Roane is a registered patent agent and has been with Bateman IP Law Group since August 2006.  Roane has worked for three years as a research assistant in the fields of molecular virology and three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy.  By combining what he has learned in these two fields, Roane was able to assit in the creatation of some of the first known high-resolution images of certain picornaviruses interacting with their human receptors.  His most recent project involved the determination of the human receptor footprint on the surface of the poliovirion capsid.  As a Brigham Young University writing fellow, Roane developed technical writing curriculum for the College of Nursing as well as the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

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•   Honors Program, Brigham Young University
•   University Writing Fellow, Brigham Young University, 2005 - 2006

•   B.S., Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, 2006
•   M.S., Biotechnology, University of Utah (expected 2009)

•   Research Assistant, Dept. of Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, 2004 - 2006

•   Presentation on Analysis of Three-Dimensional Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reconstructions of 160s and 130s Poliovirus Particles., Rocky Mountain Bioscience Conf., Brigham Young University, May 2006.