Be sure to check out the full article by Safavi Lab Thomas Lund Koch U of Utah Dept of Biochemistry: Prey Shifts Drive Venom Evolution in Cone Snails buff.ly/4dw4t6C

What a great time at Yellowstone 🌋with Samuel Robinson, Walden Bjørn-Yoshimoto, Thomas Lund Koch, Ho Yan Yeung, Iris Bea Ramiro and other amazing people (Lars, Celeste, Vanessa) from 🇩🇰🇦🇺who are not on the X universe. Looking forward to your next visit in Salt Lake City!

On Thurs Sept 12, Helena Safavi Safavi Lab will give her tenure talk entitled "Insights from the Biology, Behavior, and Evolution of Venomous Animals for Drug Discovery." 12pm at HSEB Alumni Hall!

Helena gave a stellar tenure talk today, drawing different examples of prey-hormone mimicking, doppelgänger toxins found in cone snail venoms!

Great opportunity to work in a great lab with a great mentor!

Don’t miss out on this seminar featuring our very own Dr Thomas Koch!

"What do online grocery shopping, venomous snails, and foot biomechanics have in common?" Find out! Largest-Ever UofU Diabetes University of Utah Health Retreat Tackles Problems from Public Health to Drug Development uofuhealth.utah.edu/newsroom/news/…

Another example of why cone snails are rich drug source! Another great collaboration with the Toto Olivera lab at University of Utah

A great cover story in The New York Times magazine showcasing how venomous animals provide ingenious solutions to solve some of the long-standing problems in drug development. It was great showing Kim our cone snail aquarium, and our exciting research. nytimes.com/2024/11/13/mag…

A very nice piece covering our story on the unusual glucose-lowering hunting strategy used cunningly by the fish-hunting cone snail, Conus geographus. Check it out!

Another news piece on why cone snail venom is an untapped source of drug discovery. Thanks for covering our studies!