Sara Holland's Linkedin Analytics

Being in love with synbio, I support a number of early stage scientist-founded synthetic biology/industrial biotech companies both in the UK, Europe and elsewhere. These companies operate across all sectors – food, therapeutics, agritech, new materials, chemicals and oil manufacture etc. and they will change the world! I work alongside these companies to identify their IP, come up with a solid IP strategy and get them ready for fundraising. As a Chartered Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney I also draft, file and prosecution patent application before the patent offices. I prefer to have a close, integrated relationship with my clients so I can best proactively advise - particularly considering that most of the my clients have not had much prior experience with IP - rather than simply react. On the other side of things, I help investors with due diligence into biotech companies ahead of investment. Something I've found a passion for in recent years is educating academics about the importance of, and basics of, IP (sounds well boring I know :)) Having been in academia myself until I was 33 I know that IP is not something you tend to give a toss about. I do what I can to try and change that, and get out and about giving IP talks to various universities, accelerator programmes, iGEM - basically anyone that will have me! - including posting about IP here. I am proactive in the synbio community and like to be properly engaged with the roles I take on, most recently the vice chair role of the Bioindustry Associations’ Engineering Biology Advisory Committee. Come and find me at an event this year - or just ping me for a chat! Some highlights from 2022: • Vice Chair of the Bioindustry Association Engineering Biology Advisory Committee • Member of the Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum • Advisor to Xias Bio • Co-founder of the Women in Synthetic Biology network, along side Liz Fletcher (IBioIC) and Fiona Mischel (Synbiobeta) • Lecturer on several EPSRC CDT training programmes • Lecturer on University of Nottingham MSC Molecular Genetics and Diagnostic module, ‘Molecular Services in Health Care programme • Speaker on the Wilbe Become a Science Operator course • Mentor for Science Entrepreneurs Club Innovator’s Club 2022 programme • Mentor for Forest City Synbio (Canada) • Involved with Nucleate, SynbioUK, iGEM, CCNET • Speaker and Judge at iGEM EPIC Paris Also Vice Chair of Governing Board of Brinsley Primary and Infant School (7 years) - 2 gorgeously frustrating kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats and 1 husband. and a hamster (for now).