Sze Wing Joyce Ho, MPhil Student

Joyce graduated from Imperial College London (BSc Medical Biosciences) and is now an MPhil student at the University of Cambridge (MPhil Translational Biomedical Research). 

 She is currently working under the supervision of Professor Sanjay Sinha and Dr. Deeti Shetty, focusing on the proteolytic analysis of a de novo mutation in the MYPT1 subunit of myosin light chain phosphatase, which causes abnormal contractility in affected smooth muscle cells. She is also identifying potential drug targets to aid relaxation of vascular smooth muscle cells bearing this mutation by developing an appropriate disease model. 

 Outside of the lab, Joyce enjoys horse riding for both dressage and polo.