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The native form of this personal name is Takács Zoltán. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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

Takacs holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Columbia University. [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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zoltan Takacs, Herpetologist". National Geographic. 2013-05-13. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  2. ^ "National Geographic Society Press Room: Press Release Detail". Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Snake researcher Zoltan Takacs named National Geographic 'Emerging Explorer'". News.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  4. ^ 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 (2009). "A designer ligand specific for Kv1.3 channels from a scorpion neurotoxin-based library". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (52): 22211–22216. Bibcode: 2009PNAS..10622211T. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0910123106. PMC  2799710. PMID  20007782.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  5. ^ "US2008013385 IDENTIFICATION OF TOXIN LIGANDS". Wipo.int. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  6. ^ Takacs Zoltan, Wilhelmsen Kirk C., Sorota Steve (2004-05-01). "Cobra (Naja spp. ) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Exhibits Resistance to Erabu Sea Snake (Laticauda semifasciata) Short-Chain α-Neurotoxin". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 58 (5): 516–526. Bibcode: 2004JMolE..58..516T. doi: 10.1007/s00239-003-2573-8. PMID  15170255. S2CID  13477735.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  7. ^ Zoltan Takacs, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen and Steve Sorota (2001-06-01). "Snake α-Neurotoxin Binding Site on the Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Is Conserved". Mbe.oxfordjournals.org. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  8. ^ "Former EI Fellows". The Earth Institute - Columbia University. 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  9. ^ a b "Zoltan Takacs". IMDb.
  10. ^ "NOVA 124; Venom: Nature's Killer". Pbs.org. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  11. ^ Toxin pioneer. National Geographic Traveler, July–August, 2010 (Vol. 27, No. 5) p. 47.

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Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Zoltán_Takács_(toxinologist)&oldid=1186577735"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The native form of this personal name is Takács Zoltán. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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

Takacs holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Columbia University. [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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Zoltan Takacs, Herpetologist". National Geographic. 2013-05-13. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  2. ^ "National Geographic Society Press Room: Press Release Detail". Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  3. ^ "Snake researcher Zoltan Takacs named National Geographic 'Emerging Explorer'". News.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  4. ^ 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 (2009). "A designer ligand specific for Kv1.3 channels from a scorpion neurotoxin-based library". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (52): 22211–22216. Bibcode: 2009PNAS..10622211T. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0910123106. PMC  2799710. PMID  20007782.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  5. ^ "US2008013385 IDENTIFICATION OF TOXIN LIGANDS". Wipo.int. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  6. ^ Takacs Zoltan, Wilhelmsen Kirk C., Sorota Steve (2004-05-01). "Cobra (Naja spp. ) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Exhibits Resistance to Erabu Sea Snake (Laticauda semifasciata) Short-Chain α-Neurotoxin". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 58 (5): 516–526. Bibcode: 2004JMolE..58..516T. doi: 10.1007/s00239-003-2573-8. PMID  15170255. S2CID  13477735.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  7. ^ Zoltan Takacs, Kirk C. Wilhelmsen and Steve Sorota (2001-06-01). "Snake α-Neurotoxin Binding Site on the Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Is Conserved". Mbe.oxfordjournals.org. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  8. ^ "Former EI Fellows". The Earth Institute - Columbia University. 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  9. ^ a b "Zoltan Takacs". IMDb.
  10. ^ "NOVA 124; Venom: Nature's Killer". Pbs.org. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  11. ^ Toxin pioneer. National Geographic Traveler, July–August, 2010 (Vol. 27, No. 5) p. 47.

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