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Zoë Birtle Assistant   Office Location: Southampton

Specialist Fields

Specialises in all types of biological subject matter, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, molecular biology, gene sequences and their applications and bioinformatics.

Technical Background

MA in Natural Sciences, specialising in Zoology, New Hall, University of Cambridge.

Master of Research in Bioinformatics, University of York.

DPhil in Bioinformatics investigating positive selection in the human genome, Department of Anatomy, University of Oxford.

Professional Experience

Obtained the Certificate of Intellectual Property Law (Queen Mary, University of London), 2008

Joined D Young & Co 2007.

Selected Publications

• Birtle Z., Ponting C.P. Meisetz and the birth of the KRAB motif. Bioinformatics (2006) Dec 1;22(23):2841-5.
• Birtle Z., Goodstadt L., Ponting C.P. Duplication and positive selection among hominin-specific PRAME genes. BMC Genomics (2005) Sep 13;6:120.