Education

University of Maryland, College Park, Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology (2005)
Washington University in St. Louis, A.B. (1994)

Experience

Walter Schlapkohl joined the firm in 2007. Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Schlapkohl served at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as an examiner for two years, where he was responsible for examining patent applications related to cancer diagnostic tests, gene therapy, recombinant vectors, gene expression and stem cells. Dr. Schlapkohl trained as a cancer research fellow at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda and his expertise includes molecular biological techniques such as fluorescence activated cell sorting, cell culture, nucleic acid amplification and mutagenesis. Dr. Schlapkohl's specialty is in cell signal transduction, and his thesis focused on the role of Protein Kinase C in cell differentiation and transformation.

Practice Areas

Dr. Schlapkohl assists in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical arts as a member of the firm's patent procurement practice group. Dr. Schlapkohl also provides technical assistance to the firm's interference practice group and the litigation and trial practice group.

Representative Publications

Schlapkohl W.A., (2005). Novel-type Protein Kinase C Isoform-Specific Function, Kinase Activity, and Phosphorylation Status are Disrupted by V5 Domain Mutations. UMI/Proquest Dissertation Publication.

Wang Q.J., Lu G.,Schlapkohl W.A., Goerke A., Larsson C., Mischak H., Blumberg P.M., Mushinksi J.F. (2004). The V5 Domain of Protein Kinase C Plays a Critical Role in Determining the Isoform-Specific Localization, Translocation, and Biological Function of Protein Kinase C-delta and –epsilon. Molecular Cancer Research 2(2):, 129-40.

Goerke A., Sakai N., Gutjahr E.,Schlapkohl W.A., Mushinski J.F., Haller H., Kolch W., Saito N., Mischak H. (2002). Induction of Apoptosis by Protein Kinase C delta is Independent of its Kinase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry 277(35):, 32054-62.

Mathur, A., Schlapkohl W.A., Di Cera E. (1993). Thrombin-fibrinogen Interaction: pH Dependence and Effects of the Slow-->Fast Transition. Biochemistry 32(29):, 7568-73.