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Bryan G. Fry is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their primary research falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a specific focus on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Virology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics including Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Rabies Epidemiology and Control, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, and Insect and Pesticide Research.

Bryan G. Fry has contributed extensively to the scientific literature with a total of 156 publications in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and has published 180 works specifically related to venomous animal envenomation and related studies.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Christina N. Zdenek
  • Abhinandan Chowdhury
  • Richard J. Harris
  • Nicholas J. Youngman
  • Édgar Neri-Castro

Major publication venues for their research are:

  • Toxins (33 publications)
  • Toxicon (14 publications)
  • Toxicology Letters (8 publications)
  • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology (7 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (6 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Bryan G. Fry include:

  • "Varespladib in the Treatment of Snakebite Envenoming: Development History and Preclinical Evidence Supporting Advancement to Clinical Trials in Patients Bitten by Venomous Snakes," 2022, published in Toxins
  • "Convergent evolution of toxin resistance in animals," 2022, published in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "An Appetite for Destruction: Detecting Prey-Selective Binding of α-Neurotoxins in the Venom of Afro-Asian Elapids," 2020, published in Toxins
  • "Australian funnel-web spiders evolved human-lethal δ-hexatoxins for defense against vertebrate predators," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Varespladib (LY315920) neutralises phospholipase A2 mediated prothrombinase-inhibition induced by Bitis snake venoms," 2020, published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology

Best Publications

  • The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms

    Bryan G Fry;Kim Roelants;Donald E. Champagne;Holger Scheib

  • Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms.

    Nicholas R. Casewell;Wolfgang Wüster;Freek J. Vonk;Robert A. Harrison

  • Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes

    Bryan G. Fry;Bryan G. Fry;Nicolas Vidal;Janette A. Norman;Freek J. Vonk

  • From genome to “venome”: Molecular origin and evolution of the snake venom proteome inferred from phylogenetic analysis of toxin sequences and related body proteins

    Bryan G. Fry

  • Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny of Elapid Snake Venom Three-Finger Toxins

    Bryan Grieg Fry;W. Wüster;R. M. Kini;V. Brusic

  • Evolution of an Arsenal Structural and Functional Diversification of the Venom System in the Advanced Snakes (Caenophidia)

    Bryan G. Fry;Holger Scheib;Louise van der Weerd;Bruce Young

  • Evolution of separate predation- and defence-evoked venoms in carnivorous cone snails

    Sébastien Dutertre;Sébastien Dutertre;Ai-Hua Jin;Irina Vetter;Brett Hamilton

  • Assembling an Arsenal: Origin and Evolution of the Snake Venom Proteome Inferred from Phylogenetic Analysis of Toxin Sequences

    B. G. Fry;W. Wüster

  • Denmotoxin, a three-finger toxin from the colubrid snake Boiga dendrophila (Mangrove Catsnake) with bird-specific activity.

    Joanna Pawlak;Stephen P. Mackessy;Bryan G. Fry;Madhav Bhatia

  • Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins

    Mahdokht Jouiaei;Angel A. Yanagihara;Bruno Madio;Timo J. Nevalainen

  • Evolutionary origin and development of snake fangs.

    Freek J. Vonk;Jeroen F. Admiraal;Kate Jackson;Ram Reshef

  • Isolation of a Neurotoxin (α-colubritoxin) from a Nonvenomous Colubrid: Evidence for Early Origin of Venom in Snakes

    Bryan G. Fry;Natalie G. Lumsden;Wolfgang Wüster;Janith C. Wickramaratna

  • Antimicrobial activity of omwaprin, a new member of the waprin family of snake venom proteins

    Dileep G. Nair;Bryan G. Fry;Bryan G. Fry;Paul Alewood;Prakash P. Kumar

  • Analysis of Colubroidea snake venoms by liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry: evolutionary and toxinological implications

    Bryan G. Fry;Bryan G. Fry;Wolfgang Wüster;Sheik Fadil Ryan Ramjan;Timothy Jackson

  • Eggs-Only Diet: Its Implications for the Toxin Profile Changes and Ecology of the Marbled Sea Snake (Aipysurus eydouxii)

    Min Li;B.G. Fry;R. Manjunatha Kini

  • The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system

    Bryan G. Fry;Nicholas R. Casewell;Wolfgang Wüster;Nicolas Vidal

  • A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus

    Bryan G Fry;Stephen Wroe;Wouter Teeuwisse;Matthias J P van Osch

  • Mad, bad and dangerous to know: the biochemistry, ecology and evolution of slow loris venom

    K Anne-Isola Nekaris;Richard S Moore;E Johanna Rode;Bryan G Fry

  • Intraspecific venom variation in the medically significant Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri): Biodiscovery, clinical and evolutionary implications

    Kartik Sunagar;Eivind A.B. Undheim;Holger Scheib;Eric C.K. Gren

  • Three-fingered RAVERs: Rapid Accumulation of Variations in Exposed Residues of snake venom toxins.

    Kartik Sunagar;Timothy N. W. Jackson;Eivind A. B. Undheim;Syed. A. Ali

Frequent Co-Authors

Glenn F. King
Glenn F. King University of Queensland
Paul F. Alewood
Paul F. Alewood University of Queensland
R. Manjunatha Kini
R. Manjunatha Kini National University of Singapore
Alun Jones
Alun Jones University of Queensland
Wolfgang Wüster
Wolfgang Wüster Bangor University
Janette A Norman
Janette A Norman Southern Cross University
Agostinho Antunes
Agostinho Antunes University of Porto
John J. Miles
John J. Miles James Cook University
Richard J. Lewis
Richard J. Lewis University of Queensland
Deon J. Venter
Deon J. Venter Mater Health Services

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