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Robert Raven
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater University of Queensland [1]
Scientific career
Fields Arachnology
Institutions Queensland Museum

Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, [1] being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described many species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider bite consultant to the Royal Brisbane Hospital, [2] leading to much work on spider toxins. [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. ^ a b The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. "Raven, Robert R. - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ Queensland Museum, Queensland Government. "Dr Robert Raven". www.qm.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ Renan C Santana; David Perez; James Dobson; et al. (25 March 2017). "Venom Profiling of a Population of the Theraphosid Spider Phlogius crassipes Reveals Continuous Ontogenetic Changes from Juveniles through Adulthood". Toxins. 9 (4). doi: 10.3390/TOXINS9040116. ISSN  2072-6651. PMC  5408190. PMID  28346332. Wikidata  Q33611996.
  4. ^ David L A Wood; Tomas Miljenović; Shuzhi Cai; et al. (13 August 2009). "ArachnoServer: a database of protein toxins from spiders". BMC Genomics. 10: 375. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-375. ISSN  1471-2164. PMC  2907703. PMID  19674480. Wikidata  Q34010298.
  5. ^ Geoffrey K Isbister; Michael R Gray; Corrine R Balit; et al. (1 April 2005). "Funnel-web spider bite: a systematic review of recorded clinical cases". Medical Journal of Australia. 182 (8): 407–411. doi: 10.5694/J.1326-5377.2005.TB06760.X. ISSN  0025-729X. PMID  15850438. Wikidata  Q28246719.

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