{"id":49,"date":"2022-09-30T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T02:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2025-03-16T21:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:48:46","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"49\" class=\"elementor elementor-49\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccfc575 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccfc575\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-248f41b\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbf8448 eael-team-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"cbf8448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-cbf8448\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DavidSalazarValenzuela_2_FotoDiegoQuirola-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">David Salazar-Valenzuela<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Principal investigator<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"eael-team-member-social-profiles\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"eael-team-member-social-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Bqg1-loAAAAJ&#038;hl=es\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/google-scholar-svgrepo-com-2.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"eael-team-member-social-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeoToxins\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"eael-team-member-social-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-salazar-valenzuela-62958677\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-linkedin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"eael-team-member-social-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/David-Salazar-Valenzuela\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/icons8-researchgate.svg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">I got a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cato\u0301lica del Ecuador and a Ph.D. from the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University, United States. Currently, I am a professor at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica and a Consultant on venomous snakes and toxinology for the National Institute of Public Health Research (INSPI) in Ecuador. I am also a member of the Snakebite Envenoming Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organization and a co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Reptiles of Ecuador (ReptiliaWebEcuador).\n\n\nMy main academic interests are centered on the evolutionary ecology of neotropical toxic animals, systematics, biogeography, venomics, toxinology, human envenoming, community science, and science communication.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d08c399 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d08c399\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Salazar-Valenzuela_CV_March2025_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CV (Updated 16 March 2025)<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bioweb.bio\/faunaweb\/reptiliaweb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReptiliaWebEcuador<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d0f49e\" data-id=\"9d0f49e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ada33a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ada33a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b62089\" data-id=\"1b62089\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cab131\" data-id=\"6cab131\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af666b2\" data-id=\"af666b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62528c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62528c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de1f7e8\" data-id=\"de1f7e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6a588 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d6a588\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RESEARCH ASSISTANTS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4597283 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4597283\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff3d5a0\" data-id=\"ff3d5a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3779fcf eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"3779fcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-3779fcf\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-07-31-at-1.25.19-PM-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Amalia Espinoza-Regalado<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Lab Manager<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Amalia graduated in 2021 from Universidad Central del Ecuador with a Bachelor's in Biological and Environmental Science, she worked with the diet and ecology of cat-eyed snakes from southwest Ecuador. She obtained her M.Sc. degree in Computational Biology from Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador in 2024. Her research interests include the study of venoms from scorpions, spiders, and snakes, their relevance to public health issues, predator-prey interactions, and the evolutionary relationships within these groups. She is currently working on the genetics of venomous arachnids that inhabit caves.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-668cc2a\" data-id=\"668cc2a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e66b0c\" data-id=\"4e66b0c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d7e4b0 eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"9d7e4b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-9d7e4b0\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_1970-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Judas<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Work-life balance assistant<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"eael-team-member-social-profiles\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"eael-team-member-social-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/judas_the_weirdog\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Judas (aka Juditas) joined the lab in 2024. He is an odd mix between a stray dog and a Peruvian hairless dog. Currently, his main interests include discovering nearby parks, Ecuadorian food and the smell of snakes. You can follow his updates on the Instagram link above!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd2d887 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd2d887\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0679b7\" data-id=\"b0679b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c71fd7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c71fd7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c81297 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c81297\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70cc2c3\" data-id=\"70cc2c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92c9e78 eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"92c9e78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-92c9e78\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-12-at-8.12.18-AM-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Dom\u00e9nica Leiva<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Biodiversity and Genetic Resources<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Dom\u00e9nica is a final semester student of the Biodiversity and Genetic Resources engineering career at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica. She is interested in learning more about the evolution of snake toxins and the biodiversity of Ecuador. She has participated in projects at the Centre for Biodiversity and Climate Change Research as a field assistant. Her engineering degree thesis focuses on the evolution and ecology of species that live in urban areas in Latin America.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4aa5a9e\" data-id=\"4aa5a9e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-876b74c eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"876b74c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-876b74c\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-15-at-6.40.55-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Marco Rivera<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Biodiversity and Genetic Resources<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Marco is a fourth-year student in engineering in biodiversity and genetic resources at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica. He is interested in learning about the structure and modes of use of terrestrial venomous animals of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador and is currently doing his thesis based on the above. On campus, he is a maintenance assistant at the museum in the Herpetology section. His hobbies include playing the guitar, riding a longboard, and adventurous traveling.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d75129\" data-id=\"1d75129\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71748b7 eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"71748b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-71748b7\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-5.35.59-PM-e1673998669180.