Stuart Ainsworth

Stuart Ainsworth

Senior Lecture and UKRI Future Leader Fellow, University of Liverpool

I am a Senior Lecturer and UKRI Future Leader Fellow based in the department of Infection Biology and Microbiomes within the Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool. Before moving to the University of Liverpool, i was lucky enough to spend 7 years at the Centre for Snakebite Research and Interventions at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, first as a postdoc and then as a lecturer. My research interests are in development of therapies for snakebite envenoming, including traditional antivenoms, next generation antivenom and small molecule therapies. I'm particularly interested in replacing venom in antivenom manufacture with rationally designed synthetic antigens.

Articles by: Stuart Ainsworth

Snake with yellow belly in the woods.

We're finally close to a universal antivenom that works against cobra, krait and black mamba snake bites, say researchers

By Camille Abada, Stuart Ainsworth published

A lab-made antibody can neutralize the neurotoxins in the venoms of cobras, kraits and black mambas, raising hopes for a universal antivenom treatment for snake bites.