Rachael focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Rachael was a Research Scientist at NASA (Johnson Space Center). There, she performed cell-based and animal studies, including the creation of a three-dimensional transgenic co-culture cardiac cell model used to quantify likely toxic effects of the environment of outer space. She also assayed novel compounds (nanoparticles, vaccines, nutraceuticals) as countermeasures against the biological effects of acute radiation exposure. Rachael lectured at NASA's Lunar Planetary Institute and also volunteered as a Food Analyst (taste tester) in NASA's Space Food Systems Laboratory.
Rachael earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Rush University Medical Center's Department of Biochemistry. She has an extensive background in biotechnology, biochemistry, and cell biology due to her research of human diseases. During more than a decade in the laboratory, she has conducted research in radiation biophysics, cancer metastasis, tissue bioengineering, novel cell-based assays, cell signaling, protein-protein interactions, gene expression analysis and histology. Rachael has co-authored several published articles regarding her research and has lectured extensively about her scientific work.
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