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journal Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease from 1982 to 1986. Olivera has also served as a committee member of various institutions. He was a member of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Harvard University from 1988 to 1995, the Advisory Committee to the Director of the National Institutes of Health from 1996 to 1999, the Toxicology Advisory Committee of the Burroughs-Wellcome Foundation from 1999 to 2001, and has been a member of the Searle Scholars Advisory Board since 2007.
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He serves as an editorial board member of various scientific publications. These have included the Journal of Biological Chemistry from 1982 to 1987, the Journal of Toxicology – Toxin Reviews from 1990 to 1993, and Toxicon from 2000 until the present. He was a member of the review committee of the
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said Olivera's award "brings honour" to the university community and the country. Roman and University of the Philippines Chancellor Sergio Cao awarded Olivera for his outstanding research in the field of marine drug discovery. He now resides in Salt Lake City Utah, continuing his work at the
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from 1966 to 1968. In 1970, he moved to the University of Utah, where he is now a Distinguished Professor of Biology. His laboratory's discovery was featured on the cover of the international scientific journal
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On July 9, 2007, the University of the Philippines honoured Olivera for his research on neuropharmacology using the venom of cone snails. University of the Philippines president
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University of Utah. He has two children Felicia and Jon and two granddaughters, Macy and Nina.
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Manila Bulletin, UP awards Harvard Foundation ‘Scientist of the Year’
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Professor, has been elected into the Institute of Medicine and the
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in 1990. He was Harvard 2007 "Scientist of the Year". He is a
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toxins important for neuroscience. These molecules, called
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