104395, 104395. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104395

Eagles, David A., Saez, Natalie J., Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Bradford, Julia J., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Starobova, Hana, Mueller, Alexander, Reichelt, Melissa E., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Norton, Raymond S., Thomas, Walter G., Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F. and Robinson, Samuel D. (2022). A peptide toxin in ant venom mimics vertebrate EGF-like hormones to cause long-lasting hypersensitivity in mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (7) e2112630119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2112630119

Deuis, Jennifer R., Ragnarsson, Lotten, Robinson, Samuel D., Dekan, Zoltan, Chan, Lerena, Jin, Ai-Hua, Tran, Poanna, McMahon, Kirsten L., Li, Shengnan, Wood, John N., Cox, James J., King, Glenn F., Herzig, Volker and Vetter, Irina (2022). The tarantula venom peptide Eo1a binds to the domain II S3-S4 extracellular loop of voltage-gated sodium channel NaV1.8 to enhance activation. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12 789570, 789570. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.789570

Nixon, Samantha A., Robinson, Samuel D., Agwa, Akello J., Walker, Andrew A., Choudhary, Shivani, Touchard, Axel, Undheim, Eivind A.B., Robertson, Alan, Vetter, Irina, Schroeder, Christina I., Kotze, Andrew C., Herzig, Volker and King, Glenn F. (2021). Multipurpose peptides: the venoms of Amazonian stinging ants contain anthelmintic ponericins with diverse predatory and defensive activities. Biochemical Pharmacology, 192 114693. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114693

Robinson, Samuel D., Kambanis, Lucas, Clayton, Daniel, Hinneburg, Hannes, Corcilius, Leo, Mueller, Alexander, Walker, Andrew A., Keramidas, Angelo, Kulkarni, Sameer S., Jones, Alun, Vetter, Irina, Thaysen-Andersen, Morten, Payne, Richard J., King, Glenn F. and Undheim, Eivind A.B. (2021). A pain-causing and paralytic ant venom glycopeptide. iScience, 24 (10) 103175, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103175

Pinto, Ciro P.G., Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Chin, Yanni K.-Y, King, Glenn F. and Rossi, Guilherme D. (2021). Venom composition of the endoparasitoid wasp Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and functional characterization of a major venom peptide. Toxicon, 202, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.09.002

Jensen, Timo, Walker, Andrew A., Nguyen, Son H., Jin, Ai-Hua, Deuis, Jennifer R., Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F., Schmidt, Justin O. and Robinson, Samuel D. (2021). Venom chemistry underlying the painful stings of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 78 (12), 5163-5177. doi: 10.1007/s00018-021-03847-1

Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Paluzzi, Jean-Paul V., Merritt, David J., Nixon, Samantha A., Schroeder, Christina I., Jin, Jiayi, Goudarzi, Mohaddeseh Hedayati, Kotze, Andrew C., Dekan, Zoltan, Sombke, Andy, Alewood, Paul F., Fry, Bryan G., Epstein, Marc E., Vetter, Irina and King, Glenn F. (2021). Production, composition, and mode of action of the painful defensive venom produced by a limacodid caterpillar, Doratifera vulnerans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (18) 2023815118, e2023815118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2023815118

Belgi, Alessia, Burnley, James V., MacRaild, Christopher A., Chhabra, Sandeep, Elnahriry, Khaled A., Robinson, Samuel D., Gooding, Simon G., Tae, Han-Shen, Bartels, Peter, Sadeghi, Mahsa, Zhao, Fei-Yue, Wei, Haifeng, Spanswick, David, Adams, David J., Norton, Raymond S. and Robinson, Andrea J. (2021). Alkyne-bridged α-conotoxin Vc1.1 potently reverses mechanical allodynia in neuropathic pain models. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 64 (6), 3222-3233. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c02151

