The Conference Banquet tickets are completely sold out.
For guests who purchased any tickets on or after 20th May, you will not be entitled to the conference banquet dinner.
Early Bird Rates 22 Jan to 9 May 2024 |
Regular Rates 10 May to 19 May 2024 |
On-site Rates 20 May to 25 May 2024 |
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IST member | S$700 | S$850 | S$950 |
Non-member | S$850 | S$1000 | S$1200 |
Students and postdocs (IST member) | S$500 | S$600 | S$675 |
Students and postdocs (Non-member) | S$600 | S$700 | S$775 |
Accompanying person 1 | S$350 | S$400 | S$400 |
Additional conference banquet ticket 2 | S$170 | S$200 | S$200 |
Student Housing (Single Occupancy) 3 | S$436 (The deadline for booking has been extended until Tuesday, 30 April 2024.) |
IST Travel Awards: To support the participation of IST members from low- and middle-income countries in the 22nd World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology (IST) in Singapore, IST has announced several Travel Awards up to US$1000. For application details, please contact IST Secretary, Professor Elda Sanchez
22nd World Congress Travel Awards: Additionally, to support the participation of deserving candidates from low and middle income countries in the 22nd World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology (IST) in Singapore, the Organizing Committee is pleased to announce 10 Travel Awards. These travel awards include a free registration and up to S$600 towards the air travel to Singapore and back. For application details, please contact Professor R. Manjunatha Kini
May 18, 2024 (Saturday)
Structure determination by X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM; HD exchange mass spec to identify
protein-protein interaction sites
Registration fees: S$120 (includes lunch and tea breaks)
Limited seats
May 19, 2024 (Sunday)
Toxinomics: decoding the bioinformatics of next generation gene expression analysis
Registration fees: S$120 (includes lunch and tea breaks)
Limited seats
The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the following awards to:
a. top three Flash Talks
b. top two Early Career Talks and
c. top three poster presentations.
Women in Toxinology Chairs: Ana M. Moura da Silva and Solange M. T. Serrano |
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10:00 am | Introduction: Women in Science, Women in Toxinology Ana M. Moura da Silva - Instituto Butantan, Brazil |
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10:10 am |
Round Table: Words from recognized Women Toxinologists
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11:00 am | Group discussions: How to create a network to empower Women in Toxinology |
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11:45 am | Presentation of group suggestions | |
12:15 pm | Closing remarks | |
12:30 pm | Lunch (By Invitation Only) | |
Opening Ceremony and Redi Awards Presentation | ||
2:00 pm | Registration of Participants (Foyer) | |
3:00 pm | Tea and Snacks | |
3:40 pm | Audience to be seated (Auditorium 2) | |
3:55 pm | Arrival of Guest of Honor (Auditorium 2) | |
4:00 pm |
Welcome Address: |
R. Manjunatha KINI (Chairman, Organizing Committee) |
President’s Address: |
Julian WHITE (President, International Society on Toxinology) |
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Opening Address: |
Guest of Honor: Lian Pin KOH (Associate Vice President, and Chief Sustainability Scientist, National University of Singapore) | |
4:30 pm |
Redi Award Presentation: |
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Redi Award Talks Jan TYTGAT (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium) David WILLIAMS (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) |
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6:30 pm | Cultural Program (Auditorium 2) | |
7:00 pm | Welcome Reception (Foyer) |
Scientific Sessions | ||
9:00 am |
Plenary P1: Chair - Ray Norton |
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9:45 am | Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
Day 2 Morning Sessions | ||
Session A (Auditorium 2) |
Session B (Auditorium 1) |
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10.10 am |
Keynote Speaker A1: |
Keynote Speaker B1: |
10.40 am |
Invited Speaker I1: |
Invited Speaker B1: Md. Abu Reza (Rajshahi University, Bangladesh) Difference in venom proteome of Naja kaouthia from Bangladesh and India entail the need of specific antivenom for Bangladesh: an urgent need to follow WHO recommendations |
11.00 am |
Oral Presenter A1: Oral Presenter A2: Oral Presenter A3: Oral Presenter A4: |
Oral Presenter B1: Oral Presenter B2: Oral Presenter B3: Oral Presenter B4: |
12.00 pm | Lunch (Foyer) | |
Day 2 Afternoon Sessions | ||
Session A (Auditorium 2) |
Session B (Auditorium 1) |
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1.30 pm |
Keynote Speaker A2: |
Keynote Speaker B2: |
