Graeme specializes in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the life sciences, including personalized medicine and antibody technologies. He counsels clients on patenting strategies and assists with managing international portfolios.
Graeme also assists clients with Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) applications. He is an amateur plant breeder and recently developed a new Passiflora variety, ‘Pole Star,’ for which a PBR registration is pending.
Graeme conducted his doctoral research at The Hospital for Sick Children, which culminated in the discovery of the human gene that is mutated in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome – an inherited disease involving bone marrow failure, leukemia risk, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and varied developmental problems.
Graeme then worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, focusing on synthetic biology and protein engineering.
Graeme then worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, focusing on synthetic biology and protein engineering.