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Dr
Delphine
Lauté-Caly

Trainee Patent Attorney

Aberdeen Office

Life sciences

Telephone. +44 (0)1224 258 510
Email. [email protected]

Experience

Delphine joined HGF's Aberdeen office in August 2023 as a Trainee Patent Attorney within the Life Sciences team. She has a strong scientific background, with more than 15 years experience in both academic and industry settings.

She holds a PhD in Microbiology from University College Cork and Master's degrees in Food Sciences and Bioprocesses from Université de Lille in France.

During her post-doctoral positions in Ireland and France, she specialised in molecular microbiology, studying gene regulation and protein expression in bacterial pathogens and probiotics.

Delphine has extensive knowledge of the human microbiome and bacterial engineering. She worked for 7 years in a microbiome therapeutics company, where her work focused on the mechanism of action of live biotherapeutic products and the genetic manipulation of non-model microorganisms.

Qualifications

Trainee


MSC

MSc in Bioprocesses and Biotechnologies

MSC

MSc in Agri-food Engineering

PHD

PhD in Microbiology

Publications

The Strawberry Patent Battle: Seeds, Speculation, and Jurisdiction

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The draft of The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 reveals practical details on how to obtain a Precision Bred Organism status

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The EPO Board of Appeal comments on the scope of the morality exclusion from patentability

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Conferences: 2024

23rd - 24th April 2024

Microbiome & Probiotic R&D & Business Collaboration Forum: Europe

Speaker

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