My scientific publications

Zdenek, C.N., Heinsohn, R., Langmore, N.E., 2015. Vocal complexity in the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus). Bioacoustics 4622, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2015.1070281

 

Keighley, M. V., Langmore, N.E., Zdenek, C.N., Heinsohn, R., 2016. Geographic variation in the vocalizations of Australian palm cockatoos ( Probosciger aterrimus) *. Bioacoustics 4622, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2016.1201778

 

Youngentob, K.N., Zdenek, C., van Gorsel, E., 2016. A simple and effective method to collect leaves and seeds from tall trees. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12554

 

Jackson, T., Koludarov, I., Ali, S.A., Dobson, J., Zdenek, C.N., Dashevsky, D., Op Den Brouw, B., Masci, P.P., Nouwens, A., Josh, P., Goldenberg, J., Cipriani, V., Hay, C., Hendrikx, I., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., Fry, B.G., 2016. Rapid radiations and the race to redundancy: An investigation of the evolution of Australian elapid snake venoms. Toxins 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins8110309

 

Zdenek, C.N., 2017. A prolonged agonistic interaction between two Papuan Frogmouths Podargus papuensis. Australian Field Ornithology 34. https://doi.org/10.20938/afo34026029

 

Zdenek, C.N., Heinsohn, R., Langmore, N.E., 2017. Vocal individuality, but not stability, in wild palm cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus). Bioacoustics 4622, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2016.1272004

 

Lister, C., Arbuckle, K., Jackson, T.N.W., Debono, J., Zdenek, C.N., Dashevsky, D., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., Hay, C., Bush, B., Gillett, A., Fry, B.G., 2017. Catch a tiger snake by its tail: Differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part - C 202, 39–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.07.005

 

Heinsohn, R., Zdenek, C.N., Cunningham, R.B., Endler, J.A., Langmore, N.E., 2017. Tool-assisted rhythmic drumming in palm cockatoos shares key elements of human instrumental music. Science Advances 3, e1602399. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602399

 

Rogalski, A., Soerensen, C., op den Brouw, B., Lister, C., Dashvesky, D., Arbuckle, K., Gloria, A., Zdenek, C.N., Casewell, N.R., Gutiérrez, J.M., Wüster, W., Ali, S.A., Masci, P., Rowley, P., Frank, N., Fry, B.G., 2017. Differential procoagulant effects of saw-scaled viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Echis) snake venoms on human plasma and the narrow taxonomic ranges of antivenom efficacies. Toxicology Letters 280, 159–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.08.020

 

Coimbra, F.C.P., Dobson, J., Zdenek, C.N., Brouw, D., Hamilton, B., Debono, J., Masci, P., Frank, N., Ge, L., Fai, H., Fry, B.G., 2018. Does size matter? Venom proteomic and functional comparison between night adder species (Viperidae: Causus) with short and long venom glands. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 211, 7–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2018.05.003

 

Youngman, N.J., Zdenek, C.N., Dobson, J.S., Bittenbinder, M.A., Gillett, A., Hamilton, B., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., Veary, A., Veary, E., Fry, B.G., 2018. Mud in the blood: Novel potent anticoagulant coagulotoxicity in the venoms of the Australian elapid snake genus Denisonia (mud adders) and relative antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters 302, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.11.015

 

Oulion, B., Dobson, J.S., Zdenek, C.N., Arbuckle, K., Lister, C., Coimbra, F.C.P., op den Brouw, B., Debono, J., Rogalski, A., Violette, A., Fourmy, R., Frank, N., Fry, B.G., 2018. Factor X activating Atractaspis snake venoms and the relative coagulotoxicity neutralising efficacy of African antivenoms. Toxicology Letters 288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.02.020

 

Bittenbinder, M.A., Zdenek, C.N., op den Brouw, B., Youngman, N.J., Dobson, J.S., Naude, A., Vonk, F.J., Fry, B.G., 2018. Coagulotoxic cobras: Clinical implications of strong anticoagulant actions of African spitting Naja venoms that are not neutralised by antivenom but are by LY315920 (Varespladib). Toxins 10, 516. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10120516

