Mewburn Ellis LLP

Life Sciences

Operations Partner, Patent Attorney

Joanna is in our life sciences patent team and focuses on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. She has over 30 years’ of experience in all aspects of IP capture including original drafting work, prosecution, filing strategy and European opposition and appeals. She has a particular interest in opinion work including large due-diligence projects, freedom to operate analysis and advising on strategic filing strategies.

Joanna is our Operations Partner and assists the Managing Partner and Chairperson with the day-to-day running of the business. She is also a member of our Management Board.

Areas of Expertise

Immunology recombinant nucleic acid technology and genetic engineering virology and bacteriology biomedical research tools diagnostics including proteomic analysis and protein marker diagnostics, receptor-ligand assays, cancer diagnostic, genomic and diagnostic arrays, and microarray technology personalised medicine

Joanna’s clients include UK Universities and Technology Transfer departments, UK and US pharmaceutical and biotech companies and UK and European SMEs arising from technology transfer organisations and universities.

Joanna has a degree in biochemistry and zoology from Cardiff University and a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Cambridge.  Her PhD project involved determining nucleic acid splice variants and signalling during embryonic development. Her studies required techniques such as cell and tissue culture, in situ nucleic acid detection techniques, sequencing, Northern and Southern analysis and other molecular biological techniques.