17th Meeting of the International Society on Toxinology, Valencia, Spain

The 17th Meeting of the International Society on Toxinology will take place from 11 to 15 September 2011 in Valencia, Spain.

The aim of the conference is to facilitate contacts between clinical researchers and those in molecular biology and proteomics technology research in order to develop new strategies towards the developing problems of envenoming by animals, plants and microbe toxins.

The conference topic will be 'animals, plants and microbial toxins from basic to translational venomics'. Discussions will centre on the latest developments in this field, including:
- evolutionary aspects of venoms;
- systems biology approach to study venoms and the envenomation process;
- managment of envenomation;
- problems associated with hosting exotic venomous animals in non-natural environments;
- improving antidotes through the combination of technologies;
- translational venomics;
- structural biology approach to establish structure-function correlations of toxins;
- toxins as tools;
-arthropod and hymenopteran venoms;
- bacterial toxins;
- taxonomy.For further information, please visit: http://istmeetingvlc2011.ibv.csic.es/(opens in new window)