Jing Liu, Ph.D.

12790 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
Tel: 858-836-9000
Fax: 858-836-9001
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Legal Areas of Emphasis

Patents

Trademarks

Intellectual Property Due Diligence

Technical Areas of Emphasis

Biotechnology

Pharmaceuticals

Genomics

Medical Devices

Professional Profile

Jing Liu, Ph.D. is an associate in our San Diego office.  Her practice is focused on intellectual property matters related to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

Dr. Liu received her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2005 for work related to computational genomics and evolutionary classification of viruses of bacteria and archaea. 

Dr. Liu joined the firm in 2008.

Education

University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law (J.D. 2008)

University of Kansas Medical Center (Ph.D. Biology 2005)

Wuhan University (B.S. Biology 1998)

Admissions/Qualifications

State Bar of California

Articles, Speeches & Seminars

G. Glazko, V. Makarenkov, J. Liu, and A. Mushegian, “Evolutionary history of bacteriophages with double-stranded DNA genomes”, Biol. Direct, 2:36 (2007).

T. Naryshkina, J. Liu, L. Florens, S. K. Swanson, A. R. Pavlov, N. V. Pavlova, R. Inman, L. Minakhin, S. A. Kozyavkin, M. Washburn, A. Mushegian, and K. Severinov, “Thermus thermophilus bacteriophage phiYS40 genome and proteomic characterization of virions”, J. Mol. Biol. 364:667-77 (2006).

J. Liu, G. Glazko, and A. Mushegian, “Protein repertoire of double-stranded DNA bacteriophages”, Virus Res. 117:68-80 (2006).

L. Minakhin, E. Semenova, J. Liu, A. Vasilov, E. Severinova, T. Gabisonia, R. Inman, A. Mushegian, and K. Severinov, “Genome sequence and gene expression of Bacillus anthracis bacteriophage”, Fah, J. Mol. Biol. 354:1-15 (2005).

J. Liu and A. Mushegian, “Displacements of prohead protease genes in the late operons of dsDNA bacteriophages”, J. Bacteriol. 186:4369-75 (2004).

J. Liu and A. Mushegian, “Three monophyletic superfamilies account for the majority of the known glycosyltransferases”, Protein Sci. 12:1418-31 (2003). 

K. Bunny, J. Liu, and J. Roth, “Phenotypes of lexA mutations in Salmonella enterica: evidence for a lethal lexA null phenotype due to the Fels-2 prophage”, J. Bacteriol. 184:6235-49 (2002).

E. S. Slechta, J. Liu, D. I. Andersson, and J. R. Roth, “Evidence that selected amplification of a bacterial lac frameshift allele stimulates Lac+ reversion (adaptive mutation) with or without general hypermutability”, Genetics, 161:945-56 (2002).

Awards & Honors

Remi Amelunxen Award for outstanding achievement in research, 2005.

Language Proficiency

Chinese (Mandarin)