2.00 pm |
Invited Speaker A2: |
Invited Speaker B2: Ravikar Ralph (Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India) Ending the neglect of a priority health problem in India: Strategic overview of the National Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Snakebite Envenoming (NAPSE) |
2.20 pm |
Invited Speaker A3: |
Invited Speaker B3:
Ajit Shewale (Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India) Developing stakeholder inclusive and community based formwork for Snakebite Prevention and Control in India : The National Action Plan for Snakebite Envenoming (NAPSE) |
2.40 pm |
Oral Presenter A5: Oral Presenter A6: Oral Presenter A7: |
Oral Presenter B5: Oral Presenter B6: Oral Presenter B7: |
3.25 pm | Sponsor Booths / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
Session A (Auditorium 2) |
Session B (Auditorium 1) |
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4.00 pm |
Keynote Speaker A3: |
Keynote Speaker B3: |
4.30 pm |
Invited Speaker A4: |
Invited Speaker B4: Priyanka Kadam (Snakebite Healing and Education Society, Mumbai, India) Snakebite: Prevention and Control Strategy in India |
4.50 pm |
Invited Speaker A5: |
Invited Speaker B5: Anna FV Pintor (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) From theory to practice: how mechanistic snakebite models can guide mitigation in the real world |
5.10 pm |
NextGen Talks (Flash talks)
Lennart Schulte (Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany)
Anurag Jaglan (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India)
Uthpala Chandrasekara (University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia)
Anders Isaksen (University of Oslo, Norway)
NextGen Talks (Early Career talks)
Timothy Jackson (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Anas Bedraoui (Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir, Morocco) Valentin M. Tabakmakher (Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) |
NextGen Talks (Flash talks)
Sri Teja Adheda (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India)
Yachen Wang (University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Australia)
Haifeng Xu (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Lou Freuville (University of Liège, Belgium)
NextGen Talks (Early Career talks)
Tihana Kurtovic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Tim Lüddecke (Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Giessen, Germany)
Stephanie French (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK) |
6.15 pm | IST Annual General body Meeting (Auditorium 2) |
Scientific Sessions | ||
9:00 am |
Plenary P2: Chair - David Warrell |
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9:45 am | Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
Day 3 Morning Sessions | ||
Session C (Auditorium 2) |
Session D (Auditorium 1) |
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10.10 am |
Keynote Speaker C1: |
Keynote Speaker D1: |
10.40 am |
Keynote Speaker C2: |
Keynote Speaker D2: |
11.10 am |
Invited Speaker C1: |
Invited Speaker C1: |
11.30 am |
Oral Presenter C1: Oral Presenter C2: |
Oral Presenter D1: Oral Presenter D2: |
12.00 pm | Lunch (Foyer) | |
Day 3 Afternoon Sessions | ||
1.30 pm | Poster Session 1 (Dance Atelier 2, Level 3) | |
3.30 pm | Sponsor Booths / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
4:00 pm | City Tour
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Dinner on your own |
Scientific Sessions | ||
9:00 am |
Plenary P3: Chair - Cesare Montecucco |
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9.45 am | Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
Day 4 Morning Sessions | ||
Session E (Auditorium 2) |
Session F (Auditorium 1) |
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10.10 am |
Keynote Speaker E1: |
Keynote Speaker F1: |
10.40 am |
Invited Speaker E1: |
Invited Speaker F1: Sanjib Kumar Sharma (Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal) Snake bite care in Nepal: Addressing the hidden crisis |
11.00 am |
Oral Presenter E1: Oral Presenter E2: Oral Presenter E3: Oral Presenter E4: |
Oral Presenter F1: Oral Presenter F2: Oral Presenter F3: Oral Presenter F4: |
12.00 pm | Lunch (Foyer) | |
Day 4 Afternoon Sessions | ||
Session E (Auditorium 2) |
Session F (Auditorium 1) |
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1.30 pm |
Keynote Speaker E2: |
Keynote Speaker F2: |
2.00 pm |
Invited Speaker E2: |
Invited Speaker F2: Maya Gopalakrishnan (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India) Clinical challenges due to antivenom ineffectiveness in Rajasthan: urgent need for better antivenoms in India |
2.20 pm |
Invited Speaker E3: |
Invited Speaker F3: Jacqueline De Almeida Gonçalves Sachett (State University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil) Ancillary treatment to antivenom: advances in reducing local myonecrosis due to bothropic envenomation |
