Primary Job Title Head of Transgenic Platforms Primary Organization 
Crescendo Biologics
Location Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Female
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Joyce Young joined Crescendo in 2010 to lead and develop the company’s in vivo platform for the production of humanised antibodies. Joyce has expertise in immunology gained particularly at the University of Cambridge and the Sanger Institute. Her research has included studies of tolerance, autoimmunity and inflammation.
At the Sanger Institute
Joyce worked with John McCafferty to develop phage display for high throughput antibody generation, and genome-wide characterisation of protein expression, with a focus on stem cell research.
Subsequently she joined Cambridge Antibody Technology (later MedImmune) to establish antibody generation from conventional and transgenic mice, and identified leads for several projects.
Joyce has a BSc in Immunology from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in Immunology from the University of Bristol.
