Michel Dugon: The secrets of spider venom
Mišel Dugon (Michel Dugon): Tajne paukovog otrova
Michel Dugon researches the potential of spider venom as a source of novel therapeutic agents. Full bio
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that are very happy to be up there now.
su trenutno veoma srećni što su gore.
is the incarnation of terror, really.
uistinu otelotvorenje užasa.
feat of bioengineering.
fantastičan bioinžinjerski poduhvat.
to all those creatures
since the beginning of time;
od postanka vremena;
that have managed to have offspring
da ostave potomstvo
until this day.
do današnjih dana.
started to evolve on this planet.
da evoluiraju na ovoj planeti.
to become what they are now:
godina da postanu ono što jesu:
to give a speech
I have to say.
da zaboravimo da Sofi -
to all those ruthless battles
svih tih nemilosrdnih bitki
consistently by all our ancestors,
every single one of you,
one-billion-years-old success story.
jednu milijardu stara priča o uspehu.
to what she has in her chest,
onome što ima u svojim grudima,
that are attached to a pair of fangs,
koje su zakačene za par zuba,
and without this venom,
managed to survive.
venom systems in order to survive.
otrovni sistemi kako bi preživele.
of chemical compounds.
ako ne stotine, hemijskih jedinjenja.
have evolved purely for one purpose:
sa samo jednom svrhom:
in many different ways.
na mnogo različitih načina.
pains that you've never felt before.
bolove koje nikad pre niste osetili.
your heart stop within minutes,
u roku od nekoliko minuta
almost instantly,
your flesh away, like acid.
meso, poput kiseline.
gruesome stories, I know,
all those super powerful compounds
sva ta izuzetno moćna jedinjenja
produce new antibiotics with those venoms?
proizvesti nove antibiotike od tih otrova?
that are suffering from diabetes
ljudima koji boluju od dijabetesa
are already being developed
everywhere around the world, as I speak.
u trenutku dok govorim.
regularly with a medication
se zapravo redovno leči lekom
by a South American viper.
zmija otrovnica.
can be monitored using, actually,
pak, da se nadgledaju upotrebom
by a lizard from North America.
gušter iz Severne Amerike.
a marine snail for anesthetics.
koriste toksini iz morskog puža.
library of chemical compounds
ogromne biblioteke hemijskih jedinjenja
of thousands of live creatures.
na stotine hiljada živih bića.
to go for a little walk.
thought to produce
kinds of compounds
različitih vrsta jedinjenja
actually have managed to study so far?
uspeli da izuče do sad?
99.99 percent of all those compounds
99,99 procenata svih tih jedinjenja
to be harvested and tested,
have concentrated their efforts
koncentrisali svoje napore
very dangerous animals --
veoma opasne životnje -
and black widows.
ili škorpije i crne udovice.
that we actually have all around us?
koje zapravo imamo svuda oko nas?
that lives behind your couch?
koji vam živi iza kauča?
to just shoot through the floor
da projuri preko poda
some kind of amazing compound
nekakvo zadivljujuće jedinjenje
would have been, "We have no clue."
bi glasio: „Pojma nemamo.“
have started to look into it,
počeli to da istražujemo,
actually are producing
da ta bića zapravo proizvode
more about that in a second,
o pojmu „istražujemo to“.
about this "we are looking into it."
have to capture a lot of spiders.
moramo da uhvatimo mnogo pauka.
one finds a lot of spiders.
nađete mnogo pauka.
two, three, four hundred spiders,
dve, tri, četiri stotine pauka
in its own individual home.
u njegov sopstveni dom.
