Glenn King

After academic stints in Australia and the USA, Glenn joined the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland in 2007. Glenn is a pioneer in the field of venoms-based drug and insecticide discovery. His early work on venoms lead to him to found an agricultural biotechnology company (Vestaron Corporation, USA) that has developed bee-safe, eco-friendly bioinsecticides.

More recently, Glenn co-founded the Australia  biotech company Infensa Bioscience, which is developing a venom-derived drug for treating stroke and heart attack. Glenn’s laboratory maintains the largest collection of venoms in the world, sourced from more than 500 species of venomous animals.

Glenn King appears with thanks to Academic Partner The University of Queensland