Baldomero olivera biography

Filipino chemist (born 1941)

Baldomero Olivera (born 1941) is a Filipino chemist known for discovery of many cone snail toxins important for neuroscience.

These molecules, called conotoxins, led to a breakthrough in the study of ion channels and neuromuscular synapses.

Baldomero olivera awards

Baldomero olivera awards

Baldomero Olivera, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Utah, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and an.

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Baldomero “Toto” Olivera received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines, a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry from Caltech and did his.

Baldomero Olivera is a Filipino chemist known for discovery of many cone snail toxins important for neuroscience.

He discovered and first characterized E. coli DNA ligase, a key enzyme of genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology.

Olivera graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1960. He received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology (1966) in Biophysical Chemistry, followed by postdoctoral work at Stanford University from 1966 to 1968.

In 1970, he moved to the University of Utah, where he is now a Distinguished Professor of Biology.

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His laboratory's discovery was featured on the cover of the international scientific journal Science in 1990. He was Harvard 2007 "Scientist of the Year". He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, has been elected into the Institute