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http://www.elsevier.com/locate/toxicon/An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Toxins Derived from Animals, Plants and Microorganisms.
Official Journal of the International Society on Toxinology.
Editorial BoardEditor-in-Chief
Alan L. Harvey, Strathclyde Institute for Drug Research, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR, UK
Honorary EditorsPhilip Rosenberg, 37 Lincoln Avenue, West Orange, NJ 07052-2333, USA
Review Editor
Peter N. Strong, Sheffield Hallam University, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK
Mini-Review EditorsRay S. Norton, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University (Parkville Campus), 381 Royal Parade, Parkville 3052, Australia Yara Cury, Laboratory of Physiopathology, Butantan Institute, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Classic toxins Review Editor Edward G. Rowan, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde,
Sir John Arbuthnott Building Room 301 F, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow, G4 0NR, United Kingdom
Editorial Council
K. Aktories, Freiburg, GermanyI. Asuzu, Nsukka, NigeriaG. L. Boyer, Syracuse, USAB. W. Brooks, Texas, USAJ. J. Calvete, Valencia, SpainC. R. Carlini, Porto Alegre RS, BrazilE. E. Creppy, Bordeaux Cedex, FranceF. Ducancel, Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceM. Edery, Paris, FranceJ. W. Fox, Charlottesville, VA, USAP. Gopalakrishnakone, SingaporeJ. M. Gutiérrez, San José, Costa RicaR. A. Harrison, Liverpool, UKW. C. Hodgson, Clayton, VIC, AustraliaR. J. Huxtable, Tucson, AZ, USA
G. K. Isbister, Callaghan, NSW, AustraliaM. Ismail, Cairo, EgyptE. Kalapothakis, MG, BrazilW. R. Kem, Gainesville, FL, USAG. King, St. Lucia, QLD, AustraliaR. M. Kini, SingaporeI. Krizaj, Ljubljana, SloveniaM. Lazdunski, Valbonne, FranceR. J. Lewis, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaF. S. Markland Jr, Los Angeles, CA, USAM.-F. Martin-Eauclaire, Marseille, FranceD. Mebs, Frankfurt, GermanyE. Moczydlowski, Albuquerque, NM, USAC. Montecucco, Padova, ItalyB. A. Neilan, Sydney, NSW, Australia
G. M. Nicholson, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaB. M. Olivera, Salt Lake City, UT, USAS. Pflugmacher, Berlin, GermanyM. A. Poli, Maryland, USAL. D. Possani, Cuernavaca, MexicoS. M. T. Serrano, Sao Paulo, BrazilW. T. Shier, Minneapolis, MN, USAK. Sivonen, Helsinki, FinlandT. Tamiya, Tokyo, JapanA. Tubaro, Trieste, ItalyJ. Tytgat, Leuven, BelgiumD. A. Warrell, Oxford, UKJ. White, North Adelaide, AustraliaY. Zhang, Yunnan, ChinaR. B. Zingali, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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International Society on ToxinologyPresident: Prof. Alan L. Harvey, Strathclyde Institute for Drug Research, University of Strathclyde, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR, UKSecretary-Treasurer: Prof. Julian White, c/o Toxinology Dept., Women’s & Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide SA 5006, AUSTRALIA The purpose of this society is to advance knowledge on the properties of toxins and antitoxins and to bring together scholars interested in these substances through a common society. Membership consists of those who have conducted and published meritorious original investigations in toxinology, while persons who do not qualify for membership but are interested in the field of toxinology are eligible for associate membership. Further information concerning the Society and applications for membership may be obtained from the Secretary-Treasurer.
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Cover design by Xavier Sprungli from the Toxinomics Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland (www.toxinomics.org). 3D molecule is the mu-conopeptide CnIIIC (XEP-018) from the cone snail Conus consors (Favreau et al., Brit. J. Pharmacol., 2012) realised by Henry Hocking, Ludovic Carlier and Rolf Boelens, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands (www.uu.nl). The Conus consors harpoon (radula) picture is from Jean-Jacques Soin, France. The Dendroaspis viridis (Western green mamba) snake picture is by Reto Stöcklin from the Atheris Laboratories, Geneva, Switzerland (www.atheris.com). We are most grateful to the Governement of New Caledonia, to Reptiles du Monde (Servion, Switzerland), to the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) and, last but not least, to the European Commission for its support and funding of “CONCO, the cone snail genome project for health” (LSHB-CT-2007-037592; www.conco.eu) with Dr. Torbjörn Ingemansson as principal scientific officer. © 2013 The Toxinomics Foundation.
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