Kartik Sunagar

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Kartik Sunagar

Kartik Sunagar

@venomdetective

🇮🇳 Professor @iiscbangalore & @LabVenomics | 🐍 Founder @Venomics AI | 🧬 Venom antibody research | 💊 Decoding venoms for medicines | 📸 Wildlife photography

Bangalore شامل ہوئے Nisan 2011
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Toxin Tuesday #3 | The Boy Who Followed Snakes into Science This one is personal: a story about childhood curiosity, snakes, unexpected turns, and why the strange obsessions we grow up with may be worth following Read here: lnkd.in/ec54pMWe #VenomDetective @LabVenomics
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Russell’s viper venom is not one thing. It is toxic teamwork. Our latest Venom Detective case file explores how SVMPs and PLA2s work together to amplify damage — and how breaking this synergy could transform snakebite treatment. Read: venomdetective.com/posts/russells… #VenomDetective
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@DNAwink Yes. We have published a few papers too. Check them out in the publications section.
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Aequanimitas@DNAwink·
@anaturalist Cool… have you come across this recent research where scientists are making venom from non-front-fanged snakes (~70% of snake species)?These snakes use Duvernoy’s gland rather than the classic high-pressure venom glands. Access to this gland is difficult & the venom ...
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Excited to share the new avatar of my personal website — Venom Detective, vibe-coded from scratch! 😎 Venomous creatures, evolution, biodiversity, field stories, photography, snakebite science, and therapeutic discovery — all in one place. 🌐 venomdetective.com
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Ravi Sharma@ravishar313·
@anaturalist Looks good! Are all the pictures in the gallery taken by you?
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Excited to host an AI×Bio event this Saturday at IISc, bringing together researchers, innovators, and founders to explore how AI is transforming biology, medicine, and biotech innovation. Looking forward to a day of ideas, conversations, and collaborations. #AI #Biotech #IISc
Ravi Sharma@ravishar313

Are you interested/building in AIxBio? Are you in Bangalore? Me, @anaturalist and @vinayprabhu are organising "AIxBio BLR" at IISc this Saturday, April 25th at 11:30 AM. The goal? Build the community that is missing and help each other in any way possible. We have Founders, PhDs, Faculty, PostDocs attending the event. If you are building something in the space or have a unique expertise, we would love to have you. Register on the link below.

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Kartik Sunagar@venomdetective·
Congrats to my incredible students—Prasad Gond, MIHIR KUMAR, and Ajinkya Unawane! Their dedication and perseverance were key to collecting venoms, analyzing data, and publishing this work. 👏🎉
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Special appreciation to snake rescuers nationwide who risk their lives to protect others. Many of them contribute significantly to our work
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🌟 Excited to share our latest publication: a small yet important piece of work! 📚✨ 🐍 Hiss and tell: What influences venom yields of India’s big four snakes? Here, we explore venom yields of India’s “big four” snakes: 🔗 Read here: journals.plos.org/plosntds/artic…
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Our latest in Communications Medicine shows how repurposing existing drugs can tackle snakebites. We demonstrate the effectiveness of small molecule inhibitors in treating bites from Russell's viper, responsible for nearly half of India's snakebite cases. tinyurl.com/244trx96
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