Koopman, Charlotte D., De Angelis, Jessica, Iyer, Swati P., Verkerk, Arie O., Da Silva, Jason, Berecki, Geza, Jeanes, Angela, Baillie, Gregory J., Paterson, Scott, Uribe, Veronica, Ehrlich, Ophelia V., Robinson, Samuel D., Garric, Laurence, Petrou, Steven, Simons, Cas, Vetter, Irina, Hogan, Benjamin M., de Boer, Teun P., Bakkers, Jeroen and Smith, Kelly A. (2021). The zebrafish mutant uncovers an evolutionarily conserved role for Tmem161b in the control of cardiac rhythm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (9) e2018220118, e2018220118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018220118

Kazandjian, T. D., Petras, D., Robinson, S. D., van Thiel, J., Greene, H. W., Arbuckle, K., Barlow, A., Carter, D. A., Wouters, R. M., Whiteley, G., Wagstaff, S. C., Arias, A. S., Albulescu, L.-O., Plettenberg Laing, A., Hall, C., Heap, A., Penrhyn-Lowe, S., McCabe, C. V., Ainsworth, S., da Silva, R. R., Dorrestein, P. C., Richardson, M. K., Gutiérrez, J. M., Calvete, J. J., Harrison, R. A., Vetter, I., Undheim, E. A. B., Wüster, W. and Casewell, N. R. (2021). Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras. Science, 371 (6527), 386-390. doi: 10.1126/science.abb9303

Robinson, Samuel D. and Vetter, Irina (2020). Pharmacology and therapeutic potential of venom peptides. Biochemical Pharmacology, 181 114207, 114207. doi: 10.1016/j.bcp.2020.114207

Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Hamilton, Brett F., Undheim, Eivind A. B. and King, Glenn F. (2020). Deadly proteomes: a practical guide to proteotranscriptomics of animal venoms. Proteomics, 20 (17-18) 1900324, e1900324. doi: 10.1002/pmic.201900324

Gilding, Edward K., Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Israel, Mathilde R., Harvey, Peta J., Poth, Aaron G., Rehm, Fabian B. H., Stow, Jennifer L., Robinson, Samuel D., Yap, Kuok, Brown, Darren L., Hamilton, Brett R., Andersson, David, Craik, David J., Vetter, Irina and Durek, Thomas (2020). Neurotoxic peptides from the venom of the giant Australian stinging tree. Science Advances, 6 (38) eabb8828, 1-10. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb8828

Nixon, Samantha A., Dekan, Zoltan, Robinson, Samuel D., Guo, Shaodong, Vetter, Irina, Kotze, Andrew C., Alewood, Paul F., King, Glenn F. and Herzig, Volker (2020). It takes two: dimerization is essential for the broad-spectrum predatory and defensive activities of the venom peptide Mp1a from the jack jumper ant Myrmecia pilosula. Biomedicines, 8 (7) 185, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8070185

Israel, Mathilde R., Dash, Thomas S., Bothe, Stefanie N., Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Craik, David J., Lampert, Angelika, Vetter, Irina and Durek, Thomas (2020). Characterization of synthetic Tf2 as a NaV1.3 selective pharmacological probe. Biomedicines, 8 (6) 155, 155. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8060155

Aili, Samira R., Touchard, Axel, Hayward, Regan, Robinson, Samuel D., Pineda, Sandy S., Lalagüe, Hadrien, Mrinalini, Vetter, Irina, Undheim, Eivind A. B., Kini, R. Manjunatha, Escoubas, Pierre, Padula, Matthew P., Myers, Garry S. A. and Nicholson, Graham M. (2020). An integrated proteomic and transcriptomic analysis reveals the venom complexity of the bullet ant Paraponera clavata. Toxins, 12 (5) 324, 1-30. doi: 10.3390/toxins12050324

Lu, Aiping, Watkins, Maren, Li, Qing, Robinson, Samuel D., Concepcion, Gisela P., Yandell, Mark, Weng, Zhiping, Olivera, Baldomero M., Safavi-Hemami, Helena and Fedosov, Alexander E. (2020). Transcriptomic profiling reveals extraordinary diversity of venom peptides in unexplored predatory gastropods of the genus clavus. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12 (5), 684-700. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaa083

Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Jin, Jiayi, Han, Xiao, Fry, Bryan G., Vetter, Irina and King, Glenn F. (2019). Missiles of mass disruption: Composition and glandular origin of venom used as a projectile defensive weapon by the assassin bug Platymeris rhadamanthus. Toxins, 11 (11) 673, 673. doi: 10.3390/toxins11110673

