Joanna Baxter
University of Cambridge, UK
Biography
Joanna Baxter completed her PhD in 2003 from the University of Southampton, UK, studying rare chromosomal translocations and mutations in myeloid malignancies with Prof Nick Cross. Her postdoctoral studies included the discovery of the JAK2 mutation in MPNs in the lab of Prof Tony Green in Cambridge, before moving into her current role in 2009. She is the Lead Scientist and Custodian at Cambridge Blood and Stem Cell Biobank, a resource for research into Haematological malignancies, stem cells, normal haematopoiesis and immune developement, based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus on the Addenbrookes Hospital site in Cambrdge. Alongside promoting biobanking in blood cancer research she is married with two young children.