Looking Forward
The Next Venom Week
Where We’ve Been - Where We Are – Where We’re Going
The North American Society of Toxinology, (NAST) Inc. is organized Exclusively
for the Charitable, Educational, and Scientific purposes of Advancing the
Science of all things Venomous, including for such purposes, the
Organization and Funding of Periodic, International Scientific Meetings
Dedicated to Advancing the Science and Education of Toxinology.
Venom Weeks Past
Venom Week I
VW I – 2005
Omaha, Nebraska
Venom Week II
VW I – 2005
Omaha, Nebraska
VW II – 2007
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Tucson, Arizona
Venom Week III
VW I – 2005
Omaha, Nebraska
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VW III – 2009
VW II – 2007
Tucson, Arizona
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
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Venom Week IV
VW I – 2005
Omaha, Nebraska
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VW III – 2009
VW II – 2007
Tucson, Arizona
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VW IV 2012
17th IST World Congress
Honolulu, Hawaii
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Venom Week V
VW I – 2005
Omaha, Nebraska
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VW III – 2009
VW II – 2007
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tucson, Arizona
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VW IV 2012
17th IST World Congress
Honolulu, Hawaii
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VW V – 2016
Greeneville,
North Carolina
Venom Week Attendance
Attendence
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
VW I Nebraska
VW II Arizona
VW III New Mexico
VW IV Hawaii
VW V North Carolina
*VW IV combined with IST
Venom Week V
Attendance by Occupation and Gender
35
30
25
20
Number
Male
15
Female
10
5
0
Other
MD/DO/PA
(BA, BS)
DVM
PhD
PharmD/Rx
MS, MA
AA, EMT,
Student
Venom Week V
States Represented
Venom Week VI
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Historic Range of Venomous Creatures
Sources of Natural Toxins
Current Range of Venomous Creatures
Sources of Natural Toxins
Newly Identified Species
Acanthophis cryptamydros
Australia
Protobothrops maolanensis
China
Gloydius rickmersi
China
Synophis bogerti
Himilaya
NAST & Venom Weeks, Looking Forward
Diversify – Expand – Carry On
WHAT:
Biology, Natural History, Toxins, Clinical Toxinology, Research,
Proteomics, Venomics, Antivenomics, Zoology
WHO:
PhD, MD, DVM, PharmD, Nurse, EMT, Zoologists, Zoo Curators
Amateur Herpetologists, Grad Students and Residents, Post Docs
GOALS:
- Get more women involved
- Conservation and Preservation of Venomous Animals
- Economics – membership, meeting expenses
- Facilitate cross-disciplinary collaborations