The new COST Action European Venom Network (EUVEN)—synergy and future perspectives of modern venomics

Maria Vittoria Modica (1) , Rafi Ahmad (2) , Stuart Ainsworth (3) , Gregor Anderluh (4) , Agostinho Antunes (5) , Dimitris Beis (6) , Figen Caliskan (7) , Mauro Dalla Serra (8) , Sébastien Dutertre (9) , Yehu Moran (10) , Ayse Nalbantsoy (11) , Naoual Oukkache (12) , Stano Pekar (13) , Maido Remm (14) , Bjoern Marcus Von reumont (15, 16) , Yiannis Sarigiannis (17) , Andrea Tarallo (1) , Jan Tytgat (18) , Eivind Andreas Baste Undheim (19) , Yuri Utkin (20) , Aida Verdes (21, 22) , Aude Violette , Giulia Zancolli (23)

1 SZN - Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
2 Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences - Høgskolen i Innlandet
3 LSTM - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
4 KI - National Institute of Chemistry [Llubljana]
5 Universidade do Porto = University of Porto
6 BRFAA - Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens
7 Eskisehir Osmangazi University
8 Istituto di Biofisica [Genova]
9 IBMM - Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron [Pôle Chimie Balard]
10 HUJ - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
11 Ege university
12 Institut Pasteur du Maroc
13 MUNI - Masaryk University [Brno]
14 University of Tartu
15 JLU - Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen = Justus Liebig University
16 LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics (LOEWE-TBG)
17 University of Nicosia
18 KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
19 UiO - University of Oslo
20 RAS - Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow]
21 CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain]
22 NHM - The Natural History Museum [London]
23 UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne

Abstract Venom research is a highly multidisciplinary field that involves multiple subfields of biology, informatics, pharmacology, medicine, and other areas. These different research facets are often technologically challenging and pursued by different teams lacking connection with each other. This lack of coordination hampers the full development of venom investigation and applications. The COST Action CA19144–European Venom Network was recently launched to promote synergistic interactions among different stakeholders and foster venom research at the European level.

Mots clés: interdisciplinarity; networking; toxins; venom; COST

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Maria Vittoria Modica, Rafi Ahmad, Stuart Ainsworth, Gregor Anderluh, Agostinho Antunes, et al.. The new COST Action European Venom Network (EUVEN)—synergy and future perspectives of modern venomics. GigaScience, 2021, 10 (3), ⟨10.1093/gigascience/giab019⟩. ⟨hal-03440268⟩