Oral and Poster Presentation Award

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.

Visit to Natural History Museum:

On campus, we have a world class Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (~7 min walks from the Congress venue). World Congress participants can visit the Museum at discounted entry fees (S$13.60 reduced from usual price S$27). Interested participants, please collect discount coupons at the Registration Desk. Hurry! Limited number of discount tickets. First come, first served.

Women in Toxinology
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)
	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: Julian WHITE (President, International Society on Toxinology)
	Redi Award Talks Jan TYTGAT (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, KULeuven, Belgium) The history of toxins: from ancient times to artificial intelligence David WILLIAMS (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland) TBA
6:30 pm	Cultural Program (Auditorium 2)
7:00 pm	Welcome Reception (Foyer)

*Scientific Sessions*
9:00 am	Plenary P1: Chair Yehu Moran (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) Genetic manipulation of a sea anemone unravels how venom shapes interspecific interactions and evolutionary tradeoffs
9:45 am	Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer)
Day 2 Morning Sessions
	*Session A (Auditorium 2)* Advances and Applications of Omics in Toxinology Chair: Juan Calvete	*Session B (Auditorium 1)* Epidemiology and Prevention of Envenoming and Poisoning 1 Chair: David Williams
10.10 am	Keynote Speaker A1: Juan Calvete (Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia, CSIC, Valencia, Spain) The long journey of a heterodimeric beta-neurotoxic PLA2 family: a multi-disciplinary and multi-omics perspective	Keynote Speaker B1: Abdulrazaq G. Habib (Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria) Epidemiology and Prevention of Envenoming and Poisoning
10.40 am	Invited Speaker A1: Sekar Sheshagiri (Venbio Sciences Inc., San Carlos, California, USA) TBA	Invited Speaker B1: Emma O’Bryan (ISGlobal, UK/Mozambique) Nesting snakes with mosquitoes: leveraging larger trials to generate snakebite data
11.00 am	Oral Presenter A1: TBA Title Oral Presenter A2: TBA Title Oral Presenter A3: TBA Title Oral Presenter A4: TBA Title	Oral Presenter B1: Aniruddha Ghose (Chittagong Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh) Snakebite epidemiology – findings from a nationally conducted survey in Bangladesh Oral Presenter B2: TBA Title Oral Presenter B3: TBA Title Oral Presenter B4: TBA Title
12.00 pm	Lunch (Foyer)
Day 2 Afternoon Sessions
	*Session A (Auditorium 2)* Molecular Evolution and Ecology in Toxinology 1 Chair: Yehu Moran	*Session B (Auditorium 1)* Epidemiology and Prevention of Envenoming and Poisoning 2 Chair: Abdul Razaq
1.30 pm	Keynote Speaker A2: Wolfgang Wüster (Bangor University, UK) Venom at the interface between snake and environment: what drives venom evolution?	Keynote Speaker B2: Sara Patidar (Eswatini) Title
2.00 pm	Invited Speaker A2: Cassandra Modahl (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK) Distinct regulatory networks control toxin gene expression in elapid and viperid snakes	Invited Speaker B2: Ajit Shewale (Ministry of Health and Family welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India) Title
2.20 pm	Invited Speaker A3: Juan David Bayona Serrano (Butantan Institute, Brazil) Same old scaffolds, new genes: the convergent solutions of Dipsadidae snake venoms	Invited Speaker B3: 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)
2.40 pm	Oral Presenter A5: TBA Title Oral Presenter A6: TBA Title Oral Presenter A7: TBA Title	Oral Presenter B5: TBA Title Oral Presenter B6: TBA Title Oral Presenter B7: TBA Title
3.25 pm	Exhibition Booths / Tea Break (Foyer)
	*Session A (Auditorium 2)* Molecular Evolution and Ecology in Toxinology 2 Chair: Wolfgang Wüster	*Session B (Auditorium 1)* Epidemiology and Prevention of Envenoming and Poisoning 3 Chair: David Williams
4.00 pm	Keynote Speaker A3: Kartik Sunagar (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India) To eat, or not to eat: The evolution of toad toxin resistance in Serpentes	Keynote Speaker B3: Wuelton Monteiro (Amazonas State University, Manaus, Brazil) Title
4.30 pm	Invited Speaker A4: Eivind Undheim (University of Oslo, Norway) Lacewing venom: Detailed insights into the venom system of a neglected group of venomous insects	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: Joachim Surm (Ludwig Maximillians University of Munich, Germany) Sea anemone MACPF proteins demonstrate an evolutionary transitional state between venomous and developmental functions	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	Flash Talks 1-10: TBA Chair:	Early Career Talks 1-6: TBA Chair:
6.15 pm	IST Annual General body Meeting (Auditorium 2)

