ApconiX is going from strength to strength in delivering integrated toxicology expertise. But we realised we had a few key skills missing; to address this we have brought in 2 new experts, Jane Barber and Peter Ballard. As a senior toxicologist with expertise in cancer research, mechanistic problem and hepatotoxicity, Jane joins us to strengthen [...]
We had an exciting two days exhibiting at the European Laboratory Research & Innovation Group (ELRIG) Drug Discovery conference 2016 in Liverpool. Many new and old colleagues were interested to hear what services ApconiX offer and the successes we have had over the past year. It was a great team success creating the stall and [...]
We were delighted to welcome Tatton MP George Osborne on his visit to ApconiX earlier this month. Mr Osborne was shown around our state of the art laboratories by co-directors and partners Dr Michael Morton and Dr Richard Knight. Since ApconiX was founded in 2015, it has grown rapidly by providing world-class nonclinical safety expertise [...]
Dr Mike Morton recently attended the Ion Channel Modulation Symposium at Clare College, Cambridge. The symposium brings together 200 scientists from academia, industry, CROs and academic drug discovery with lectures on diverse topics such as the role of ion channels in metastatic cancer, pain, and epilepsy. The symposium is organised by Sophion, makers of the QPatch [...]
ApconiX Welcomes 3 New Experts! Almost one year in, ApconiX is going from strength to strength in delivering integrated toxicology expertise. But we realised we had a few key skills missing; to address this we have brought in 3 new toxicology experts. Mike O’Donovan joins us to provide expertise in genetic toxicology. With over [...]
ApconiX at SOT! We had a fabulous first SOT with the new company. All our colleagues old and new were so interested to hear about we offer and the successes we have enjoyed in the first few months. What a great ApconiX team effort creating the booth, the literature [...]
See you at SOT booth #519! We are looking forward to seeing you at SOT where our scientists will be making a number of presentations. Ruth Roberts is the EUROTOX presenter in the great SOT-EUROTOX debate; come along Monday at 4.45PM and see if she can turn the audience [...]
ApconiX Official Lab Opening! It was a pleasure to welcome all our colleagues and collaborators to the official opening of the new ApconiX lab at Alderley Park March 1st 2016. Professor Graham Boulnois (Chair of the Drug Discovery Medicines Catapult) cut the red ribbon, surrounded by well-wishers and the [...]
ApconiX was featured November 19th 2015 in a BBC News NorthWest item as one of the success stories of the Northern Power House (click here for video). BBC political correspondent Arif Ansari was interested to hear how we assembled a team of the best expert science professionals all of whom want to stay in the North [...]
Publishing is the lifeblood of science I love writing papers. I really enjoy the combination of creativity and logic required plus the sense of drawing a line under a piece of work. It’s also great (usually!) to get feedback from the scientific community both during and after the peer [...]