Neves, Jorge L. B., Imperial, Julita S., Morgenstern, David, Ueberheide, Beatrix, Gajewiak, Joanna, Antunes, Agostinho, Robinson, Samuel D., Espino, Samuel, Watkins, Maren, Vasconcelos, Vitor and Olivera, Baldomero M. (2019). Characterization of the first Conotoxin from Conus ateralbus, a Vermivorous cone snail from the Cabo Verde archipelago. Marine Drugs, 17 (8) 432, 432. doi: 10.3390/md17080432

Israel, Mathilde R., Tanaka, Brian S., Castro, Joel, Thongyoo, Panumart, Robinson, Samuel D., Zhao, Peng, Deuis, Jennifer R., Craik, David J., Durek, Thomas, Brierley, Stuart M., Waxman, Stephen G, Dib-Hajj, Sulayman D. and Vetter, Irina (2019). NaV1.6 regulates excitability of mechanosensitive sensory neurons. Journal of Physiology, 597 (14), 3751-3768. doi: 10.1113/JP278148

Nielsen, Lau D., Foged, Mads M., Albert, Anastasia, Bertelsen, Andreas B., Søltoft, Cecilie L., Robinson, Samuel D., Petersen, Steen V., Purcell, Anthony W., Olivera, Baldomero M., Norton, Raymond S., Vasskog, Terje, Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Teilum, Kaare and Ellgaard, Lars (2019). The three-dimensional structure of an H-superfamily conotoxin reveals a granulin fold arising from a common ICK cysteine framework. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294 (22), jbc.RA119.007491-8759. doi: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.007491

Ahorukomeye, Peter, Disotuar, Maria M., Gajewiak, Joanna, Karanth, Santhosh, Watkins, Maren, Robinson, Samuel D., Flórez Salcedo, Paula, Smith, Nicholas A., Smith, Brian J., Schlegel, Amnon, Forbes, Briony E., Olivera, Baldomero, Hung-Chieh Chou, Danny and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2019). Fish-hunting cone snail venoms are a rich source of minimized ligands of the vertebrate insulin receptor. eLife, 8 e41574. doi: 10.7554/eLife.41574

Li, Qing, Watkins, Maren, Robinson, Samuel D, Safavi-Hemami, Helena and Yandell, Mark (2018). Discovery of novel conotoxin candidates using machine learning. Toxins, 10 (12) 503, 503. doi: 10.3390/toxins10120503

Walker, Andrew, Dobson, James, Jin, Jiayi, Robinson, Samuel, Herzig, Volker, Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn and Fry, Bryan (2018). Buzz kill: Function and proteomic composition of venom from the Giant Assassin Fly Dolopus genitalis (Diptera: Asilidae). Toxins, 10 (11) 456, 456. doi: 10.3390/toxins10110456

Walker, Andrew A., Robinson, Samuel D., Yeates, David K., Jin, Jiayi, Baumann, Kate, Dobson, James, Fry, Bryan G. and King, Glenn F. (2018). Entomo-venomics: the evolution, biology and biochemistry of insect venoms. Toxicon: official journal of the International Society on Toxinology, 154, 15-27. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.09.004

Espino, Samuel S., Robinson, Samuel D., Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Gajewiak, Joanna, Yang, Weishan, Olivera, Baldomero M. and Liu, Qin (2018). Conopeptides promote itch through human itch receptor hMgprX1. Toxicon, 154, 28-34. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.09.002

Robinson, Samuel D., Mueller, Alexander, Clayton, Daniel, Starobova, Hana, Hamilton, Brett R., Payne, Richard J., Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F. and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2018). A comprehensive portrait of the venom of the giant red bull ant, Myrmecia gulosa, reveals a hyperdiverse hymenopteran toxin gene family. Science Advances, 4 (9) eaau4640, eaau4640. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau4640

Robinson, Samuel D. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2017). Venom peptides as pharmacological tools and therapeutics for diabetes. Neuropharmacology, 127, 79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.07.001

