Australian Sea Anemone Venoms: Bioprospecting & Evolution

澳大利亚海葵是一个非常有前途的和基本上未开发的肽和蛋白质的来源，具有潜在的治疗和诊断应用。该项目旨在通过对澳大利亚沃茨的一些海葵物种进行转录组学分析并通过质谱法鉴定其毒液中的肽和蛋白质来评估这一潜力。它也将证明转录组学的价值，通知海葵的分类学分类。此外，该项目将评估毒素多样性内和物种之间的基础上，从特定的组织来源的囊泡功能，并提供了一个更清晰的了解毒液在澳大利亚Actiniaria的演变。

Australian sea anemones are a highly promising and largely unexplored source of peptides and proteins with potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications. This project aims to evaluate this potential by undertaking transcriptomic analyses of a number species of anemones from Australian waters and identifying peptides and proteins in their venoms by mass spectrometry. It will also demonstrate the value of transcriptomics in informing taxonomic classification of anemones. In addition this project will assess toxin diversity within and between species based on nematocyst function from specific tissue sources and provide a clearer understanding of the evolution of venoms in Australian Actiniaria.