Tristan J. Lee, Ph.D.

Overview

Dr. Tristan Lee is a patent agent focused on patent prosecution in Biotechnology. Dr. Lee has experience with genetic modification systems, such as CRISPR, viral vectors, proteins, antibodies, cell culture, biomarkers, biological assays, pharmaceuticals, and cell imaging. Prior to joining Leydig, Voit, & Mayer, Dr. Lee taught graduate student courses at Winston-Salem State University on Human Anatomy, Physiology, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, and Pathophysiology. Dr. Lee also worked at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in a neuroscience lab studying the effects of various pharmaceuticals on learning and memory with respect to mTOR activity and how this was modified during drug addiction. Dr. Lee’s dissertation work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focused on the role of various proteins in modifying cytoskeletal dynamics during neural development.

Education

• 2016 – Ph.D. in Neuroscience, University of Wisconsin
• 2010 – B.S. in Biology & Classical Humanities, Saint Louis University

Admissions

• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Honors

• 2016 – Mellon-Wisconsin Dissertation Writing Camp Selectee, University of Wisconsin – Madison
• 2014 – Henry Vilas Conference Presentation Award, University of Wisconsin – Madison
• 2014 – John Jefferson Davis Travel Award, Cold Spring Harbor
• 2010 – Judith Z. Mediff Undergraduate Teaching Award, Saint Louis University

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Neuroscience

Articles, Publications & Lectures

• T. J. Lee, J.W. Lee, E. M. Haynes, K. Eliceiri, and M. Halloran. “The Kinesin Adaptor Calsyntenin-1 Organizes Microtubule Polarity and Regulates Dynamics during Sensory Axon Arbor Development”. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 20 April 2017.
• D.S. Zahm, A.Y. Cheng, T. J. Lee, et al. “Inputs to the midbrain dopaminergic complex in the rat, with emphasis on extended amygdala-recipient sectors.” The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 519, Issue 16, 3159-88. 1 November 2011.
• Lee, T, Eliceiri, K., and M. Halloran. “Calsyntenin-1, a kinesin adaptor, regulates microtubule polarity dynamics during sensory axon arbor development.” Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 2015.
• Lee, T, Ponomareva, O., Halloran, M. “Calsyntenin-1 alters sensory neuron dynamics in peripheral axons during sensory neuron development in vivo.” Cold Spring Harbor Meeting: Axon Guidance, Synapse Formation, and Regeneration.  Cold Spring Harbor, New York, September 18, 2014.
• Lee, T, Asuri, N., Halloran, M. “MAP2 functions in sensory neuron peripheral axon guidance.” International Zebrafish Meeting, Madison, WI, June 22, 2012.

Practices

• Patent Preparation and Prosecution

Technologies

• Biotechnology