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Awards & Honors
University of Michigan Law School Dean’s Scholarship: 2012-2015
Keystone Symposia Traveling Scholarship: 2008
USC Norris Cancer Center Predoctoral Scholarship: 2007-2008
NIH/USC Training Program in Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology: 2005-2007
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Paul Chang, Ph.D., is an associate in our San Diego office. His practice focuses primarily on patent prosecution in the chemical, pharmaceutical, life sciences, and computer science fields. He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Dr. Chang received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. While in law school, he served as a Production Editor for the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. He also served as a student attorney for the University of Michigan Entrepreneurship Clinic, helping startups secure and protect their IP rights. He previously worked as a legal intern at Salesforce.com.
Dr. Chang earned his doctoral degree in genetic, molecular and cellular biology from the University of Southern California. His dissertation focused on structural and biochemical studies of proteins involved in DNA replication and HIV infection. His research has been published in a variety of scientific journals, including Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Cell Reports. Prior to law school, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Molecular and Computational Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California. Dr. Chang received his M.S. in computer science from the University of Southern California and B.S. with majors in biochemistry, chemistry, and mathematics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Dr. Chang joined the firm in 2015.
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Mechanism of origin DNA recognition and assembly of an initiator-helicase complex by SV40 large tumor antigen. Cell Reports 3:1–11, 2013.
Expression, purification and biochemical characterization of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Mcm4, 6 and 7. BMC Biohem. 14:5, 2013.
Origin DNA melting and unwinding in DNA replication. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. 20:756–762, 2010.
Crystal structure of the anti-viral APOBEC3G catalytic domain and functional implications. Nature 456:121–124, 2008.
Crystal structure of the GINS complex and functional insights into its role in DNA replication. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104:12685–12690, 2007.
Inclusion of quinolines by binaphthol: structures and selectivity. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2:655–659, 2004; cover story.
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