Venom as a source of ligands
	Peptide Chemistry
	Targets & Pharmacology
	Behavioural Models of Pain
	Research Staff 2011

Research Leaders

Chief Investigators for the program are Professor Richard Lewis, Professor Paul Alewood, Professor David Adams and Professor MacDonald Christie.

Affiliated Principal Investigators are Professor John Wood (University College London, UK), Professor Michael Cousins (Pain Management Research Institute, Australia), Dr Gerald Zamponi (University of Calgary, Canada), Professor Glenn King (Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland) and Professor Kirill Alexandrov (Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland).


Research Strengths of the Program Partners

The members of this team have considerable expertise in the areas of -

• Peptide discovery from venom sources

• Peptide chemistry

• Pharmacology of venom peptides

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• Behavioural models of pain