Venom research is a highly multidisciplinary field that involves multiple subfields of biology, informatics, pharmacology, medicine, and other areas. These different research facets are often technologically challenging and pursued by different teams lacking connection with each other. This lack of coordination hampers the full development of venom investigation and applications. The COST Action CA19144-European Venom Network was recently launched to promote synergistic interactions among different stakeholders and foster venom research at the European level.

Alphabiotoxine Laboratory B 7911 Montroeul au Bois Belgium

Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens 4 Soranou Ephessiou St 115 27 Athens Greece

Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis Department of Biosciences University of Oslo 1066 Blindern 0316 Oslo Norway

CIIMAR CIMAR Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research University of Porto Av General Norton de Matos 4450 208 Porto Portugal

Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Calle de José Gutiérrez Abascal 2 28006 Madrid Spain

Department of Bioinformatics University of Tartu IMCB Riia 23 51010 Tartu Estonia

Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Villa Comunale 80121 Naples Italy

Department of Biology Faculty of Sciences University of Porto Rua do Campo Alegre 4169 007 Porto Portugal

Department of Biotechnology Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences Holsetgata 22 2318 Hamar Norway

Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Kotlarska 2 61137 Brno Czechia

Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Lausanne UNIL Sorge Le Biophore CH 1015 Lausanne Switzerland

Department of Ecology Evolution and Behavior Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Edmond J Safra Campus Givat Ram 9190401 Jerusalem Israel

Department of Insect Biotechnology Justus Liebig University Winchester Str 2 35394 Giessen Germany

Department of Life and Health Sciences University of Nicosia 46 Makedonitissas Avenue CY 2417 Nicosia Cyprus

Department of Life Science Natural History Museum Cromwell Rd South Kensington London SW7 5BD UK

Department of of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences KU Leuven Herestraat 49 3000 Leuven Belgium

Department of Research infrastructures for Marine Biological Resources Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Villa Comunale 80121 Naples Italy

Department of Tropical Disease Biology Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine L3 5QA Liverpool UK

Ege University Bioengineering Department 180 Bornova 35040 Izmir Turkey

Eskisehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Science and Letters Department of Biology TR 26040 Eskisehir Turkey

IBMM Université de Montpellier CNRS ENSCM Place Eugene Bataillon 34095 Montpellier France

Institut Pasteur of Morocco 1 Place Louis Pasteur 20100 Casablanca Morocco

Istituto di Biofisica Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via De Marini 6 Torre di Francia 16149 Genova Italy

Laboratory of Molecular Toxinology Shemyakin Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences Miklukho Maklaya 16 10 117997 Moscow Russian Federation

LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics Senckenberganlage 25 D 60325 Frankfurt Main Germany

National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 SI 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia

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