Robinson, Samuel D., Li, Qing, Lu, Aiping, Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Yandell, Mark, Olivera, Baldomero M. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2017). The venom repertoire of Conus gloriamaris (Chemnitz, 1777), the Glory of the Sea. Marine Drugs, 15 (5) 145, 145. doi: 10.3390/md15050145

Chittoor, Balasubramanyam, Krishnarjuna, Bankala, Morales, Rodrigo A. V., MacRaild, Christopher A., Sadek, Maiada, Leung, Eleanor W. W., Robinson, Samuel D., Pennington, Michael W. and Norton, Raymond S. (2017). The Single Disulfide-Directed β-Hairpin Fold. Dynamics, Stability, and Engineering. Biochemistry, 56 (19), 2455-2466. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00120

Robinson, Samuel D., Li, Qing, Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Gajewiak, Joanna, Yandell, Mark, Papenfuss, Anthony T., Purcell, Anthony W., Norton, Raymond S. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2017). Hormone-like peptides in the venoms of marine cone snails. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 11-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.07.012

Drane, Stephen B., Robinson, Samuel D., MacRaild, Christopher A., Chhabra, Sandeep, Chittoor, Balasubramanyam, Morales, Rodrigo A. V., Leung, Eleanor W. W., Belgi, Alessia, Espino, Samuel S., Olivera, Baldomero M., Robinson, Andrea J., Chalmers, David K. and Norton, Raymond S. (2017). Structure and activity of contryphan-Vc2: Importance of the D-amino acid residue. Toxicon, 129, 113-122. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.02.012

Robinson, Samuel D., Undheim, Eivind A. B., Ueberheide, Beatrix and King, Glenn F. (2017). Venom peptides as therapeutics: advances, challenges and the future of venom-peptide discovery. Expert Review of Proteomics, 14 (10), 931-939. doi: 10.1080/14789450.2017.1377613

Robinson, Samuel D. and Safavi-Hemami, Helena (2016). Insulin as a weapon. Toxicon, 123, 56-61. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.10.010

Gleeson, Ellen C., Wang, Zhen J., Robinson, Samuel D., Chhabra, Sandeep, MacRaild, Christopher A., Jackson, W. Roy, Norton, Raymond S. and Robinson, Andrea J. (2016). Stereoselective synthesis and structural elucidation of dicarba peptides. Chemical Communications, 52 (24), 4446-4449. doi: 10.1039/c5cc10540d

Robinson, Samuel D., Chhabra, Sandeep, Belgi, Alessia, Chittoor, Balasubramanyam, Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Robinson, Andrea J., Papenfuss, Anthony T., Purcell, Anthony W. and Norton, Raymond S. (2016). A naturally occurring peptide with an elementary single disulfide-directed β-hairpin fold. Structure, 24 (2), 293-299. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2015.11.015

Robinson, Samuel D., Lee, Tet Woo, Christie, David L. and Birch, Nigel P. (2015). Tissue plasminogen activator inhibits NMDA-receptor-mediated increases in calcium levels in cultured hippocampal neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 9 (OCT) 404, 404. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00404

Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Gajewiak, Joanna, Karanth, Santhosh, Robinson, Samuel D., Ueberheide, Beatrix, Douglass, Adam D., Schlegel, Amnon, Imperial, Julita S., Watkins, Maren, Bandyopadhyay, Pradip K., Yandell, Mark, Li, Qing, Purcell, Anthony W., Norton, Raymond S., Ellgaard, Lars and Olivera, Baldomero M. (2015). Specialized insulin is used for chemical warfare by fish-hunting cone snails. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (6), 1743-1748. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1423857112

Robinson, Samuel D., Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Raghuraman, Shrinivasan, Imperial, Julita S., Papenfuss, Anthony T., Teichert, Russell W., Purcell, Anthony W., Olivera, Baldomero M. and Norton, Raymond S. (2015). Discovery by proteogenomics and characterization of an RF-amide neuropeptide from cone snail venom. Journal of Proteomics, 114, 38-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.11.003

