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Team member profile : Justin Coombs

 
 
Name: Justin Coombs
Office Location: Adelaide
Position: Associate
Qualifications: Bachelor of Biotechnology (Hons), Flinders University, 1998
PhD, Flinders University, 2002
Masters of Intellectual Property Law, Melbourne University, 2006
Registered Patent Attorney, 2006
Practice Areas:
Direct Telephone: +61 8 8232 5199
Facsimile: +61 8 8232 5477
Email: justin.coombs@pof.com.au
Profile: Justin works in the chemistry and biotechnology groups, specializing in plant science and microbiology. Justin joined Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick in 2005, after spending two years with another large patent attorney firm in Melbourne.

Justin’s PhD research led to the discovery of microorganisms (endophytic actinobacteria) that inhabit healthy cereal plants where they enhance plant growth and provide disease resistance. After completing his PhD, Justin undertook a post-doctoral fellowship at Cornell University in the United States where he studied the molecular basis of plant-microbe symbioses.

Justin is an author on publications in several peer-reviewed journals, and an inventor on a patent relating to endophyte technology. Justin was also a recipient of an Australian Museum Eureka Prize in 2004.

In addition to work in his specialist areas, Justin also provides patent advice to local and international clients and drafts and prosecutes patent applications in the general biotechnological and chemical areas, including general molecular biology, medical diagnoses and treatment including cancer diagnsoses and treatment and pharmaceuticals.

Justin is also an active member of the AusBiotech South Australian branch committee and has been the South Australian branch Chair since 2008.
Year joined: 2005
Year qualified: 2006
Memberships: Fellow – The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia
Delegate – AusBiotech
Other Activities: Articles:
Coombs and Franco, Australasian science 23(3): 36-37, 2002.
Coombs et al., Plasmid 49, 86-92, 2003
Loria, Coombs et al., Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 62(2): 65-72, 2003.
Coombs and Franco, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69, 4260-4262, 2003.
Coombs and Franco, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 5603-5608, 2003.
Coombs et al., Biological Control 29:359-366, 2004
Crawford, Coombs et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 3794, 2004
Franco, Coombs et al., Australasian Plant Pathology 36(6) 524–531, 2004.
2004 Eureka Prize Winner - GRDC Eureka Prize for Research to Improve the Environmental Sustainability of Graingrowing.
   
 
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