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Baldomero M. Olivera

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Biology University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 
Area:
characterization of venom components in venomous marine snails, in particular, those belonging to the genus Conus, and the identification of their molecular targets, and exploration of potential biomedical applications
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http://neuroscience.med.utah.edu/Faculty/Olivera.html
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http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20013846.html
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Meetings/Stetten/pages/olivera.aspx
http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/baldomero-m-olivera
http://www.theconesnail.com/

Cross-listing: Neurotree

Parents

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Norman Davidson grad student 1966 Caltech
 (The interactions of basic proteins and DNA)
I. Robert Lehman post-doc 1966-1968 Stanford Medical School

Children

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Randall J Platt research assistant (Neurotree)
Shrinivasan Raghuraman grad student 2011- University of Utah (Neurotree)
Jennifer M. Kulak grad student 2000 University of Utah (Neurotree)
George E. Cartier grad student 2003 University of Utah (Neurotree)
Russell W. Teichert grad student 2005 University of Utah (Neurotree)
Vernon D. Twede grad student 2014 University of Utah (Neurotree)
Rishi Kiran Alluri post-doc 2018-2020 College of Science (Neurotree)

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Michael Hollmann collaborator University of Utah (Neurotree)
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Ramones CMV, Taguchi RS, Gamba EME, et al. (2025) Variable peptide processing of a Conus (Asprella) neocostatus α-conotoxin generates bioactive toxiforms that are potent against distinct nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes. Biochemical Pharmacology. 233: 116781
Raghuraman S, Carter J, Walter M, et al. (2024) Conotoxin KM-RIIIJ reveals interplay between K1-channels and persistent sodium currents in proprioceptive DRG neurons. Scientific Reports. 14: 31001
Yanagihara AA, Giglio ML, Hurwitz K, et al. (2024) Elucidation of Medusozoan (Jellyfish) Venom Constituent Activities Using Constellation Pharmacology. Toxins. 16
Neves JLB, Urcino C, Chase K, et al. (2024) Using Constellation Pharmacology to Characterize a Novel α-Conotoxin from . Marine Drugs. 22
Hackney CM, Flórez Salcedo P, Mueller E, et al. (2023) A previously unrecognized superfamily of macro-conotoxins includes an inhibitor of the sensory neuron calcium channel Cav2.3. Plos Biology. 21: e3002217
Paguigan ND, Yan Y, Karthikeyan M, et al. (2021) The Tunicate Metabolite 2-(3,5-Diiodo-4-methoxyphenyl)ethan-1-amine Targets Ion Channels of Vertebrate Sensory Neurons. Acs Chemical Biology
Paguigan ND, Tun JO, Leavitt LS, et al. (2021) Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Partial Antagonist Polyamides from Tunicates and Their Predatory Sea Slugs. Acs Chemical Neuroscience
Niu C, Leavitt LS, Lin Z, et al. (2021) Neuroactive Type-A γ-Aminobutyric Acid Receptor Allosteric Modulator Steroids from the Hypobranchial Gland of Marine Mollusk, . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Bosse GD, Urcino C, Watkins M, et al. (2021) Discovery of a Potent Conorfamide from Using a Novel Zebrafish Larvae Assay. Journal of Natural Products
Raghuraman S, Xie JY, Giacobassi MJ, et al. (2020) Chronicling changes in the somatosensory neurons after peripheral nerve injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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