Chhabra, Sandeep, Belgi, Alessia, Bartels, Peter, van Lierop, Bianca J., Robinson, Samuel D., Kompella, Shiva N., Hung, Andrew, Callaghan, Brid P., Adams, David J., Robinson, Andrea J. and Norton, Raymond S. (2014). Dicarba analogues of α-conotoxin RgIA. Structure, stability, and activity at potential pain targets. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57 (23), 9933-9944. doi: 10.1021/jm501126u

Robinson, Samuel D. and Norton, Raymond S. (2014). Conotoxin gene superfamilies. Marine Drugs, 12 (12), 6058-6101. doi: 10.3390/md12126058

Robinson, Samuel D., Safavi-Hemami, Helena, McIntosh, Lachlan D., Purcell, Anthony W., Norton, Raymond S. and Papenfuss, Anthony T. (2014). Diversity of conotoxin gene superfamilies in the venomous snail, Conus victoriae. PLoS One, 9 (2) e87648, e87648. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087648

Green, Brad R., Zhang, Min-Min, Chhabra, Sandeep, Robinson, Samuel D., Wilson, Michael J., Redding, Addison, Olivera, Baldomero M., Yoshikami, Doju, Bulaj, Grzegorz and Norton, Raymond S. (2014). Interactions of disulfide-deficient selenocysteine analogs of μ-conotoxin BuIIIB with the α-subunit of the voltage-gated sodium channel subtype 1.3. The FEBS Journal, 281 (13), 2885-2898. doi: 10.1111/febs.12835

Van Lierop, Bianca J., Robinson, Samuel D., Kompella, Shiva N., Belgi, Alessia, McArthur, Jeffrey R., Hung, Andrew, Macraild, Christopher A., Adams, David J., Norton, Raymond S. and Robinson, Andrea J. (2013). Dicarba α-conotoxin Vc1.1 analogues with differential selectivity for nicotinic acetylcholine and GABAB receptors. ACS Chemical Biology, 8 (8), 1815-1821. doi: 10.1021/cb4002393

Robinson, S. D., Aitken, J. F., Bailey, R. J., Poyner, D. R. and Hay, D. L. (2011). Novel peptide antagonists of adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors: Identification, pharmacological characterization, and interactions with position 74 in receptor activity-modifying protein 1/3 (Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2009) 331, (513-521)). Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 339 (1).

Robinson, Samuel D., Aitken, Jacqueline F., Bailey, Richard J., Poyner, David R. and Hay, Debbie L. (2009). Novel peptide antagonists of adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptide receptors: Identification, pharmacological characterization, and interactions with position 74 in receptor activity-modifying protein 1/3. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 331 (2), 513-521. doi: 10.1124/jpet.109.156448

Isaksen, Anders, Nachtigall, Pedro G., Araya, Robin A., Maurstad, Marius F., Robinson, Samuel D., Hansen, Thomas F. and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2024). GENOME OF A SINGLE WORKER OF THE GREENHEAD ANT, RHYTIDOPONERA METALLICA, REVEALS MECHANISMS OF TOXIN EVOLUTION IN A GENETICALLY HYPERDIVERSE EUSOCIAL SPECIES. 22nd World Congress of the International-Society-of-Toxinology (IST), Singapore Singapore, May 20-25, 2024. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.

Nixon, Samantha, Agwa, Akello, Robinson, Sam, Walker, Andrew, Touchard, Axel, Schroeder, Christina, Vetter, Irina, Kotze, Andrew C., Herzig, Volker and King, Glenn F. (2020). Discovery and characterisation of novel peptides from Amazonian stinging ant venoms with antiparasitic activity. 20th World Congress of the International-Society-on-Toxinology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-13 September 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier.

Kazandjian, Taline, Petras, Daniel, Robinson, Sam, Undheim, Eivind, Arbuckle, Kevin, Whiteley, Gareth, Albulescu, Laura-Oana, Ainsworth, Stuart, Wagstaff, Simon, Wuster, Wolfgang, Harrison, Robert, Vetter, Irina, Calvete, Juan and Casewell, Nicholas (2020). Convergent evolution of defensive venom components in spitting cobras. 20th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8-13 September 2019. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2019.12.059

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