In the Media

Several discoveries or new applications for our venoms have it into the popular media. Some of these include:

A painkiller from Grammostola spatulata by Rick Lampe at Astra-Zeneca
A stretch-activated ion channel blocker from the same venom by Fred Sachs at SUNY. Sachs used this toxin to characterize a new way to block atrial fibrillation, a leading cause of death from heart attacks.
Rod Mackinnon received a Nobel prize for his group's determination the 3D structure of a potassium channel. We had no role in this work, but were able to help by supplying Grammostola venom. Mackinnon's group also discovered and got a 3D structure of hanatoxin, another toxin from Grammostola venom,

Spider Pharm has also had more than it's share of media attention.

Front page of Wall Street Journal (not for investment value)
Feature articles in Discovery Magazine and GeoMundo
An article in Time magazine got us run out of Pennsylvania
One of little ladies made the front cover of National Geographic magazine (May 2005)

Several news casts including CNN, Good Morning America regional stations
A beautiful 1-hour documentary about us was produced by Tino Shroedel for the Arte channel, which has aired the program in Germany and France several times
Jeff Corwin visited with a pet virtual Megarachne
Mythbusters: We helped them to bust the urban legend that daddy longleg spiders have the most potent venom but their fangs are too small to bite. In our tests, the venom is not as potent as black widow venom and these spiders can bite.
The segment for Ripley's Believe it or Not was a bit of a spoof. We do not usually have spiders at the breakfast table or tarantulas in the cupboards.
Bug Attack, with Phil DeVries
Mike Rowe, with Dirty Jobs:
Galileo program (Gemany): Show about venoms.
At times, we have also been able to help with , including high speed photography of an attack by spitting spiders
Maximus Films (German): Spider Pharm was selected as one of the 7 most unusual farms in the world!

Arachnophobia: We were scientific consultants, helping with spider screenings and training.

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