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We have

the expertise

We have the right expertise when you need it. We help our clients maximise the value of their brands, technologies and designs.
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We know

your sector

Our teams work across multiple sectors and have a deep understanding of the latest trends and challenges facing businesses. This enables us to be your trusted advisers.
Scaleup Quarter
For every

growing business

By their very nature, startup and scaleup businesses are at the frontline of innovation. Regardless of your industry or the lifecycle stage you are at, in order to protect the breakthrough that you have worked so hard to create and develop, a crucial step is preventing your competitors from taking advantage of your innovation.
- Visit our microsite
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Dean Houston

Technical assistant

Trainee Patent Attorney

BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences, PhD Molecular Biology

Dean has a strong background in the life sciences, possessing both an honours degree in Medical Sciences, as well as a PhD in Molecular Biology. Dean works on a wide variety of inventions related to biotechnology and biochemistry.

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Dean graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a BSc (Hons) in Medical Sciences, where he specialised in antibiotic resistance and the emerging field of targeted therapeutics. He then carried out a PhD at the Roslin Institute, focussing on the endocrine and genetic regulation of bone mineralisation. Dean’s research also involved the use of genome editors for the creation of large animal models of bone disease. He has presented his research at national and international conferences and has a number of publications in leading journals within the field.

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Dean is a Student member of CIPA.

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Biotechnology

Latest articles by Dean Houston

Cell therapy: challenges and perspectives

Gene therapy: ‘Bubble Boy’ and beyond

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