Exciting News on World NTD Day!
Thrilled to announce that VenomAid has secured an extension of our seed round, bringing it to a total of $1.8M for developing rapid snakebite diagnostics!
Great team effort!
venomaid.com/news/venomaid-…

DTU Innovationsfonden Novo Nordisk Foundation

Udviklingen af LIFE Forløb sker i samarbejde med virksomheder eller forskningsmiljøer, der arbejder med viden, forskning og teknologi i relation til forløbenes problemstillinger.

Dette var også tilfældet i udviklingen af Fight the Bite til gymnasierne, hvor vi slog pjalterne…

🐍 Today, on International Snakebite Awareness Day, we at VenomAid are proud to be part of the global effort to combat one of the world's most overlooked health crises. #snakebite day23 #globalhealth #snakebite #diagnostics

Today, we can finally disclose that we are collaborating with LIFE Fonden and DTU Bioengineering to create course material for Danish highschools on #snakebite #envenoming and #diagnosis . 🐍

Our awesome CSO and co-founder Cecilie Knudsen is a finalist in the PhD Cup 2023 🐍 🏆

See Cecilie's presentation from 18.00 on Friday at DR TV. The VenomAid team will be cheering from the audience 🙌

#phdcup #DRTV #formidling #slangebid

Our research scientist, Pelle D. Knudsen , has co-authored a recent study where Pelle and colleagues from DTU Bioengineering successfully generated a neutralizing monoclonal antibody against a snake toxin using a novel in vitro approach 🐍 Congrats to all involved! #biotech

My awesome colleagues Jonas Arnold Jürgensen, Cecilie, Pelle D. Knudsen, and Selma from VenomAid have published this great popular science article (in Danish) about snakebite diagnostics: videnskab.dk/forskerzonen/n…

We would like to welcome Selma Blom Belfakir! Selma has just started her PhD project Nanobody-based diagnostic tools for toxin detection and quantification, an industrial PhD at VenomAid in collaboration with NaBIS DTU at DTU Bioengineering, granted by Innovationsfonden. #envenomations

I recently had the honor of being a guest on the podcast “Life Science Talent Talks”

I share my journey from academia to entrepreneurship and highlight some of the experiences that have shaped me as a founder and impact-driven entrepreneur.

Link: anchor.fm/life-science-t…

We are happy to announce that Innovationsfonden has decided to support VenomAid with an industrial PhD grant 🐍 Selma B will undertake a fantastic project in collaboration with DTU Bioengineering.

Read more: venomaid.com/news/venomaid-…

#industrialPhD #impact #diagnostics #snakebite

For Early Career Researchers this is a fantastic scheme that has both allowed people to come to my lab, and people from my lav to vist other labs around the world.
If you are an ECR with an interest in antibodies and/or toxins, please reach out!