Lawyer Bio : Parithosh K. Tungaturthi, Ph.D.*
Parithosh K. Tungaturthi, Ph.D.*
Washington, DC
* Parithosh Tungaturthi is a Technical Specialist and is not licensed to practice law. His activities are directly supervised by members of the firm licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.
Parithosh Tungaturthi is a Technical Specialist in Womble Carlyle’s Intellectual Property Group and is a member of the firm’s Chemical/Pharmaceutical/ Biotechnology Team. He has extensive experience in the fields of molecular/structural biology, molecular virology, immunology, chemistry and bioinformatics.
Parithosh is a former Patent Examiner in Biotechnology for the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Contact
- (202) 857-4531
- (202) 261-0094
Professional Activities
Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
B.S., Microbiology / Chemistry, 1997, Louisiana State University;
Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Immunology, 2003, Thomas Jefferson University; Thesis: HIV-1 Vpr-role in AIDS pathogenesis.
Prior Legal Experience
Technical Advisor, Connolly Bove Lodge and Hutz, LLP, Washington, DC, 2008. Patent Examiner (Biotechnology), United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, 2005-2008.
Technical / Research Experience
Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute / National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2004-2005. Graduate Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1998-2003. Research Associate, Polymer Chemistry, BioChrom Labs, Inc., TerreHaute, IN, 1998. Assistant, Surgery Department, TerreHaute Regional Hospital, TerreHaute, IN, 1998. Research Assistant, Organic Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1996-1997.
Technical / Research Experience
Research Fellow, National Cancer Institute / National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2004-2005. Graduate Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 1998-2003. Research Associate, Polymer Chemistry, BioChrom Labs, Inc., TerreHaute, IN, 1998. Assistant, Surgery Department, TerreHaute Regional Hospital, TerreHaute, IN, 1998. Research Assistant, Organic Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1996-1997.
Publications
- Cui, J., P.K. Tungaturthi, V. Ayyavoo, M. Ghafouri, H. Ariga, K. Khalili, A. Srinivasan, S. Amini and B.E. Sawaya. 2006. The role of Vpr in the regulation of HIV-1 gene expression. Cell Cycle, 5(22):2626-2638.
- Thotala, D., S. Mahalingam, P.K. Tungaturthi, S.P. Singh, A. Srinivasan, S. Watkins and V. Ayyavoo. 2004. Structure-functional analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr: role of leucine residues on Vpr-mediated transactivation and virus replication. Virology, 328:89-100.
- Tungaturthi, P.K., B.E. Sawaya, V. Ayyavoo, R. Murali, and A. Srinivasan. 2004. HIV-1 Vpr: Genetic diversity and functional features from the perspective of structure. DNA and Cell Biology, 23:207-222.
- Tungaturthi, P.K., B.E. Sawaya, S.P. Singh, B. Tomkowicz, V. Ayyavoo, K. Khalili, R.G. Collman, S. Amini, and A. Srinivasan. 2003. Role of HIV-1 Vpr in AIDS Pathogenesis: relevance and implications of intravirion, intracellular and free Vpr. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 57:20 24.
- Singh, S.P., P.K. Tungaturthi, M. Cartas, B. Tomkowicz, T.A. Rizvi, S.A. Khan, V.S. Kalyanaraman, and A. Srinivasan. 2001. Virion-associated HIV-1 Vpr: Variable Amount of Virus Particles Derived from Cells upon Virus Infection of Proviral DNA Transfection. Virology, 283:78-83.
- Yokum, S.T., P.K. Tungaturthi, and M.L. McLaughlin. 1999. Synthesis of N-a-Boc- Benz[f]tryptophan: An Intrinsic/Extrinsic Fluorescence Probe. Pept. Proc. Am. Pept. Symp., 15th, 331-332.
- Yokum, S.T., P.K. Tungaturthi, and M.L. McLaughlin. 1997. Benz[f]tryptophan, a Bathochromic Analog of Tryptophan, Synthesis of its N- a-t-Boc Derivative. Tetrahedron Lett., 38(29):5111-5114.
Areas of Proficiency
- Intellectual Property
- Patent