Discussing venom with Radio 4’s Rutherford and Fry

6th December 2021 | News

Professor Nick Casewell, who leads the ADDovenom team at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), has taken part in a venom-themed episode of The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry.

The ‘Venomous Vendetta’ episode of the Radio 4 show was broadcast in November 2021, with Nick contributing alongside Steve Backshall, Dr. Ronald Jenner and Christie Wilcox.

Listen to the full episode (BBC Sounds)

Listen to a clip of Nick and Ronald discussing ‘venom variations’ where, for example:

[…] the same species of snake can have a different range of toxins in their venom over relatively small geographical areas.