I would advise you to start.
koji bih vam savetovao da započnete.
we wait a few days,
little electric current through their body
malenu struju kroz njihovo telo
a tiny little droplet of venom appearing.
sićušnu kap otrova kako se pojavljuje.
glass tube, a capillary,
debljine dlake, kapilara,
and we put it back into its home,
vratimo ga nazad u njegovu kuću
unharmed during the process,
ne povredimo tokom procesa,
of venom again and they've recovered,
trunku otrova i oporave se,
of one raindrop of venom.
ekvivalentna svega jednoj kišnoj kapi.
chemical compound that is in that venom.
svako hemijsko jedinjenje iz tog otrova.
of a millionth of a liter of compound,
milionitog dela litra jedinjenja,
several thousand times
da razblažimo nekoliko hiljada puta
a whole range of nasty stuff,
na čitavu lepezu gadnih stvari,
part of my job starts,
uzbudljiv deo mog posla
those compounds ready,
da dobijemo gotova ta jedinjenja,
that has absolutely amazing effects.
koje ima apsolutno zadivljujući efekat.
else from my pocket --
I have, actually, a very common spider.
zapravo držim krajnje običnog pauka.
that you could find in your shed,
da nađete u svojoj šupi,
ispostavilo se da proizvodi
antimicrobial compounds.
antimikropska jedinjenja.
those drug-resistant bacteria
bakterije otporne na lekove
in your sewer pipe,
u vašoj odvodnoj cevi,
to a very, very serious concern we have.
na veoma, veoma ozbiljne brige koje imamo.
every single day,
antimicrobial-resistant infections.
antimikropski otpornih infekcija.
of 700,000 people dead every single year
od 700 000 ljudi koji umru svake godine
30, 20 or 10 years ago
efikasni pre 30, 20 ili 10 godina
very common bugs.
krajnje uobičajene mikrobe.
is running out of antibiotics,
does not have any answer,
nema nikakav odgovor,
to address that concern.
da se suprotstavi tom problemu.
new kinds of antibiotics
novih vrsta antibiotika
every couple of years.
hit the market in the past five years?
na tržište u proteklih pet godina?
that if we continue this way,
from being completely helpless
od potpune bespomoćnosti
of penicillin 90 years ago.
penicilina pre 90 godina.
is that we are at war
a lot quicker than we do.
mnogo brže od nas.
one of our greatest secret weapons.
jedno od naših najjačih tajnih oružja.
of a liter of a venom,
da ubije većinu bakterija
to any other kind of antibiotics.
na svaki drugi tip antibiotika.
this experiment, I just wonder:
ovaj eksperiment, prosto se pitam:
do the siblings actually have?
drugi njegovi rođaci imaju?
can we really find, if we care to look?
da otkrijemo, ako nam je stalo do toga?
really the future of therapeutic drugs?"
zaista budućnost terapeutskih lekova?“
that they do hold some key answers."
da u njima čuče neki ključni odgovori.“
the means to investigate them.
sredstva da ih istražimo.
kasnije u toku večeri
in the corner of your room ...
an absolutely fantastic creature,
o apsolutno fascinantnom biću,
one day, will hold the answer,
jednog dana da ponudi odgovor,
to your very own survival.
anymore now, is she?
toliko beznačajan, zar ne?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Michel Dugon - Zoologist, venom researcherMichel Dugon researches the potential of spider venom as a source of novel therapeutic agents.
Why you should listen
Michel Dugon runs the Venom Systems and Proteomics Lab and teaches zoology at the National University of Ireland Galway. His research focuses on the evolution of venom systems and on the potential of arthropod venom as a source of novel therapeutic agents. After a six-year stint chasing venomous creatures in the jungles of South East Asia, Dugon published extensively on the evolution of venom systems while pursuing a PhD in Evolutionary Developmental Biology. He was awarded the 2015 Irish National Teaching Award in Higher Education and the 2017 Ryan Award for Innovation. Dugon is currently working on developing the VIDAA network (Venom Investigations for the Development of Antimicrobial Agents) in collaboration with Irish, French and Belgian researchers.
As the founder and director of the science outreach Eco Explorers, Dugon dedicates a sizable amount of his time to promoting ecological awareness in the media and in schools throughout Ireland. Dr Dugon's work has been featured on national and international networks, including RTE, the BBC, Euronews and SKY.
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