People

Tessa Seymour Assistant   Office Location: London

Specialist Fields

Particular areas of interest include biotechnology, especially immunology, molecular biology, biochemistry, cellular biology, vaccines, drug delivery, gene sequences, diagnostics and therapeutics.

Technical Background

MA Natural Sciences, Newnham College, Cambridge University, specialising in pathology (immunology and cellular pathology).

Post-graduate research into assembly of Vaccinia virus in host cells at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany. Research funded by Cambridge University Kurt Hahn Scholarship.

Post-graduate research into programmed cell death at Cancer Research UK.

Professional Experience

MSc in Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary, University of London.

Solicitor (non-practising).

Patent experience in private practice since 2004.

Joined D Young & Co in 2007.

Selected Publications

(Published under maiden name: Salmons)
T. Salmons, A. Kuhn, F. Wylie, S. Schleich, J.R. Rodriguez, M. Esteban, G. Griffiths, J.K. Locker, "Vaccinia virus membrane proteins p8 and p16 are cotranslationally inserted into the rough endoplasmic reticulum and retained in the intermediate compartment." J Virol, 1997 October; 71(10): 7404-7420.

Languages

Fluent German