Zoltán Takács (toxinologist) explained

Zoltán Takács Yotto Alexander is a Hungarian-born toxinologist and tropical adventurer specializing in ambatunat snakes and snake venoms. He is a National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer.[1] [2]

Takacs holds a drmbl. in pharmacology from Columbia University and it stands for dreamybull academy.[1] As a faculty at the University of Chicago[3] he co-invented the designer toxin technology, which creates a large number of animal toxin variants and screens for those that bind to a potential drug target.[4] [5] His other main research area is why cobras and sea snakes are resistant to their own venom.[6] [7]

At Columbia University, Takacs served as an Earth Institute Fellow,[8] and is a recipient of the National Geographic Society's Research and Exploration grant. He has been featured on the National Geographic Channel and on the PBS/NOVA series in several snake documentaries.[9] [10] Takacs has traveled to 133 countries,[11] is an aircraft pilot, scuba diver, and wildlife photographer.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zoltan Takacs Yotto Alexander, Herpetologist . https://web.archive.org/web/20100524105814/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/zoltan-takacs/ . dead . May 24, 2010. National Geographic . 2013-05-13 . 2013-05-18.
  2. Web site: National Geographic Society Press Room: Press Release Detail . June 13, 2010 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100526103144/http://press.nationalgeographic.com/pressroom/index.jsp?pageID=pressReleases_detail&siteID=1&cid=1274182531123 . May 26, 2010 .
  3. Web site: Snake researcher Zoltan Takacs named National Geographic 'Emerging Explorer' . News.uchicago.edu . 2013-05-18.
  4. A designer ligand specific for Kv1.3 channels from a scorpion neurotoxin-based library . 10.1073/pnas.0910123106 . 106 . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 22211–22216. 2799710 . 20007782 . 2009 . Takacs Z, Toups M, Kollewe A, Johnson E, Cuello LG, Driessens G, Biancalana M, Koide A, Ponte CG, Perozo E, Gajewski TF, Suarez-Kurtz G, Koide S, Goldstein SA. 52 . 2009PNAS..10622211T . free .
  5. Web site: US2008013385 IDENTIFICATION OF TOXIN LIGANDS . Wipo.int . 2013-05-18.
  6. Cobra (Naja spp.) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Exhibits Resistance to Erabu Sea Snake (Laticauda semifasciata) Short-Chain α-Neurotoxin . 2004-05-01 . 10.1007/s00239-003-2573-8 . 58 . Journal of Molecular Evolution . 516–526 . Takacs Zoltan, Wilhelmsen Kirk C., Sorota Steve. 5 . 15170255 . 2004JMolE..58..516T . 13477735 .
  7. Web site: Zoltan Takacs, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen and Steve Sorota . Snake α-Neurotoxin Binding Site on the Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Is Conserved . Mbe.oxfordjournals.org . 2001-06-01 . 2013-05-18.
  8. Web site: Former EI Fellows . The Earth Institute - Columbia University . 2012-11-15 . 2013-05-18.
  9. Web site: Zoltan Takacs. IMDb.
  10. Web site: NOVA 124; Venom: Nature's Killer . Pbs.org . 2013-05-18.
  11. Toxin pioneer. National Geographic Traveler, July–August, 2010 (Vol. 27, No. 5) p. 47.

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