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Andrea Zambonino<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Biodiversity and Genetic Resources<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Andrea Zambonino is a fourth-year student in engineering in biodiversity and genetic resources at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica. She is interested in learning about animal venom to determine how its composition acts in the human body, such as in scorpions, which despite generating a series of reactions in the nervous system also has the potential for the development of medicines. On campus, she is a maintenance assistant at the museum in the Herpetology section. Her hobbies include reading books, exercising, and discovering new places.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc72cf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc72cf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a55022c\" data-id=\"a55022c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8504d8c\" data-id=\"8504d8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4afe56c eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"4afe56c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-4afe56c\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-6.50.15-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Karen Marcalla<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Biodiversity and Genetic Resources<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Karen is a Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Engineering student at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica. She is interested in learning about the diversity of snake species found around her hometown (Pedro Vicente Maldonado) in the Ecuadorian Andean-Choco. One of her hobbies is participating in field trips.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-007e74a\" data-id=\"007e74a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-716aa35 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"716aa35\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2607092\" data-id=\"2607092\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fc2fa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fc2fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PREVIOUS STUDENTS AND COLLABORATORS<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ffe9bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ffe9bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fb6441\" data-id=\"1fb6441\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fe9866 eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"4fe9866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-4fe9866\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-4.10.01-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Mauricio Mej\u00eda<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">MSc in Biodiversity and Climate Change<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Mauricio obtained his bachelor's degree in biological sciences in 2018. Before receiving his master's degree, he completed internships at the Laborat\u00f3rio de Toxinolog\u00eda Aplicada (LETA) at Instituto Butantan in Brazil. In 2022, Mauricio obtained his M.Sc. degree in biodiversity and climate change at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica. He has participated in snake systematics projects and has research experience in integrative taxonomy. He is currently working on the transcriptomic profile reconstruction of South American pitvipers venoms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50f2d72\" data-id=\"50f2d72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-801a17d eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"801a17d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-801a17d\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image_50383361-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Kathya Bustamante<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">MSc in Biodiversity and Climate Change<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Kathya is a biologist with an M.Sc. in Biodiversity and Climate Change at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica. She studied a marsupial frog's embryonic development and reproductive behavior as part of her bachelor's degree at Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador. After she completed her bachelor's degree, she studied the human-snake conflict in two cantons from the coastal region of Ecuador through an analysis focused on public health and biological conservation. This project was part of her master's thesis and she is currently working on the continuation of this research. She is interested in studying wildlife with the inclusion of human and social components from a transdisciplinary view.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f64b3f4\" data-id=\"f64b3f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eddbb1 eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"2eddbb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-2eddbb1\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-20220515-WA0015.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Jordi Rivera<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Engineering in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Jordi Rivera-Albuja graduated in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica. His undergraduate work consisted of a proposal for the study of the molecular mechanisms of resistance of cat-eyed snakes to poison frogs from the Dendrobatidae family. He currently works as a technician at UTI's Zoology Museum in the areas of Fishes and Invertebrates. In addition, he collaborates with the Neotropical Toxins Lab in different studies to understand the ecological and evolutionary patterns that shape predation interactions between neotropical snakes and toxic anurans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46107d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46107d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72c7f0b\" data-id=\"72c7f0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f30c42a eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"f30c42a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-f30c42a\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/DQuirolaTambococha_2013-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Diego R. Quirola<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Previous Lab Manager<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"eael-team-member-social-profiles\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"eael-team-member-social-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quirola_diego\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"eael-team-member-social-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9856-9585\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-cloud1\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Diego is a biologist and wildlife photographer. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Ecuador; currently, he is a PhD student at Clemson University. He worked with Pinocchio Anoles, which bear a prominent sexually dimorphic trait, and described the ornaments' possible use within intraspecific interactions. His main research interests are focused on evolution, behavior, ecology, biogeography, venomics, toxinology, and bioinformatics.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08b4e24\" data-id=\"08b4e24\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c97d0b eael-team-align-eael-team-align-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-team-member\" data-id=\"7c97d0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-team-member.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"eael-team-member-7c97d0b\" class=\"eael-team-item eael-team-members-simple \">\n\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-item-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-17-at-8.08.24-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-team-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"eael-team-member-name\">Katherin Hinojosa<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"eael-team-member-position\">Collaborator<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-team-text\">Katherin got\u00a0a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cato\u0301lica del Ecuador.\u00a0 She worked with marsh snakes' complex of species from Ecuador at the phylogenetic and morphological level and she is currently working on the description of a new colubrid species for the country.\u00a0Her academic interests are focused on the ecology and evolution of toxic animals, biogeography, toxinology, and conservation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-300407b\" data-id=\"300407b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Salazar-Valenzuela Principal investigator I got a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Biological Sciences from Pontificia Universidad Cato\u0301lica del Ecuador and a Ph.D. from the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at The Ohio State University, United States. Currently, I am a professor at Universidad Indoam\u00e9rica and a Consultant on venomous snakes and toxinology for the &#8230; <a title=\"Lab Members\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/lab-members\/\" aria-label=\"M\u00e1s en Lab Members\">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":175,"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}