Shaodong Guo was awarded his PhD in 2022 from The University of Queensland. Shaodong’s research focuses on discovery and characterization of orally active venom peptides from diverse arachnid species. From 2022, Shaodong joined A/Prof Volker Herzig’s group and the Centre for Bioinnovation at UniSC, and continued his venom peptides study including the following areas:

• Arachnid toxins as bioinsecticides
• Electrophysiology study on insect ion channels

Shaodong’s research integrates proteomic, transcriptomics, electrophysiology, chromatography, protein sequencing, protein synthesis, recombinant protein expression and mass spectrometry approaches. Currently, his main research project is the discovery of arachnid toxins targeting locusts, aiming to provide sustainable pest management solution.