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Timothy N. W. Jackson

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Research Fellow and Co-head, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne

I am currently a research fellow and Co-head of the Australian Research Unit (Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology) at the University of Melbourne.

My research focusses on the mutually enlightening relationship between evolutionary and clinical toxinology - understanding the evolution of venomous organisms and the toxins that comprise their venoms generates valuable insight for the treatment of human bite/sting victims. In addition, I use "exochemical systems", primarily venom systems, as model systems for the study of the generation of novelty via evolutionary processes.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Research fellow and co-lab head, University of Melbourne
  • 2017–2019
    Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Melbourne
  • 2013–2016
    PhD candidate, University of Queensland

Education

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    University of Sydney, BA (Biology and Music)
  • 2016 
    University of Queensland, PhD (Evolutionary Biology and Philosophy of Science)
  • 2012 
    University of Queensland, BSc Honours (Evolutionary Biology)

Publications

  • 2013
    Venom Down Under: Dynamic Evolution of Australian Elapid Snake Toxins, Toxins
  • 2013
    Molecular Evolution of Vertebrate Neurotrophins: Co-Option of the Highly Conserved Nerve Growth Factor Gene into the Advanced Snake Venom Arsenal, PLOS ONE
  • 2013
    Atractaspis aterrima Toxins: The First Insight into the Molecular Evolution of Venom in Side-Stabbers, Toxins
  • 2013
    Three-Fingered RAVERs: Rapid Accumulation of Variations in Exposed Residues of Snake Venom Toxins, Toxins
  • 2013
    Proteomic comparison of Hypnale hypnale (Hump-Nosed Pit-Viper) and Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan Pit-Viper) venoms, Journal of Proteomics
  • 2013
    Functional characterization on invertebrate and vertebrate tissues of tachykinin peptides from octopus venoms, Peptides
  • 2013
    Venom proteomic characterization and relative antivenom neutralization of two medically important Pakistani elapid snakes (Bungarus sindanus and Naja naja), Journal of Proteomics
  • 2013
    Dracula's children: Molecular evolution of vampire bat venom, Journal of Proteomics
  • 2013
    Squeezers and Leaf-cutters: Differential Diversification and Degeneration of the Venom System in Toxicoferan Reptiles, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
  • 2013
    Differential Evolution and Neofunctionalization of Snake Venom Metalloprotease Domains, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
  • 2013
    Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of the Proteins Encoded by Coleoid (Cuttlefish, Octopus, and Squid) Posterior Venom Glands, Journal of Molecular Evolution
  • 2013
    Response to "Replies to Fry et al. (Toxicon 2012, 60/4, 434-448). Part A. Analyses of squamate reptile oral glands and their products: A call for caution in formal assignment of terminology designating biological function", Toxicon
  • 2013
    Response to "Replies to Fry et al. (Toxicon 2012, 60/4, 434-448). Part B. Analyses of squamate reptile oral glands and their products: A call for caution in formal assignment of terminology designating biological function", Toxicon
  • 2012
    Structural and Molecular Diversification of the Anguimorpha Lizard Mandibular Venom Gland System in the Arboreal Species Abronia graminea, Journal of Molecular Evolution
  • 2012
    The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system, Toxicon
  • 2003
    Analysis of Colubroidea snake venoms by liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry: evolutionary and toxinological implications, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry