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Kurt D. Torgersen, Ph.D.

Science Advisor
kdtorgersen@rkmc.com 612.349.8500 Address
    • Minneapolis
    • 800 LaSalle Avenue
    • 2800 LaSalle Plaza
    • Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015

Practice Areas

  • Science Advisors
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Education
    • University of Minnesota, Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (2010)
    • St. Olaf College, B.A. in Chemistry, cum laude (1998)
  • Professional Associations
    • Biophysical Society
  • Experience

    • Assists attorneys in patent litigation involving technologies in a variety of fields.
    • Experienced in the areas of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, membrane protein reconstitution, gel electrophoresis, protein labeling, circular dichroism, and western blots.
    • Teaching Assistant, General Biology Laboratory Course, University of Minnesota (2008)
    • Teaching Assistant, Muscle Physiology Lecture Course, University of Minnesota (2007)
    • Student Lecturer, Spectroscopy and Kinetics Lecture Course, University of Minnesota (2007)
    • Project Manager, Eschelon Telecom, Inc. (2000-2003)
  • Recognition*

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    • Recipient of the Victor Bloomfield Graduate Fellowship in Molecular Biophysics (2009 and 2010)
    • Recipient of the "Ross A Gortner Award," which is given annually to an advanced graduate student in recognition of high quality scholarly contributions (2008)

     
    *Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

  • Publications and Speeches

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    Publications

    • Spectroscopic Validation of the Pentameric Structure of Phospholamban
      Proc Nat Acad Sci USA, 104: 14676-14681 (2007)
    • Phosphorylation-Dependent Conformational Switch in Spin-Labeled Phospholamban Bound to SERCA
      J Molec Biol, 358: 1032-40 (2006)

    Speeches

    • Cardiac Calcium Regulation Probed by Pulsed EPR (DEER)
      Biophysical Society Convention (2008)
    • Structure and Dynamics of the PLB Monomer and Pentamer Probed by EPR Spectroscopy
      FASEB Summer Research Conference (2007)
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