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FOTEINI TZAKONIATI

Patent Technical Assistant
Life Sciences

Manchester

Foteini is a trainee patent attorney working in our Life Sciences team. She joined Mewburn Ellis LLP in 2019.

Areas of Expertise

  • Chemical Biology

Background

She has an MChem degree from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Chemical Biology from Imperial College London. Her PhD focused on the development of chemical biology methods to map the binding sites of toxin peptides on sensory ion channels and aid the development of new analgesics. Before completing her doctorate, she undertook an eight-month internship at Genentech in California where she gained biotech R&D work experience.