2.40 pm |
Oral Presenter E5: Oral Presenter E6: Oral Presenter E7: |
Oral Presenter F5: Oral Presenter F6: Oral Presenter F7: |
3.25 pm | Sponsor Booths / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
Session E (Auditorium 2) |
Session F (Auditorium 1) |
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4.00 pm |
Keynote Speaker E3: |
Keynote Speaker F3: |
4.30 pm |
Invited Speaker E4: |
Invited Speaker F4: Sadanand Raut (Vighnahar Nursing Home, Narayangaon, Pune, India) Mission zero- Zero snakebite death |
4.50 pm |
Invited Speaker E5: |
Invited Speaker F5: Surajit Giri (Demow Rural Community Health Centre, Sivasagar, Assam, India) A novel model in snakebite management from a rural community health centre of Assam, North East India: Impact on morbidity and mortality |
5.10 pm |
NextGen Talks (Flash talks)
Che Yuqi (Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, China)
Kai Xuan Chan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Miguel Engelhardt (University of Münster, Germany)
Olga V Shlepova (Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
Romain Baudat (Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)
NextGen Talks (Early Career talks)
Jessica Muller (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Alexey Kuzmenkov (Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia)
Andrea Seldeslachts (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) |
NextGen Talks (Flash talks)
Max Overath (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Mimi Lay (Monash University, Clayton, Australia)
Christabel Chan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Nivedita Kolvekar (BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, India)
Navaneel Sarangi (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India)
NextGen Talks (Early Career talks)
Melisa Benard-Valle (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Dan Liao (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz |
6.15 pm | Cultural Program (Auditorium 2) All participants | |
6.30 pm | Toxicon Editorial Board meeting | |
Dinner on your own |
Scientific Sessions | ||
9:00 am |
Plenary P4: Chair - Jordi Molgó |
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9:45 am | Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
Day 5 Morning Sessions | ||
Session G (Auditorium 2) |
Session H (Auditorium 1) |
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10.10 am |
Keynote Speaker G1: |
Keynote Speaker H1: |
10.40 am |
Keynote Speaker G2: |
Invited Speaker H2: Helena Safavi-Hemami (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA) Venom-inspired design of novel peptide drug leads for diabetes and pain |
11.10 am |
Invited Speaker A2: |
Invited Speaker H3: Sebastien Dutertre (University of Montpellier, France) One venom fits all: not for cone snails |
11.30 am |
Oral Presenter G1: Oral Presenter G2: |
Oral Presenter H1: |
12.00 pm | Lunch (Foyer) | |
Day 5 Afternoon Sessions | ||
1.30 pm | Poster Session 2 (Dance Atelier 2, Level 3) & Congress Photo | |
3.30 pm | Sponsor Booths / Tea Break (Foyer) | |
Congress Banquet at Mount Faber Peak
TO-AND-FRO Bus Service provided at the following location:
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Scientific Sessions | |
9:00 am |
Plenary P5: Chair - David Adams |
9:45 am | Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer) |
Day 6 Morning Sessions | |
Session I (Auditorium 2) |
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10.10 am |
Keynote Speaker I1: |
10.40 am |
Keynote Speaker I2: |
11.10 am |
Oral Presenter I1: Oral Presenter I2: Oral Presenter I3: Oral Presenter I4: |
12.00 pm | Lunch (Foyer) |
Day 6 Afternoon Sessions | |
2.00 pm | Closing Ceremony (Auditorium 2) |
3.00 pm | FAREWELL to ALL |
4.00 pm | NextGen Networking Session Arrival of participants; seated in Discussion Groups |
4.10 pm | Introductions and ice-breaker activity |
4.30 pm | Discuss questions pertaining to careers in the field and the future of toxinology |
5.15 pm | Consolidate discussion points |
5.30 pm | Each group presents a summary of their discussion |
6.00 pm | Dinner, dance and free interaction |
9.30 pm | END |
Consultant Anaesthesiologist
National Health Mission, Government of Assam, India
Field expert in National action plan in snake bite envenoming (NAPSE)
Certified master trainer of Government of Assam for Doctors of Assam
Executive and founder member
Academy of Regional Anaesthesia
Past Governing Council member
Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists
Past Secretary
Indian Medical Association, Sibsagar branch
Past Secretary
Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists, Assam branch
Snake bite Social activist
Vision: Form a chain from community to hospital
Mission: Zero death in Assam by 2025
Author: Assamese Public awareness book HAP aru AMI (Snakes and we)