Alireza Behrooz, Ph.D.

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Washington, DC

Alireza Behrooz is a registered patent attorney in Womble Carlyle’s Intellectual Property Group. Dr. Behrooz concentrates his intellectual property practice on preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the biotechnological and pharmaceutical sciences. He has drafted numerous patent applications and legal opinions for a broad range of inventions and in a variety of technical fields including the biochemical and biological arts, oral and personal care products, and pet nutrition. Dr. Behrooz’s research experience includes a Masters of Science degree in Biology with a concentration in molecular and cellular biology, a Doctorate degree in Molecular Biology and Microbiology, and a Post-Doctorate fellowship. He is a graduate of Franklin Pierce Law Center.

During his graduate and post-doctorate work, Dr. Behrooz continued with research related to diabetes and oncogenesis using both cell culture models as well as transgenic mice. His varied experience in biological science includes experiments involving genomics, proteomics, and cellular analysis.

Genomics: Research included experiments involving transgenic technology coupled with gene microarrays to study molecular events involved in mammary neoplasia and gene expression; Use of cloning techniques to modify nucleic acid for use in in vitro assays, transfer into mammalian and bacterial cells, and transgenic animals; Extensive use of nucleic acid procedures for detection, purification, construction, and/or amplification of genomic DNA, cDNA and RNA.
Proteomics: Research included experiments involving recombinant protein expression, electrophoresis, and protein/DNA interactions.
Cellular analysis: Research included experiments involving signal transduction by Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase, cellular transfection and transformation, and histological analysis of oncogenic tissue.

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Member, American Bar Association.

Admitted to the bar: 2004, Missouri; 2009, District of Columbia. Admitted to practice before all state courts in Missouri and the Missouri Supreme Court. Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

B.S., Mathematics-Applied Science, 1991, University of California (UCLA); M.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1993, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus; Doctorate, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, 1998, Case Western Reserve University; J.D., 2004, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire.

Associate, Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC, St. Louis, MO, 2004-2005.

Law Clerk, Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC, St. Louis, MO, 2003-2004.

Law Clerk, Kevin M. Farrell, P.C., Portsmouth, NH, 2002.

Doctorate and Post-Doctorate Fellow, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology & Microbiology and Department of Pharmacology, Cleveland, OH, 1993-2000.

Mitani, Y., Behrooz, A., Dubyak, G.R., and Ismail-Beigi, F. Am. J. Physiol. 269: C1228-C1234 (1995).

Behrooz, A. and Ismail-Beigi, F. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 5555-5562 (1997).

Ybarra, J., Behrooz, A., Gabriel, A., Koseoglu, M., and Ismail-Beigi, F. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 133: 151-160 (1997).

Behrooz, A. and Ismail-Beigi, F. Mol. Cell. Biochem. 187: 33-40 (1998).

Behrooz, A. and Ismail-Beigi, F. News In Physiological Sci.. 14: 105-110 (1999). Invited review.

Prasad, R. K., Behrooz, A., and Ismail-Beigi, F. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 366: 101-109 (1999).

Zhang, J-Z., Behrooz, A., and Ismail-Beigi, F. Am. J. Kidney Disease. 34: 189-202 (1999). Invited review.

Keri, R. A., Bachmann, D.J., Behrooz, A., Herr, B.D., Ameduri, R.K., Quirk, C.C., and Nilson, J.H. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 13082-13088 (2000).

Chen, C., Pore, N., Behrooz, A., Ismail-Beigi, F., and Maity, A. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 9519-25 (2000).

Milliken, E.L., Ameduri, R.K., Landis, M.D., Behrooz, A., Abdul-Karim, F.W., and Keri, R.A. Endocrinology 143: 3671-3680 (2002).

Congresses/Posters
Diabetes 42, #238A, 1993.

78th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society; 10th International Congress of Endocrinology, June 12-15, San Francisco, CA, p. 427, #P2-92a. The Endocrine Society Press, Bethesda, MD, 1996.

79th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, June 11-14, Minneapolis, MN, p. 190, #P1-223, The Endocrine Society Press, Bethesda, MD, 1997.

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 12, #756, 1998.

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 12, #783, 1998.

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 13: #179.3, 1999.

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