🥳And another graduation for the Venom Lab🥳Brandon 'Saucy' Collier just submitted the final version of his thesis, and I couldn't be more proud! Congratulations Brandon, and what an amazing journey from the Midwest to the West coast of Ireland!! SNS@UniversityofGalway

Congratulations to Dr. Keith Lyons for submitting his thesis! Fantastic work under the primary supervision of Kevin Healy - I acted as co-supervisor. Keith has collaborated with the Venom Lab since its inception. Delighted to have seen you grow from undergrad student to Dr Lyons!

It's available! Dr JP Dunbar and yours truly chatting about all things venomous 🐍🕷️🦂. Thanks to The Blindboy Podcast for this opportunity to share our stories and research interests. Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway SNS@UniversityofGalway Science Foundation Ireland IrishResearchCouncil shows.acast.com/9d5c107b-68d6-…?

Thanks to The Blindboy Podcast, 2 scientists on the stage of the Town Hall Theatre shared their weird jungle stories and current venom research with 400 people of Galway + 100s of 1000s further away . That's the academia I love and we need more of it Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway IrishResearchCouncil Science Foundation Ireland

Delighted to see our work published showing that whales might be smelling in stereo to find food royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

Feeding one of our Abronia lytheochila at the office. He decided to climb up my arm while i was misting the enclosure. Happy lizard, and happy me! SNS@UniversityofGalway Janic Schulte

15min of yours truly speaking about bugs. Couple of approximations in the heat of the moment scale bugs, not shield bugs!) but hopefully it remained informative nonetheless. Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway SNS@UniversityofGalway virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/80…

CREEPY CRAWLIES

The ‘Bug Doctor’ Dr. Michel Dugon introduces us to some critters he works with! 🦂

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All set for my segment with #creepycrawlies on Ireland AM 😊 Time to spread some love for all things bug and venom related! SNS@UniversityofGalway Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway

And that's another Galway Science & Technology Festival festival done! Last visit of the year at St. Joseph's Patrician College. 800+ pupils learnt about venom, stings, bites, toxins, camouflage and constrictor snakes. Thank you all for welcoming me! I wonder... how many will join us to study zoology SNS@UniversityofGalway?

It's Science week in Galway and I am on the road again with my creepy-crawly friends! Another way to bridge the gap between #academia and the local communities, meet bright young minds, and promote our #zoology course SNS@UniversityofGalway Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway Galway Science & Technology Festival

Congratulations to Dr. Keith Lyons for our latest paper on spider venom🕷️published in #toxicon showing that the method used to extract venom influences venom composition and potency, with obvious impact on profile analysis and LD50 / ED50 values☣️

Why not join us at the Institut Pasteur of Paris 30th Nov - 1st of Dec for the SFET - French Society for Toxinology meeting to chat about 🕷️🐍🦂☣️?? Great talks (in English), great company, excellent food, and all of it in a beautiful part of a magnificent city!

Congratulation to Brandon 'Saucy' Collier for submitting an awesome MRes thesis investigating and quantifying the presence of the Noble false widow 🕷️in relation to spider diversity in Irish urban ecosystems. You are a champ Brandon! 💪

Want to hear what I have to say about scorpion stings, their global medical importance and why we should care? It's on the 13th of September at 4pm CET!

Lightening strikes twice! Another paper!!!

SLOWLY MAKING SENSE: A REVIEW OF THE TWO-STEP VENOM SYSTEM WITHIN SLOW (NYCTICEBUS SPP.) AND PYGMY LORISES (XANTHONYCTICEBUS SPP.)

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Here is a very short thread on the key points:

Now, that's a flattering thread 😅Thanks so much to #VenOx23 for the invitation - I am really looking forward to meeting you all!

This is what happens when you let a bunch of zoologists, microbiologists and chemists play with venomous snakes for a while: Our latest paper showing that the venom of Naja samarensis and Bitis arietans prevented biofilm production by MSSA and MRSA.

Dr. Michel Dugon performing electrostimulation on a wolf spider in the Euven Training. Yesterday we had fun in field, now in the lab, in the last day of the event.

🚩 Montpellier, succesfully venomized!

EUVEN COST Action in Action! ❤️
1st Day of the Training School on Venom Extraction in Montpellier 🕷🦂🐚🐝! @Sebastien_Dutertre Figen ÇALIŞKAN Ayse Nalbantsoy Michel Dugon