Jack Braithwaite

Trainee Patent Attorney

BSc (Hons), PhD

Jack’s academic and industrial research experience enables him to understand the broad range of clients’ patent protection needs in the biotechnology and life sciences sector.

As a trainee, Jack is working towards his UK and European patent examinations. As well as this, he is involved in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications for microbiome-modifying compounds.

Jack holds a first-class Biochemistry BSc and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. His PhD work focused on studying the mechanisms that underpin CRISPR immunity in bacteria. He also spent time working in industry developing novel high-throughput genetic screening techniques. Jack has gained a wide variety of experience during his time in research, including microbiology, molecular biology, DNA recombination and gene editing techniques.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE IN PATENTS:

• Bacteriotherapy and microbiome
• Biologics
• Gene editing
• Gene therapy
• Genetic engineering
• Genetically modified organisms
• Microbiology
• Molecular biology
• Protein biochemistry
• RNA interference