International Society on Toxinology

The International Society on Toxinology was founded in 1962 by a group on scientists and clinicians interested in advancing the science of toxinology. The Society had it's first international meeting in 1966 in Atlantic City, USA and it's Journal, Toxicon, was first published in 19.

The purpose of the Society is to advance knowledge on the properties of toxins and antitoxins and to bring together scholars interested in these substances through a common Society. Membership consists of those who have conducted and published meritorious original investigations in toxinology, while persons who do not qualify for membership but are interested in the field of toxinology are eligible for associate membership.

This website is designed to give IST members and others interested in toxinology access to IST information on forthcoming meetings, subscription payment, membership profiles and related matters.

IMPORTANT NEWS!!!
The next IST World Congress, in Brazil, March 2009, is being planned and announcements on precise dates and venue will be available later in 2008.

 

IST NEWS

A reminder to all interested that the next IST meeting is the World Congress, to be held in Recife, Brazil, March 2009.

This is the premiere scientific (and social) meeting for the IST, held every three years. The last IST World Congress was in Glasgow in 2006. Don't miss this major event! Support the IST and support your own learning and information dissemination by attending this major meeting.

It is with great sadness the IST notes the recent death of Prof. André Ménez, current President of the IST. Prof. Ménez was an outstanding scientist and a driving force in the IST. The Society owes him an enormous debt for his contributions to toxinology and for his constant support of the IST and the journal Toxicon. His energetic commitment to establish a genome project on a venomous animal is a great example for an initiative which will lead to important discoveries that he tragically will not share. We will greatly miss him.

Prof. P. Gopalakrishnakone, President Elect, will now assume the office of IST President.