Francesca Wood

Francesca Wood currently serves as the Associate Director of DMPK at Bicycle Therapeutics since April 2023. Prior to this role, Francesca was a Postdoctoral Training Fellow at The Institute of Cancer Research from March 2016 to April 2022, leading DMPK efforts on multiple preclinical drug discovery projects and managing various in vitro and in vivo studies. Francesca completed a Ph.D. in Pharmacokinetics at The University of Manchester, focusing on optimizing in vitro methodologies for drug metabolism studies. Earlier experience includes a placement as a Student Scientist at Prosidion Ltd, contributing to DMPK work and developing cytochrome P450 inhibition assays. Francesca holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences with Industrial Placement from the University of Leeds.