 

Sousa, L., Zdenek, C.N., Dobson, J., op den Brouw, B., Coimbra, F., Gillett, A., Del-Rei, T., Chalkidis, H., Sant’Anna, S., Teixeira-da-Rocha, M., Grego, K., Travaglia Cardoso, S., Moura da Silva, A., Fry, B., Sousa, L.F., Zdenek, C.N., Dobson, J.S., op den Brouw, B., Coimbra, F., Gillett, A., Del-Rei, T.H.M., Chalkidis, H. de M., Sant’Anna, S., Teixeira-da-Rocha, M.M., Grego, K., Travaglia Cardoso, S.R., Moura da Silva, A.M., Fry, B.G., 2018. Coagulotoxicity of Bothrops (lancehead pit-vipers) venoms from Brazil: Differential biochemistry and antivenom efficacy resulting from prey-driven venom variation. Toxins 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10100411

 

Bittenbinder, M.A., Dobson, J.S., Zdenek, C.N., op den Brouw, B., Naude, A., Vonk, F.J., Fry, B.G., 2019. Differential destructive (non-clotting) fibrinogenolytic activity in Afro-Asian elapid snake venoms and the links to defensive hooding behavior. Toxicology in Vitro 60, 330–335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2019.05.026

 

Zdenek⁠, C.N., Hay, C., Arbuckle, K., Jackson, T.N.W., Bos, M.H.A., op den Brouw, B., Debono, J., Allen, L., Dunstan, N., Morley, T., Herrera, M., Gutiérrez, J.M., Williams, D.J., Fry, B.G., 2019. Coagulotoxic effects by brown snake (Pseudonaja) and taipan (Oxyuranus) venoms, and the efficacy of a new antivenom. Toxicology in Vitro 58, 97–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tiv.2019.03.031

 

Zdenek, C.N., Brouw, B. o. d., Dashevsky, D., Gloria, A., Youngman, N., Watson, E., Green, P., Hay, C., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., Fry, B.F., 2019. Clinical implications of convergent procoagulant toxicity and differential antivenom efficacy in Australian elapid snake venoms. Toxicology Letters 316, 171–182. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.08.014

 

Dobson, J.S., Zdenek, C.N., Hay, C., Violette, A., Fourmy, R., Cochran, C., Fry, B.G., 2019. Varanid lizard venoms disrupt the clotting ability of human fibrinogen through destructive cleavage. Toxins 11, 4–9. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11050255

 

Zdenek, C.N., Harris, R.J., Kuruppu, S., Youngman, N.J., Dobson, J.S., Debono, J., Smith, I., Yarski, M., Harrich, D., Sweeney, C., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., Fry, B.G., 2019. A taxon-specific and high-throughput method for measuring ligand binding to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Toxins 11. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11100600

 

Youngman, N.J., Debono, J., Dobson, J.S., Zdenek, C.N., Harris, R.J., den Brouw, B. op, Coimbra, F.C.P., Naude, A., Coster, K., Sundman, E., Braun, R., Hendrikx, I., Fry, B.G., 2019. Venomous landmines: Clinical implications of extreme coagulotoxic diversification and differential neutralization by antivenom of venoms within the viperid snake genus Bitis. Toxins 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11070422

 

Zdenek, C.N., Llinas, J., Dobson, J., Allen, L., Dunstan, N., Sousa, L.F., Moura da Silva, A.M., Fry, B.G., 2020. Pets in peril: The relative susceptibility of cats and dogs to procoagulant snake venoms. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 236, 108769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108769

 

Harris, R.J., Zdenek, C.N., Debono, J., Harrich, D., Fry, B.G., 2020. Evolutionary Interpretations of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Targeting Venom Effects by a Clade of Asian Viperidae Snakes. Neurotoxicity Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12640-020-00211-2

 

