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Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney specialising in biotechnology inventions.

Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney specialising in biotechnology inventions.

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Trainee patent attorney in life sciences and biotechnology. I continued my training as a patent attorney with a special focus on antibodies, chimeric antigen receptors and cancer treatments. I gained more experience in opposition work, as well as drafting and prosecution. I am also interested in gene therapies, microbial-based inventions such as probiotics, and genetically-modified plants.

London, United Kingdom

Trainee biotechnology patent attorney. I gained experience in patent drafting, prosecution and opposition of patent applications in the UK, Europe and worldwide. I worked on cases from a variety of clients, including multinational companies, SMEs and academic institutions, across the chemical and pharmaceutical fields. I gained experience in inventions relating to gene therapies, antibodies, vaccines, chimeric antigen receptors, genetically-modified plants, food enzymes, and even anti-wrinkle creams (amongst others).

Cambridge, United Kingdom

I combined high-throughput culturing and phenotyping of gut bacteria with whole genome and metagenome shotgun sequencing to study the incidence and evolution of antibiotic resistance in the gut microbiome. I used both human samples and mouse models with human-derived microbiota. This allowed for high-resolution, powerful studies to seek novel and relevant insights into how the microbiome responds to antibiotics.

Hinxton, Cambridge

The first eight months of the PhD were spent on three 10-week rotation projects. The first involved computational analysis of PacBio sequencing data for the National Collection of Type Cultures, using a comparative genomics approach to study bacterial DNA methylation motifs in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The second involved investigating gut microbiomes of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, looking for links between microbiota composition and malaria transmission e.g. correlations between presence/absence of particular bacteria species and Plasmodium parasites. The third project initiated functional validation of a novel microRNA in Schistosoma mansoni blood flukes.

Cardiff, United Kingdom

A combination of broad biology and specialist modules in genetics, genomics and bioinformatics were studied. The third year was spent undertaking a Professional Training Year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the Conservation Genetics department studying genetic variability in rare orchids. The final year dissertation involved a six month computational study of antibiotic resistance dissemination in hospital-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Russia. Mini research projects involved annotating bacterial genomes and cloning a gene from Klebsiella pneumoniae into Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Provided support to disabled, vulnerable or unwell students to assist them with their studies and university life.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The 12 months of my undergraduate degree were spent at Kew working under "Conservation Genetics of Threatened Species". This project involved being responsible for the development and application of genetic markers to study genetic variation in Cephalanthera longifolia, C. damasonium and C. rubra - three orchid species that are declining in the UK. As a result of this work and related projects, three reports were authored for Natural England; a 6000 word report was also submitted to Cardiff University, achieving 75% and a First Class result which contributed to my final degree.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Microbiology, General

Activities and Societies: Social secretary, Graduate representative, Conference organiser

Postgraduate Certificate, Intellectual Property Law, Merit

Learning about patents, trademarks, copyright and design laws in the UK and Europe.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Genetics, First Class Honours

Final Year exams average 76% Final Year Project 81% Professional Training Year 75%

A Levels

Biology Grade A Chemistry (AS) Grade A English Language Grade A Environmental Science Grade A History Grade A Maths Grade A*

High School

GCSEs: A*: Additional Science, English Language, English Literature, Global Citizenship, History, Maths, Statistics. A: Core Science.