

Dr. Ayako Yamamoto Scientific Advisor Japanese Translator / Interpreter AREAS OF PRACTICE Creating Japanese translations of technical documents and publications required for ongoing European, German and International patent prosecution, opposition proceedings and appeal hearings before the European Patent Office, German Patent Office, and U.S. Patent & Trademark Office; interpreter activities for the benefit of our Japanese clients. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Biotechnology, pharmaceutical chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, neurosciences, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic and food chemistry, agricultural chemistry, pulmonology, gene therapy techniques and genetics. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Dr. Yamamoto received an MSc degree from the Division of Health Sciences, Tokyo University Graduate School of Medicine and Laboratory of Genome Structure Analysis, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science (Tokyo, Japan), where her she conducted studies of a unique gene associated with early-onset familial Alzheimer’s disease. She then continued her research at this same institution, and earned a PhD in the field of molecular cell biology under the supervision of Professor Yoshiyuki Sakaki. Dr. Yamamoto has held several post-doctoral appointments, including a Fellowship at the Independent Research Group Neurodegeneration, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry (Munich, Germany), a Fellowship at the Laboratory for Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease, Department of Biochemistry, Adolf-Butenandt-Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität (Munich, Germany) and a Fellowship at the Department of Pediatrics, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität (Munich, Germany). Dr. Yamamoto has also conducted research as a Visiting Scientist at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) (Saitama, Japan). Dr. Yamamoto has also worked in the patent group of a private practice firm in Munich as a trainee towards the European Patent Attorney qualification, where she gained practical knowledge and experience regarding European patent granting procedures. LANGUAGES Japanese, English, German |

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