Sousa, L.F., Bernardoni, J.L., Zdenek, C.N., Dobson, J., Coimbra, F., Gillett, A., Lopes-ferreira, M., Moura-da-silva, A.M., Fry, B.G., 2020. Differential coagulotoxicity of metalloprotease isoforms from Bothrops neuwiedi snake venom and consequent variations in antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters 333, 211–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.08.009

 

Bourke, L.A., Youngman, N.J., Zdenek, C.N., op den Brouw, B., Violette, A., Fourmy, R., Fry, B.G., 2020. Trimeresurus albolabris snakebite treatment implications arising from ontogenetic venom comparisons of anticoagulant function, and antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters 327, 2–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.03.009

 

Zdenek, C.N., Youngman, N.J., Hay, C., Dobson, J., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., Milanovic, L., Fry, B.G., 2020. Anticoagulant activity of black snake (Elapidae: Pseudechis) venoms: Mechanisms, potency, and antivenom efficacy. Toxicology Letters 330, 176–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.05.014

 

Harris, R.J., Zdenek, C.N., Nouwens, A., Sweeney, C., Dunstan, N., Fry, B.G., 2020. A symmetry or asymmetry: Functional and compositional comparison of venom from the left and right glands of the Indochinese spitting cobra (Naja siamensis). Toxicon: X 7, 100050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxcx.2020.100050

 

Grashof, D., Zdenek, C.N., Dobson, J.S., Youngman, N.J., Benard-valle, M., Alagon, A., Fry, B.G., 2020. A web of coagulotoxicity: Failure of antivenom to neutralize the destructive (non-clotting) fibrinogenolytic activity of Loxosceles and Sicarius spider venoms. Toxins 12, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12020091

 

Harris, R.J., Youngman, N.J., Zdenek, C.N., Huynh, T.M., Nouwens, A., Hodgson, W.C., Harrich, D., Dunstan, N., Portes-junior, J.A., Fry, B.G., 2020. Assessing the Binding of Venoms from Aquatic Elapids to the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Orthosteric Site of Di fferent Prey Models. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21.

 

Harris, R.J., Zdenek, C.N., Harrich, D., Frank, N., Fry, B.G., 2020. An appetite for destruction: Detecting prey-selective binding of α-neurotoxins in the venom of Afro-Asian elapids. Toxins 12, 205. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12030205

 

Keighley, M. V, Haslett, S., Zdenek, C.N., Heinsohn, R., 2021. Slow breeding rates and low population connectivity indicate Australian palm cockatoos are in severe decline. Biological Conservation 253, 108865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108865

 

Youngman, N.J., Chowdhury, A., Zdenek, C.N., Coster, K., Sundman, E., Braun, R., Fry, B.G., 2021. Utilising venom activity to infer dietary composition of the Kenyan horned viper (Bitis worthingtoni). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 240, 108921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108921

 

Chowdhury, A., Zdenek, C.N., Dobson, J.S., Bourke, L.A., Soria, R., Fry, B.G., 2021. Clinical implications of differential procoagulant toxicity of the palearctic viperid genus Macrovipera, and the relative neutralization efficacy of antivenoms and enzyme inhibitors. Toxicology Letters 340, 77–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.12.019

 

Dashevsky, D., Bénard-Valle, M., Neri-Castro, E., Youngman, N.J., Zdenek, C.N., Alagón, A., Portes-Junior, J.A., Frank, N., Fry, B.G., 2021. Anticoagulant Micrurus venoms: Targets and neutralization. Toxicology Letters 337, 91–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.11.010

 

Bourke, L.A., Zdenek, C.N., Neri-castro, E., Melisa, B., Alag, A., Sanchez, E.F., Aldridge, M., Fry, B.G., 2021. Pan-American Lancehead Pit-Vipers: Coagulotoxic Venom Effects and Antivenom Neutralisation of Bothrops asper and B. atrox Geographical Variants. Toxins 13. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/13/2/78

 

Seneci, L. et al. 2021. A symphony of destruction: Dynamic differential fibrinogenolytic toxicity by rattlesnake (Crotalus and Sistrurus) venoms. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology 245(3 sz). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1532045621000612

