Isla Furlong MA PhD CPA EPA
Associate
specialisms:
patents
designs/copyright
technical fields:
chemical/life science patents
expertise:
agriculture
biotechnology
chemical
food technologies
medical devices
pharmaceutical
location:
Cambridge
Isla graduated from Cambridge University with a Masters degree in Natural Sciences. She also completed a PhD in cell and molecular biology at the University of London involving research into programmed cell death. Isla is a Chartered and European Patent Attorney and has worked in both private practice and within an in-house patent department of a leading multi-national company. She specialises in the filing and prosecution of patent applications in the field of biotechnology, particularly molecular biology, biological assays, gene sequences, DNA sequencing technologies, array technologies, genomics, proteomics, stem cells, diagnostics, therapeutics including cancer and immuno- therapeutics, viral vectors and gene delivery, peptide vaccines, biomarkers. Isla has experience in working with a number of academic institutions and start-up biotechnology companies.