Scientific Sessions
9:00 am	Plenary P2: Chair R. Manjunatha Kini (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Origin and accelerated evolution of snake venom toxins
9:45 am	Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer)
Day 3 Morning Sessions
	*Session C (Auditorium 2)* Invertebrate Toxinology Chair: Jan Tytgat/Ronald Jenner	*Session D (Auditorium 1)* Microbial Toxinology Chair: Ornella Rossetto
10.10 am	Keynote Speaker C1: Jordi Molgo (Université Paris-Saclay, France) Invertebrate and dinoflagellate marine toxins targeting signaling and key components of the skeletal neuromuscular system of vertebrates	Keynote Speaker D1: Ornella Rossetto (University of Padova, Italy) The effects of botulinum neurotoxins in the intestine in a mouse model of foodborne botulism
10.40 am	Keynote Speaker C2: Ronald Jenner (Natural History Museum, London, UK) What is animal venom? Reassessing a manipulative weapon	Invited Speaker D2: TBA Title
11.10 am	Invited Speaker C1: Zhijian Cao (Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China) Molecular and neural mechanisms of the itchy effect induced by defensin peptides from ticks and fungi	Invited Speaker B3: TBA Title
11.30 am	Oral Presenter A1: TBA Title Oral Presenter A2: TBA Title	Oral Presenter A1: TBA Title Oral Presenter A2: TBA Title
12.00 pm	Lunch (Foyer)
Day 3 Afternoon Sessions
1.30 pm	Poster Session 1 (Dance Aterlier 2, Level 3)
3.30 pm	Exhibition Booths / Tea Break (Foyer)
4:00 pm	City Tour
	Dinner on your own

