The University of Queensland

The venom and telopodal defence systems of the centipede Lithobius forficatus are functionally convergent serial homologues

Schendel, Vanessa, Müller, Carsten H. G., Kenning, Matthes, Maxwell, Michael, Jenner, Ronald A., Undheim, Eivind A. B. and Sombke, Andy (2024). The venom and telopodal defence systems of the centipede Lithobius forficatus are functionally convergent serial homologues. BMC Biology, 22 (1) 135. doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01925-x

Peptide toxins that target vertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels underly the painful stings of harvester ants

Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Niu, Pancong, Touchard, Axel, Mueller, Alexander, Schendel, Vanessa, Brinkwirth, Nina, King, Glenn F., Vetter, Irina and Schmidt, Justin O. (2024). Peptide toxins that target vertebrate voltage-gated sodium channels underly the painful stings of harvester ants. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 300 (1) 105577, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105577

Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function

Jami, Sina, Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Cheng, Xiaoyang, Kurdyukov, Sergey, Chung, Felicity, Okorokov, Andrei L., Li, Shengnan, Zhang, Jiangtao, Cristofori-Armstrong, Ben, Israel, Mathilde R., Ju, Robert J., Robinson, Samuel D., Zhao, Peng, Ragnarsson, Lotten, Andersson, Åsa, Tran, Poanna, Schendel, Vanessa, McMahon, Kirsten L., Tran, Hue N. T., Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Zhu, Yifei, Liu, Junyu, Crawford, Theo, Purushothamvasan, Saipriyaa, Habib, Abdella M., Andersson, David A., Rash, Lachlan D., Wood, John N. ... Vetter, Irina (2023). Pain-causing stinging nettle toxins target TMEM233 to modulate NaV1.7 function. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2442. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37963-2

Intra-colony venom diversity contributes to maintaining eusociality in a cooperatively breeding ant

Robinson, Samuel D., Schendel, Vanessa, Schroeder, Christina I., Moen, Sarah, Mueller, Alexander, Walker, Andrew A., McKinnon, Naomi, Neely, G. Gregory, Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F. and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2023). Intra-colony venom diversity contributes to maintaining eusociality in a cooperatively breeding ant. BMC Biology, 21 (1) 5, 5. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01507-9

Venom-derived pain-causing toxins: insights into sensory neuron function and pain mechanisms

Robinson, Samuel D., Deuis, Jennifer R., Klasfauseweh, Tabea, Schendel, Vanessa and Vetter, Irina (2022). Venom-derived pain-causing toxins: insights into sensory neuron function and pain mechanisms. Pain, 163 (S1), S46-S56. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002701

The diversity of venom: the importance of behavior and venom system morphology in understanding its ecology and evolution

Schendel, Vanessa, Rash, Lachlan D., Jenner, Ronald A. and Undheim, Eivind A. B. (2019). The diversity of venom: the importance of behavior and venom system morphology in understanding its ecology and evolution. Toxins, 11 (11) 666, 666. doi: 10.3390/toxins11110666

Comparative morphology of ultimate and walking legs in the centipede Lithobius forficatus (Myriapoda) with functional implications

Kenning, Matthes, Schendel, Vanessa, Müller, Carsten H. G. and Sombke, Andy (2019). Comparative morphology of ultimate and walking legs in the centipede Lithobius forficatus (Myriapoda) with functional implications. Zoological Letters, 5 (1) 3, 3. doi: 10.1186/s40851-018-0115-x

Comparative female genital morphology in Stegodyphus spiders (Araneae: Eresidae)

Schendel, Vanessa, Junghanns, Anja, Bilde, Trine and Uhl, Gabriele (2018). Comparative female genital morphology in Stegodyphus spiders (Araneae: Eresidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 273, 240-249. doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.01.011

A comparative analysis of the ventral nerve cord of Lithobius forficatus (Lithobiomorpha): morphology, neuroanatomy, and individually identifiable neurons

Schendel, Vanessa, Kenning, Matthes and Sombke, Andy (2018). A comparative analysis of the ventral nerve cord of Lithobius forficatus (Lithobiomorpha): morphology, neuroanatomy, and individually identifiable neurons. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 76 (3), 377-394. doi: 10.3897/asp.76.e31950

Habitat preferences of male Corn Buntings Emberiza calandra in north-eastern Germany

Altewischer, Andrea, Buschewski, Ulrike, Ehrke, Christian, Froehlich, Johannes, Gaertner, Antje, Giese, Peter, Guenter, Franziska, Heitmann, Nadja, Hestermann, Maren, Hoffmann, Hannes, Kleinschmidt, Friederike, Kniepkamp, Bjoern, Linke, Wilhelm, Mayland-Quellhorst, Tore, Pape, Jonas, Peterson, Tom, Schendel, Vanessa, Schwieger, Sarah, Wadenstorfer, Andrea and Fischer, Klaus (2015). Habitat preferences of male Corn Buntings Emberiza calandra in north-eastern Germany. Acta Ornithologica, 50 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.3161/00016454AO2015.50.1.001

Centipede venom: Modulation, functional neuro-anatomy and evolutionary origin of the venom gland

Schendel, Vanessa (2022). Centipede venom: Modulation, functional neuro-anatomy and evolutionary origin of the venom gland. PhD Thesis, Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) Research Groups, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/6e6cad6