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Education

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (B.Sc., Human Biology, honors, first in class, 1989; M.S., Biotechnology, ranked first in class, 1991); Yale University (Ph.D., Immunology, 1997); Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-2001); University of California, Berkeley , Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 2004); Articles Editor and Annual Review Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

Admissions & Courts

California.

Memberships

State Bar of California.

Attorney Biography

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Bhanu K. Sadasivan
Associate

Intellectual Property Litigation
Life Sciences
Silicon Valley
Direct: +1 (650) 324-7169
Fax: +1 (650) 324-6074

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Bhanu K. Sadasivan joined the firm in 2004, and practices litigation.

Experience

Prior to joining Heller Ehrman, Dr. Sadasivan served as a Judicial Extern to Judge James Ware in the Northern District Court of California. Dr. Sadasivan was also a Research Assistant to Professor Mark Lemley at Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Sadasivan is a former Heller Ehrman Summer Associate.

Education

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (B.Sc., Human Biology, honors, first in class, 1989; M.S., Biotechnology, ranked first in class, 1991); Yale University (Ph.D., Immunology, 1997); Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Arthritis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-2001); University of California, Berkeley , Boalt Hall School of Law (J.D., 2004); Articles Editor and Annual Review Editor, Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

Admissions & Courts

California.

Memberships

State Bar of California.

Publications

  • "Jurisprudence under the in rem provision of the ACPA"  18 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 237  6.17.2005
  • Co-author with Agace, W. W., Higgins, J. M. G., Brenner, M. B. & Parker, C. M. (2000) T lymphocyte/epithelial cell interactions: integrin Alpha E(CD103) Beta 7, LEEP-CAM and chemokines.  Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 12(5), 563-8  6.16.2005
  • Co-author with Ortmann, B., Copeman, J., Lehner, P.J., Herberg, J.A., Grandea, A.G., Riddell, S.R., Tampe, R., Spies, T., Trowsdale, J. & Cresswell, P. A critical role for tapasin in the assembly and function of multimeric MHC class I-TAP complexes.  Science 277, 1306-1309  6.15.2005
  • Co-author with Cariappa, A., Waneck, G. & Cresswell, P. Assembly, peptide loading and transport of MHC class I molecules in a calnexin-negative cell line.  Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol.60, 267-275  6.15.2005
  • Co-author with Cresswell, P., Androlewicz, M., Denzin, L., & Ortmann, B. Assembly and transport of class I MHC glycoproteins In: Antigen Processing and Presentation, (R. Humphreys & S. Pierce, eds.), pgs 33-50  6.15.2005
  • Co-author with Lehner, P.J., Ortmann, B., Spies, T. & Cresswell, P. Roles for calretculin and a novel glycoprotein, tapasin, in the interaction of MHC class I molecules with TAP.  Immunity 5, 103-114  6.15.2005
  • Co-author with Prasad, S.A., Yewdell, J.W., Porgador, A., Cresswell, P. & Bennick, J.R. Calnexin expression does not enhance the generation of MHC class I-peptide complexes.  Eur. J. Immunol. 28, 907-913  6.15.2005
  • Co-author with Shieh, C.C., Russell, G.J., Schoen, M.P., Parker, C.M. & Brenner, M.B. Lymphocyte adhesion to epithelia and endothelia mediated by the lymphocyte endothelial-epithelialcell adhesion molecule (LEEP-CAM) glycoprotein.  J. Immunol. 163, 1592-1601.  6.15.2005
  • Co-author with Brenner, M.B. Structural and functional characterization of LEEP-CAM, a newly identified adhesion molecule  Glycobiology 9: abstract 7  6.15.2005