{"id":58097,"date":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-host-lecture-on-venomous-cone-snails-march-17\/"},"modified":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-host-lecture-on-venomous-cone-snails-march-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/uri-to-host-lecture-on-venomous-cone-snails-march-17\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to host lecture on venomous cone snails, March 17"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 3, 2016 — Baldomero Olivera, distinguished professor of biology at the University of Utah, will present the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual Cruickshank Lecture on March 17 at 5 p.m. His topic will be \u201cVenomous Cone Snails: Evolutionary Success through Neuropharmacology.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe event, in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston campus, is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\n\tOlivera\u2019s study of venomous cone snails, which are native to his homeland of the Philippines, has traversed the fields of marine natural history, animal behavior, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology and drug discovery. His molecular characterization of the venom revealed a large number of peptide neurotoxins, some of which are now in human trials as treatment for intractable pain.<\/p>\n


\n\t \u201cCone snails are known to shell collectors for their extraordinary beauty and to marine biologists for their remarkable predatory behaviors,\u201d said Jacqueline Webb, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Marine Biology Program. \u201cSome species have small venom-laden harpoons that they deploy in order to immobilize live fish, which they then consume whole. Dr. Olivera’s groundbreaking research on the venoms of these fish predators started with simple observations of their behavior on coral reefs and now focuses on how particular chemical components of their venoms can be used to treat pain in humans.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nOlivera has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Damon Runyon Fellow, and a Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist, and he has received the Utah Governor\u2019s Medal for Science and Technology, among other awards. In his capacity as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor, he also runs the Chemistry to Biodiversity project, which engages elementary school students in the U.S. and the Philippines in hands-on experimental science to encourage them to explore biodiversity and cultural traditions.<\/p>\n


\n\tHe received a bachelor\u2019s degree in chemistry from the University of the Philippines and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology, where he studied biophysical chemistry. He conducted postdoctoral research in biochemistry at Stanford University. His early research included the discovery and biochemical characterization of E. coli DNA ligase.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn addition to his public lecture, Olivera will also present a research seminar to students and faculty on Friday, March 18 at 3 p.m. entitled \u201cBiomedical Applications and Molecular Biology of Conus Venom Peptides.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Cruikshank Lectureship, which rotates among the biology, chemistry and physics departments at the 溏心vlog免费B站, was established in 1999. It is named for Alexander M. Cruikshank, who served on the 溏心vlog免费B站 chemistry faculty for 30 years and was subsequently the director of the Gordon Research Conferences until his retirement in 1993.<\/p>\n


\nFor more information about the lecture, contact Jacqueline Webb at urimbio@etal.uri.edu.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 3, 2016 — Baldomero Olivera, distinguished professor of biology at the University of Utah, will present the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual Cruickshank Lecture on March 17 at 5 p.m. His topic will be \u201cVenomous Cone Snails: Evolutionary Success through Neuropharmacology.\u201d The event, in the Center for Biotechnology and Life […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58097\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}