PBRC Postdoc on HPR to discuss her new book

Dr. Christie Wilcox, a Yanagihara lab Post-Doctoral Scientist, has published a new non-fiction popular science book on venom. Her book and current UH-based research were featured on this week’s Bytemarks Cafe on HPR. Dr. Wilcox has been working under PBRC faculty member Dr. Angel Yanagihara for just over one and a half years, studying box jelly venom pathophysiology and developing assays to test sting first aid measures. Her debut book, Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry (Scientific American/FSG Books) hit shelves August 9th. Dr. Wilcox will be signing books at the Waikiki Aquarium Family Night on August 26th and at an event at the Ala Moana Barnes and Noble at 1:00 pm on September 3rd.