 

Seneci, L. et al. 2021. A Clot Twist: Extreme Variation in Coagulotoxicity Mechanisms in Mexican Neotropical Rattlesnake Venoms. Frontiers in Immunology 12(March): p.1–24. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2021.612846/full

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Rodrigues, C.F.B. et al. 2021. Clinical implications of ontogenetic differences in the coagulotoxic activity of Bothrops jararacussu venoms. Toxicology Letters 348: p.59–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2021.05.005 

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Rodrigues, C.B.B., Zdenek, C.N., Serino-Silva, C., Morais-Zani, K.D., Grego, K.F., Bénard-Valle, M., Neri-Castro, E., Alagón, A., Tanaka-Azevedo, A.M., Fry, B.G., 2021. BoaγPLI from Boa constrictor blood is a broad-spectrum inhibitor of venom ­ PLA 2 pathophysiological actions. J. Chem. Ecol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01289-4

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Zdenek, C.N.; Cacho, C. V; Searle, J.B.; Nevard, H.D.; Dibben, L.R. Field Methods to Identify Palm Cockatoo Nest Hollows. Aust. F. Ornithol. 2022, 39, 113–124.

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Li, C.Y.; Rehm, F.B.H.; Yap, K.; Zdenek, C.N.; Harding, M.D.; Fry, B.G.; Durek, T.; Craik, D.J.; de Veer, S.J. Cystine Knot Peptides with Tuneable Activity and Mechanism. Angew. Chemie - Int. Ed. 2022, 61, doi:10.1002/anie.202200951.

 

Bower, D.S.; Somaweera, R.; Clemann, N.; Crowe-Riddell, J.M.; Clulow, S.; Greenlees, M.J.; Howard, K.; Kuchling, G.; McKnight, D.T.; Melville, J.; et al. Reptiles. In: “Wildlife Research in Australia: Practical and Applied Methods.” In; Smith, B.P., Waudby, H.P., Alberthsen, C., Hampton, J.O., Eds.; CSIRO Publishing, 2022.

 

Zdenek, C.N. Australia Is the Lucky Country When It Comes to Snakes. J. Proc. R. Soc. New South Wales 2022, 155, 40–47.

 

Chen, J.S.; Bergh, C. Rules All PIs Should Follow. Science (80-. ). 2022, 376.

6. Zdenek, C.N.; Staples, T.; Hay, C.; Bourke, L.N.; Candusso, D. Sound Garden: How Snakes Respond to Airborne and Groundborne Sounds. PLoS One 2023, 1–16, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281285.

 

Zdenek, C.N.; Rodrigues, C.F.B.; Bourke, L.A.; Tanaka-azevedo, A.M.; Monagle, P.; Fry, B.G. Children and Snakebite: Snake Venom Effects on Adult and Paediatric Plasma. Toxins (Basel). 2023, 1–16.

 

da Silva, C.F.A.; Virgüez, E.; Eker, S.; Zdenek, C.N.; Bergh, C.; Gerarduzzi, C.; Ge, Y.; Klinger, M.; Allareddy, V.; Hoots, E.; et al. The Future of Scientific Societies. Science (80-. ). 2023, 380, 30–32, doi:10.1126/science.adh8182.

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Heinsohn, R., Zdenek, C.N., Appleby, D., Endler, J.A., 2023. Individual preferences for sound tool design in a parrot. Proc. B 290. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1271

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Zdenek, C.N., Staples, T., Hay, C., Bourke, L.N., Candusso, D., 2023. Sound garden: How snakes respond to airborne and groundborne sounds. PLoS One 18, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281285

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Walker, A.A., Robinson, S.D., Merritt, D.J., Cardoso, F.C., Goudarzi, M.H., Mercedes, R.S., Eagles, D.A., Cooper, P., Zdenek⁠, C.N., Fry, B.G., Hall, D.W., Vetter, I., King, G.F., 2023. Horizontal gene transfer underlies the painful stings of asp caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Megalopygidae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 120, e2305871120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas

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