Cara F. Smith

Postdoc @ CU School of Medicine
- Rattlesnake ecologist
- Venom biochemist

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

Got to return this gorgeous female prairie #rattlesnake to her densite just as the warm weather was drying up in central Wyoming. Beautiful canyon and a new population for my dissertation on #Venom variation 👍

📷 by Neil Balchan

[Maik Damm 🐍 @DammMaik]

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#Snakes on a plain: biotic and abiotic factors determine venom compositional variation in a wide-ranging generalist rattlesnake

New publication (including a great title) by @Buzzzworm1 et al. about a myotoxin vs svMP phenotype in rattlesnake #venom

https://t.co/u4GpAt7wxR

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

@lori_dargis @LaurynBenedict @nadjenajar CONGRATULATIONS!

[Nick Casewell @nickcasewell]

New @CSRIatLSTM opinion piece on the promise of small molecule drugs as new #snakebite treatment. Out in @TrendsinPharma. Led by the wonderful @RachelHClare @srhall106 and @RNPatel85423179 https://t.co/ZpoOrLWMwS

[NIHR Global Health @NIHRglobal]

Meet four young women in Kenya who are researching snake venom, how to improve treatment of snakebite, which kills and injures hundreds of thousands of people every year @K_SRIC @CSRIatLSTM @LSTMnews #NIHRglobalhealth #IWD2021

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

@koticneutralDNA 😭😭😭

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

@nickcasewell @EUVENAction @CSRIatLSTM Awesome! I'd love to hear more about how this position integrates with CSRI.

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

Looking forward to attending a virtual tour of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge tomorrow with the @UNCOBio Natural History Museum! Should be a great experience for our graduate and undergraduate curators!

[Museum of Zoology, Cambridge @ZoologyMuseum]

Book your place for tomorrow's tour of the Museum from
@atlasobscura which includes a live interview with our Assistant Director @JackDAshby. It's their 1st virtual tour of a UK museum. Starts Tues 16 Feb at 5pm GMT. Book in advance 🐳 https://t.co/6tMlGZcuie

[Jenna @jcroweriddell]

This death adder is using its tail to lure prey within range of its venomous bite!

But check out that flash of yellow ✨🖤🐍

We discovered that death adder tails CHANGE COLOUR over their lifetime... (thread)
https://t.co/yLrOdtwzSR

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

@DaboiaDiaries I got a small grant from my uni to study venom variation and ecology of the prairie rattlesnake and I've been collaborating with @EMBrandehoff to determine if differences in venom composition correlate with different bite outcomes.

[Nick Casewell @nickcasewell]

and of course, got to thank the #snakes for their participation in our venom spitting study! Slow motion venom spitting by Naja nubiae - Video credit copyright "The trustees of the Natural History Museum, London and Callum Nair". @CSRIatLSTM @LSTMnews https://t.co/IoujUqOSwN

[Nick Casewell @nickcasewell]

8 years after first discussing this project, we published today on the consequences the evolution of spitting has had on #venom in cobras. I'm super proud of @TalineKaz for leading this, and the contribution of so many amazing collaborators at @CSRIatLSTM and across the world!

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

@kayeholman Thank you! ❤

[Nick Casewell @nickcasewell]

Here is a link to a TEDx talk I recently gave on #snakes and #snakebite for @TEDxLSTM. It’s an attempt to summarise our (and my!) fascination with snakes, and the impact they have had, and continue to have, on us today. @wellcometrust @royalsociety @RSTMH @CSRIatLSTM @LSTMnews

[Nick Casewell @nickcasewell]

Our latest lab paper, which investigates the utility of antivenom against Russell's viper venoms from SE Asia, is now out in @PLOSNTDs. This project was led by Shane Chaisakul who visited @CSRIatLSTM on a @NewtonFund Travel Award. @LSTMnews @wellcometrust https://t.co/o4vYsnFoGE

[Cara F. Smith @Buzzzworm1]

@annikaenloe Ooo yes! Good starting place is Mackessy 2010

[Nick Casewell @nickcasewell]

this is an amazing opportunity for a #venom related postdoc in a fantastic lab!

[Hollywood Doc☣︎ @HollywoodDoc2]

One of our own rockstars, ASF's @EMBrandehoff helping to spread the word about #SnakebiteAwarenessDay !! 🐍🐍🐍He has recently comeback from a medical mission in Kindia,Guinea. An area that suffers from about 650 snakebites/yr and now working in partnership with us #snakebite