Scientific Sessions
9:00 am	Plenary P3: Chair Solange M. T. Serrano (Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil) Systemic analysis of the pathological effects of a snake venom and of an antivenom, in a murine model of envenoming
9.45 am	Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer)
Day 4 Morning Sessions
	*Session E (Auditorium 2)* Mechanism of Action and Pathophysiology of Toxins 1 Chair: Igor Križaj	*Session F (Auditorium 1)* Clinical Aspects of Toxinology 1 Chair: David Warrell
10.10 am	Keynote Speaker E1: Ray Norton (Monash University, Parkville, Australia) Kv1.3-inhibitory peptides from sea anemones and scorpions: therapeutic development and role of dynamics in channel blockade	Keynote Speaker F1: Ahmad Khaldun Ismail (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Advancing Clinical Toxinology in ASEAN: From Neglect to Action
10.40 am	Invited Speaker E1: Denis Servent (Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France) Biodistribution of pinnatoxin-G in vivo and study of how this highly potent nAChR antagonist crosses the blood-brain and placental barriers	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: TBA Title Oral Presenter E2: TBA Title Oral Presenter E3: TBA Title Oral Presenter E4: TBA Title	Oral Presenter F1: TBA Title Oral Presenter F2: TBA Title Oral Presenter F3: TBA Title Oral Presenter F4: TBA Title
12.00 pm	Lunch (Foyer)
Day 4 Afternoon Sessions
	*Session E (Auditorium 2)* Mechanism of Action and Pathophysiology of Toxins 2 Chair: Solange Serrano	*Session F (Auditorium 1)* Clinical Aspects of Toxinology 2 Chair: Jaideep Menon
1.30 pm	Keynote Speaker E2: Ana Moura-da-Silva (Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil) Complexity of the biological effects of viper venoms: origin and diversification of snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) in Bothrops snakes	Keynote Speaker F2: Jaideep Menon (Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India) National study on the incidence, mortality, morbidity and socioeconomic burden of SBE in India
2.00 pm	Invited Speaker E2: Eliane C. Arantes (University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) Synergistic action of toxins from Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom	Invited Speaker F2: Sadanand Raut (Vighnahar Nursing Home, Narayangaon, Pune, India) Mission zero- Zero snakebite death
2.20 pm	Invited Speaker E3: Shrinivasan Raghuraman (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) Constellation pharmacology: Integrating natural products, molecular targets and biological functions	Invited Speaker F3: 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
2.40 pm	Oral Presenter E5: TBA Title Oral Presenter E6: TBA Title Oral Presenter E7: TBA Title	Oral Presenter F5: TBA Title Oral Presenter F6: TBA Title Oral Presenter F7: TBA Title
3.25 pm	Exhibition Booths / Tea Break (Foyer)
	*Session E (Auditorium 2)* Mechanism of Action and Pathophysiology of Toxins 3 Chair: Solange Serrano	*Session F (Auditorium 1)* Clinical Aspects of Toxinology 3 Chair: David Warrell
4.00 pm	Keynote Speaker E3: Igor Križaj (Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia) Reversible thrombocytopenia of functional platelets after the nose-horned viper venom envenomation is induced by a snaclec	Keynote Speaker F3: David A Warrell (Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK) Novelty and crisis in Clinical Toxinology: Ecstasy and Agony!
4.30 pm	Invited Speaker E4: Johannes Eble (University of Münster, Germany) Snake venom components prevents platelets from being hijacked by tumor cells	Invited Speaker F4: Jacqueline De Almeida Gonçalves Sachett (State University of Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil) Ancillary treatment to antivenom: advances in reducing local myonecrosis due to bothropic envenomation
4.50 pm	Invited Speaker E5: Cho Yeow Koh (National University of Singapore, Singapore) A-B-C-D-K-N-P-G-R-S-F-Y: Alphabet soup for the failing heart, seasoned with toxins from krait venom	Invited Speaker F5: 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
5.10 pm	Flash Talks 11-20: TBA Chair:	Early Career Talks 7-12: TBA Chair:
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 Glenn King (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) Deadly cures: a drug candidate to treat ischemic injuries the heart and brain from venom of the lethal Australian funnel-web spider
9:45 am	Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer)
Day 5 Morning Sessions
	*Session G (Auditorium 2)* Translation of Toxinology in Medicine and Biotechnology Chair: R. Manjunatha Kini	*Session H (Auditorium 1)* Marine Toxins Chair: Richard Lewis
10.10 am	Keynote Speaker G1: Tur-Fu Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) The potential application of disintegrin variants in arterial thrombosis and ischemic inflammatory diseases	Keynote Speaker H1: Richard Lewis (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) Developmental shifts in venom composition underlie the evolution of mollusc- and fish-hunting cone snails
10.40 am	Keynote Speaker G2: Andreas Vilcinskas (Fraunhofer Institute, Giessen, Germany) Drugs from bugs: insect biotechnology based venomics	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 G1: Sridhar Ravi (University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia) The functional anatomy of the worker honeybee stinger and the biomechanics of envenomation	Invited Speaker H3: Sebastien Dutertre (University of Montpellier, France) One venom fits all: not for cone snails
11.30 am	Oral Presenter G1: TBA Title Oral Presenter G2: TBA Title	Oral Presenter H1: TBA Title Oral Presenter H2: TBA Title
12.00 pm	Lunch (Foyer)
Day 5 Afternoon Sessions
1.30 pm	Poster Session 1 (Dance Aterlier 2, Level 3)
3.30 pm	Exhibition Booths / Tea Break (Foyer)
4:00 – 4.20 pm	Congress Photo
	Congress Banquet

Scientific Sessions
9:00 am	Plenary P5: Chair Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes (University of Porto, Portugal) The molecular mechanism of action of snake venom toxins – a computational perspective
9:45 am	Sponsor Booth / Tea Break (Foyer)
Day 6 Morning Sessions
	*Session I (Auditorium 2)* Novel Therapeutic Approaches of Envenoming Chair: Jeroen Kool	*Session J (Auditorium 1)* Computational, AI and ML Applications to Toxinology Chair: Alexander Vassilevski
10.10 am	Keynote Speaker I1: Jeroen Kool (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Holland) Analytics for discovery and assistance in development of new snakebite treatments	Keynote Speaker H1: Alexander Vassilevski (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) P2X3 receptor-inhibitory peptides from spider venom
10.40 am	Keynote Speaker G2: Constantinos Kurt Wibmer (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) Monoclonal antibodies neutralizing snake venom long and short chain three finger neurotoxins	Invited Speaker H2: TBA Title
11.10 am	Invited Speaker G1: TBA Title	Invited Speaker H3: TBA Title
11.30 am	Oral Presenter G1: TBA Title Oral Presenter G2: TBA Title	Oral Presenter H1: TBA Title Oral Presenter H2: TBA Title
12.00 pm	Lunch (Foyer)
Day 6 Afternoon Sessions
1.30 pm	Closing Ceremony (Auditorium 2)
2.30 pm	FAREWELL to ALL
4.00 pm	NextGen Networking Session
9.30 pm	END

	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
IST member (include one Conference Banquet ticket)	S$700	S$850	S$950
Non-member (include one Conference Banquet ticket)	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.)

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