Ranmali Nawaratne Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Translating the Crick's innovative medical research to patient benefit via management of intellectual property, proof-of-concept, collaboration and commercialisation.

London

- Responsibility for intellectual property (IP) management at a number of Medical Research Council (MRC) units. Responsibilities include due diligence, IP protection, patent management, IP development via proof-of-concept funding, marketing, commercialisation and project management. MRC units have included :- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge- National Institute of Medical Research, London- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford- Virology Unit, Glasgow- MRC website : http://www.mrc.ac.uk/- IP contact for MRC Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme (DPFS), which supports pre-clinical testing and early-stage clinical development of potential therapeutics and diagnostics. - Responsibility includes input into IP strategy for full-stage applicants.- DPFS website : http://www.mrc.ac.uk/funding/browse/developmental-pathway-funding-scheme/- IP protection, management and contract negotiation for a number of antibody and small molecule drug discovery projects at MRCT's Centre for Therapeutics Discovery (CTD). - CTD's expertise includes assay development, high-throughput screening, antibody humanisation and medicinal chemistry. CTD collaborates with academic researchers internationally, seeking to de-risk and add value to potential therapeutic targets.- MRCT website : http://www.mrctechnology.org/- Tracking of IP potential of grants funded by MRCT's charity sector partner, Worldwide Cancer Research (WCR).- WCR website : http://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/

London

London

Egham, Surrey

Project : MAP Kinase signalling in plant cytokinesis Supervisor : Prof Patrick Hussey, Biochemistry DivisionTechniques : cloning, sequencing

Colworth House, Sharnbrooke, Bedfordshire

Department : Food Sciences DivisionProject : Investigating the parameters of casein gelation for applications in the ice cream industryTechniques : rheological methods for food engineering

Phd, Molecular Mechanism Of Insulin Resistance

Project : Serine Phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor Substrate-1 Pleckstrin Homology Domain Supervisors : Dr Jaswinder Sethi & Professor.

Msc, Biochemical Research

Research-based Masters, comprising of three laboratory-based projects within the biochemistry department and an examination based on final.

Bsc, Biochemistry With Biotechnology, 2:1 - Upper Second Honours

- Broad biochemistry degree, covering both plant and animal biochemical pathways, with focus on applications in the biotechnology.

Education record