Shaodong Guo was awarded his PhD in 2022 from The University of Queensland. Shaodong’s research focuses on discovery and characterization of orally active venom peptides from diverse arachnid species. From 2022, Shaodong joined A/Prof Volker Herzig’s group and the Centre for Bioinnovation at UniSC, and continued his venom peptides study including the following areas:
- Arachnid toxins as bioinsecticides
- Electrophysiology study on insect ion channels
Shaodong’s research integrates proteomic, transcriptomics, electrophysiology, chromatography, protein sequencing, protein synthesis, recombinant protein expression and mass spectrometry approaches. Currently, his main research project is the discovery of arachnid toxins targeting locusts, aiming to provide sustainable pest management solution.
Awards: Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships (2024)
Memberships: ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS)
Research areas
- Discovery of bioinsecticide arachnid toxin
- Patch-clamp electrophysiology study on insect ion channels
- Production of native toxins in lab
Dr Shaodong Guo’s specialist areas of knowledge include biodiscovery of novel insecticidal arachnid toxins, electrophysiology whole-cell patch-clamp, protein synthesis, and mass spectroscopy.
In the news
Spider venom to be developed into insecticide against locusts
9 MayA University of the Sunshine Coast researcher is using arachnid venom to help farmers fight locusts, after being awarded a $240,000 Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship.