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Michel Dugon

@Michel_Dugon

aka The Bug Doctor - Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Galway - Ireland. Fascinated by all things venomous - STEM communicator

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I am officially a millionaire... in @TEDTalks views 😀and in less than a month! I never thought that one day I would share my passion and research with over a million people from all over the world! tinyurl.com/ycvnpobt @nuigalway


And another successful visit by the Bug Dr 🥳Thank you Everyone at @Colaiste_Einde for welcoming me again - I am delighted to have met so many budding zoologists! @SNSUniofGalway

Staff & students got up close and personal with some reptile and spider friends today with a visit from the @Michel_Dugon aka The Bug Doctor of @STEM_Galway

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@bvrenozi presents now her work carried out at the @Michel_Dugon lab on widow spiders and their venom toxicity 🕷️

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It's been 11 years that I have been visiting schools as the Bug Dr, and I still love doing it! Thank you @KnocknacarraNS for the warm welcome :) @uniofgalway @SNSUniofGalway

@Michel_Dugon aka The Bug Doctor from the School of Natural Sciences @uniofgalway visited @KnocknacarraNS 5th class to demonstrate and educate on the many wild and wonderful creatures who "roam the hallways" ;) here in Science. The kids were enthralled! #science #nature

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I am delighted to read that my friend, colleague and collaborator @bvrenozi can finally open and develop her very own Venom Lab in Albania!! 🥳

♦️Happy to annouce that a new established research structure #VenomLab will be a unique reference lab for studying the animal venom in Albania 🕷🦂 . Thank you for trusting me and funding this amazing lab NASRI MAS, UNITIR. Thank you dear friends @fgncaliskan @Michel_Dugon 🙏🍀

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Our new study in collab with university Ibn Zohr of Agadir on scorpion distribution and habitat preference in the Souss Massa Valley of Morocco is out! @SNSUniofGalway @uniofgalway The manuscript is in open access, so you can all read it for free: tandfonline.com/.../10.../1562…

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🥳And another graduation for the Venom Lab🥳@SaucyProcess just submitted the final version of his thesis, and I couldn't be more proud! Congratulations Brandon, and what an amazing journey from the Midwest to the West coast of Ireland!! @SNSUniofGalway

Today, I finished my Master's (FINITO, SUBMITTED, DONE) Words can't describe how I feel so have this instead: "🤯🤯🤯"

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Congratulations to @KeithLNotions for submitting his thesis! Fantastic work under the primary supervision of @healyke - I acted as co-supervisor. Keith has collaborated with the Venom Lab since its inception. Delighted to have seen you grow from undergrad student to Dr Lyons!

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It's available! @JP_Dunbar and yours truly chatting about all things venomous 🐍🕷️🦂. Thanks to @bbboatclub for this opportunity to share our stories and research interests. @uniofgalway @SNSUniofGalway @scienceirel @IrishResearch shows.acast.com/9d5c107b-68d6-…?


Thanks to @bbboatclub, 2 scientists on the stage of the @THTG shared their weird jungle stories and current venom research with 400 people of Galway + 100s of 1000s further away . That's the academia I love and we need more of it @uniofgalway @IrishResearch @scienceirel

It was an absolute pleasure to be back on stage with @Michel_Dugon and @bbboatclub at the Galway theatre to talk about snakes, venom, and all things crawly 🐊🐍🕷🦂

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Delighted to see our work published showing that whales might be smelling in stereo to find food royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…


Feeding one of our Abronia lytheochila at the office. He decided to climb up my arm while i was misting the enclosure. Happy lizard, and happy me! @SNSUniofGalway @JanicSchulte


15min of yours truly speaking about bugs. Couple of approximations in the heat of the moment scale bugs, not shield bugs!) but hopefully it remained informative nonetheless. @uniofgalway @SNSUniofGalway virginmediatelevision.ie/player/show/80…


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CREEPY CRAWLIES The ‘Bug Doctor’ Dr. Michel Dugon introduces us to some critters he works with! 🦂 #IrelandAM

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All set for my segment with #creepycrawlies on @IrelandAMVMTV 😊 Time to spread some love for all things bug and venom related! @SNSUniofGalway @uniofgalway

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And that's another @galwayscience festival done! Last visit of the year at @stjosephsbish 800+ pupils learnt about venom, stings, bites, toxins, camouflage and constrictor snakes. Thank you all for welcoming me! I wonder... how many will join us to study zoology @SNSUniofGalway?

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It's Science week in Galway and I am on the road again with my creepy-crawly friends! Another way to bridge the gap between #academia and the local communities, meet bright young minds, and promote our #zoology course @SNSUniofGalway @uniofgalway @galwayscience

Firsts years had a fantastic visit from the #BugDoctor Michel Dugon today as part of #ScienceWeek and the @galwayscience festival. Amazing info and facts about arachnids, myriapods and reptiles! 🕷️🪲🐛🐍🦎

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Congratulations to @KeithLNotions for our latest paper on spider venom🕷️published in #toxicon showing that the method used to extract venom influences venom composition and potency, with obvious impact on profile analysis and LD50 / ED50 values☣️

Ever wondered how venom extraction method may affect venom composition and potency? If so, check out our work where we compare #Venom samples from🕷️Eratigena atrica extracted using 2 different methods, published in Toxicon @Michel_Dugon @Aoife_B1 @healyke sciencedirect.com/science/articl…



Why not join us at the Institut Pasteur of Paris 30th Nov - 1st of Dec for the @SFET_Society meeting to chat about 🕷️🐍🦂☣️?? Great talks (in English), great company, excellent food, and all of it in a beautiful part of a magnificent city!

🚨🚨The 29th Meeting of the @SFET_Society "Toxins: From the wild to the lab" is approaching! 🚨🚨 Today, let's meet our invited Speaker, @Michel_Dugon, a lecturer and the principal investigator of the #Venom Systems Lab at the @uniofgalway (Ireland). 👇👇👇1/4

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Congratulation to @SaucyProcess for submitting an awesome MRes thesis investigating and quantifying the presence of the Noble false widow 🕷️in relation to spider diversity in Irish urban ecosystems. You are a champ Brandon! 💪

I've submitted my Master's thesis! Been waiting to announce this just in case something went wrong with submission, but it looks like I'm good! Hopefully it'll get accepted without too many revisions. Huge thanks to @Michel_Dugon and everyone who believed in me ❤️

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Want to hear what I have to say about scorpion stings, their global medical importance and why we should care? It's on the 13th of September at 4pm CET!

On 13 September at 4pm CET Marius Maurstad and Michel Dugon kick off the new season of EUVEN monthly seminars with talks on neuropteran venom and scorpionism. Free registration at bit.ly/3EUvDVe @Michel_Dugon @MaurstadMarius @EUVENAction

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