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6TH Asia-Pacific Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins & 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
Authors: AUSTRALASIAN COLL OF TROPICAL MEDICINECAIRNS (AUSTRALIA) |
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Abstract: On behalf of the International Society for Toxinology and the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, we have great pleasure in welcoming you to this, the 6th ASIA- PACIFIC CONGRESS ON ANIMAL, PLANT AND MICROBIAL TOXINS and the 11th ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE, at the Cairns Colonial Club Resort, Cairns, Australia. This conference brings together experts in fields ranging from molecular toxinology to clinical studies of envenomation to tropical medicine. It comes at a time of many exciting developments in our respective fields. Our understanding of how toxins function is being enhanced by the tools developed for the rapidly growing fields of genomics and proteomics, while structural biology is making major advances in defining the structures of both toxins and their molecular targets. The same holds true for the toxins and antigens underlying viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases. The Northern Australian locality for this meeting proved very appropriate considering recent tragic events surrounding lrukandji envenomation. It also emphasizes the potency of our uniquely Australian venomous fauna and their direct and continuing role in human health. Clearly much remains to be learned about the composition and mode of action of many venoms, as well as the biology of venomous species. And while the world has come to fear toxins associated with bio-terrorism, concurrently it is embracing other toxins as therapeutics. The intersections of toxinology and tropical health are many and varied. We thought it was particularly timely to address the challenges of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and biodefence.
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JUL 2002 |
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A920804 |
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