Stephen George Oliver (born 3 November 1949) is an Emeritus

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in the Department of

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at the

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, and a

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Education

Oliver was educated at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

gaining a

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degree in Microbiology in 1971 followed by a PhD from the

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(NIMR) in 1974.

Research

Oliver's areas of research include

functional genomics Functional genomics is a field of molecular biology that attempts to describe gene (and protein) functions and interactions. Functional genomics make use of the vast data generated by genomic and transcriptomic projects (such as genome sequencing ...

, systems biology and drug discovery using the model organism ''

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'' which he has worked on since the 1970s. In 1992, whilst working at

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, Oliver led the team which provided first complete sequence analysis of an entire chromosome from any organism. More recently he has also been involved in the creation of a Robot Scientist and has been awarded research funding as

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or co-investigator with a total value of over £26 million by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ((BBSRC).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Stephen Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol Academics of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology Alumni of the University of Manchester Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge 1949 births