CBLH | Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP - Intellectual Property and Business Law Firm with offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, California

Practice Areas

Education

  • Louisiana State University (B.S., 1997)
    Major: Microbiology
    Minor: Chemistry
    Honors: Alpha Omega Pi Honor Society
  • Thomas Jefferson University (Ph.D., 2003)
    Major: Molecular Biology and Immunology
    Thesis: HIV-1 Vpr - Role in AIDS pathogenesis

Professional Experience

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Examiner (2005-2008)

  • National Cancer Institute / National Institutes of Health, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2004-2005)

Technical Advisor Profile

Parithosh K Tungaturthi, Ph.D.

Technical Advisor
1875 Eye Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Foreign Languages: Hindi, Telugu
Tel: (202) 572-9674
Fax: (202) 293-6229
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Parithosh K. Tungaturthi is a Scientific Advisor for the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He has extensive experience in the fields of molecular/structural biology, molecular virology, immunology, chemistry and bioinformatics.

Prior to joining the firm, Parithosh worked as a Patent Examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Legal Publications

  • Cui, J., P.K. Tungaturthi, V. Ayyavoo, M. Ghafouri, H. Ariga, K. Khalili, A. Srinivasan, S. Amini and B.E. Sawaya. 2006. The role of Vpr in the regulation of HIV-1 gene expression. Cell Cycle, 5(22):2626-2638.
  • Thotala, D., S. Mahalingam, P.K. Tungaturthi, S.P. Singh, A. Srinivasan, S. Watkins and V. Ayyavoo. 2004. Structure-functional analysis of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr: role of leucine residues on Vpr-mediated transactivation and virus replication. Virology, 328:89-100.
  • Tungaturthi, P.K., B.E. Sawaya, V. Ayyavoo, R. Murali, and A. Srinivasan. 2004. HIV-1 Vpr: Genetic diversity and functional features from the perspective of structure. DNA and Cell Biology, 23:207-222.
  • Tungaturthi, P.K., B.E. Sawaya, S.P. Singh, B. Tomkowicz, V. Ayyavoo, K. Khalili, R.G. Collman, S. Amini, and A. Srinivasan. 2003. Role of HIV-1 Vpr in AIDS Pathogenesis: relevance and implications of intravirion, intracellular and free Vpr. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 57:20 – 24.
  • Singh, S.P., P.K. Tungaturthi, M. Cartas, B. Tomkowicz, T.A. Rizvi, S.A. Khan, V.S. Kalyanaraman, and A. Srinivasan. 2001. Virion-associated HIV-1 Vpr: Variable Amount of Virus Particles Derived from Cells upon Virus Infection of Proviral DNA Transfection. Virology, 283:78-83.
  • Yokum, S.T., P.K. Tungaturthi, and M.L. McLaughlin. 1999. Synthesis of N-α-Boc- Benz[f]tryptophan: An Intrinsic/Extrinsic Fluorescence Probe. Pept. Proc. Am. Pept. Symp., 15th, 331-332.
  • Yokum, S.T., P.K. Tungaturthi, and M.L. McLaughlin. 1997. Benz[f]tryptophan, a Bathochromic Analog of Tryptophan, Synthesis of its N- α-t-Boc Derivative. Tetrahedron Lett., 38(29):5111-5114.