Workgroup »Animal Venomics«

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The Animal Venomics working group is concerned with the decoding, evolutionary biology, biochemical characterization and translational research of animal venoms using state-of-the-art omics methods and biotechnology. As a cooperative project of the Justus Liebig University Giessen (Institute for Insect Biotechnology) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology Giessen (Bioresources Division), the group works closely with colleagues, e.g. from the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, as part of the LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics. The laboratories and offices are primarily located in the Fraunhofer IME on Ohlebergsweg.

 

Composition of the working group:

Dr. Tim Lüddecke (group leader)

Dr. Anne Paas (Deputy group leader)

Dr. Maik Damm (Postdoc)

Dr. Jonas Krämer (Postdoc)

Dr. Sabine Hurka (Postdoc)

Dr. Ignazio Avella (Postdoc)

M.Sc. Ludwig Dersch (doctoral student)

M.Sc. Lennart Schulte (doctoral student)

M.Sc. Josephine Dresler (doctoral student)

M.Sc. Hanna Dambeck (Technical Assistant)

Tanja Berghöfer (Technical Assistant)

B.Sc. Lilien Uhrig (Master student)

B.Sc. Antonia Stahlhut (Master student)

Further articles on “Animal Venomics”

Fraunhofer IME

Giessen scientists decode snake venom cocktail

 

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Oho instead of yuck: spider venom for therapeutics and bioinsecticides

Fraunhofer IME

The venom of the book scorpion is also effective against hospital germs

Sat1

Valuable spider venom

Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

Spider venom for therapeutics and bioinsecticides

Die Bundesregierung

Lots of potential for medicine

National Geographics

Can spider venom cure diseases?