Name: Venomous Beasts and where to find them...
Start: 2019-05-21T19:15:00
End: 2019-05-21T21:30:00
Location: Furley and Co

From insects that kill to using venoms as drugs, it's a journey through venoms, poisons, and the creatures that use them.

The World's Most Expensive Wasp

Dr Dom Henri (Lecturer - The University of Hull)

80% of all known species in the world are insects. Contained within this there are a group of organisms which could make up up to 20%, that most people have never even heard of; Parasitoid Wasps. Let’s spend some time with Dom Henri investigating their curious and horrifying life-history and look into how they may just be the best alternative to chemical pesticides

Using Venoms as Drugs

Dr Patrick Harrison (Lecturer in Biochemistry - The University of Hull)

What if I told you your only chance of survival was a snake bite? Would you be worried? Pat will take us on a journey through drug development and the potential use of snake venom's to save lives.

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