Brandon Schwechter
Associate
Brandon Schwechter works in our Intellectual Property Department specializing in the Chemical, Biotechnology, and Pharmaceutical Practice Group. His experience brings a deep understanding of these complex fields and a commitment to helping companies protect their innovations. Brandon began at Foley as a summer associate and also served as a legal intern to the Honorable Alan D Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Prior to law school, Brandon was an Aerospace Physiologist in the Navy.
Presentations and Publications
- Dynamic Control of Excitatory Synapse Development by a Rac1 GEF/GAP Regulator Complex. Um K, Niu S, Duman JG, Cheng JX, Tu YK, Schwechter B, Liu F, Hiles L, Narayanan AS, Ash RT, Mulherkrar S, Alpadi K, Smirnakis SM, Tolias KF. Developmental Cell. 2014 Jun 23; 29(6):701-15.
- RasGRF2 Rac-GEF Activity Couples NMDA Receptor Calcium Flux to Enhanced Synaptic Transmission. Schwechter B, Rosenmund C, Tolias KF. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 2013 Aug 27; 100(35): 14462-7.
- The Adhesion-GPCR BAI1 Regulates Synaptogenesis by Controlling the Recruitment of the Par3/Tiam1 Polarity Complex to Synaptic Sites. Duman JG, Tzeng CP, Tu YK, Munjal T, Schwechter B, Ho TS, Tolias KF. Journal of Neuroscience. 2013 Apr 17; 33(16): 6964-78.