About Michael Morton

Dr Michael Morton PhD. A co-founder of ApconiX, Mike is an expert electrophysiologist and ion channel biologist with extensive experience gained in academia and industry. Mike’s career has spanned pure research, ion channel assay development and large-scale screening of all manner of ligand- and voltage-gated ion channels. Mike learned his craft as a postdoctoral fellow first at Leeds (with Malcolm Hunter) then at Yale (with Fred Sigworth) before joining the global ion channel initiative at AstraZeneca where his skills were applied to drug projects. Mike has a serious passion for ion channels and enjoys working with collaborators and clients alike to ensure the highest quality data are used to support better decision-making.

ApconiX Welcomes Charlotte Warrender

ApconiX Welcomes Charlotte Warrender ApconiX is delighted to welcome Charlotte Warrender who joins us as Facility Manager and will be working with Dr Michael Morton. Career Charlotte left school straight after her GCSEs’ and joined Thor Specialities as a microbiology Laboratory Technician.  She joined AstraZeneca, again as a scientist, [...]

By |2024-03-20T15:35:45+00:00February 19th, 2024|Ion Channels, Company News, Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Charlotte Warrender

ApconiX Welcomes Isabelle Heys

ApconiX Welcomes Isabelle Heys ApconiX is delighted to welcome Isabelle Heys (she/they) who joins the ion channel laboratory team as an industry placement student and will be working with Dr Michael Morton and Dr Kimberly Rockley for the next 12 months. Career Isabelle is a second year student at [...]

By |2024-01-25T10:51:14+00:00January 8th, 2024|Ion Channels, Company News, Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Isabelle Heys

ApconiX Is Recruiting an Experimental Biologist

ApconiX Is Recruiting an Experimental Biologist The closing date for this job vacancy has passed.  Please visit our Come and Join Us page for current vacancies.  If you believe you have the skills and experience and would like to become part of our team please send your speculative CV to careers@apconix.com The Role [...]

By |2023-11-20T12:34:01+00:00October 13th, 2023|Company News, Ion Channels, Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Is Recruiting an Experimental Biologist

Dr Kimberly Rockley Wins Bionow Rising Star of the Year Award for 2022

Congratulations Kim! We were so immensely proud of Kim last night (16th of March 2023) when she won the Bionow Rising Star of the Year Award for 2022.  So richly deserved in recognition of her research that has resulted in the commercial launch of an innovative approach to early seizure detection.  Michael Morton, Richard [...]

By |2023-03-17T11:25:55+00:00March 17th, 2023|Company News|Comments Off on Dr Kimberly Rockley Wins Bionow Rising Star of the Year Award for 2022

We’re Celebrating the Link Between hERG and Whiskey at SOT 2023

Celebrating the Link Between hERG and Whiskey We’ll be at the SOT 2023 62nd Annual Meeting from the 19th to 23rd of March and ToxExpo from the 20th to the 22nd March in Nashville, Tennessee.  Come and help us celebrate the link between hERG and whiskey at our Booth [...]

By |2023-03-15T16:18:20+00:00March 13th, 2023|Company News, Ion Channels|Comments Off on We’re Celebrating the Link Between hERG and Whiskey at SOT 2023

ApconiX Is Offering a One Year Sandwich/Industry Student Placement from September 2023

One Year Sandwich/Industry Student Placement from September 2023 The closing date for this job vacancy has passed.  Please visit our Come and Join Us page for current vacancies.  If you believe you have the skills and experience and would like to become part of our team please send your speculative CV to careers@apconix.com [...]

By |2023-04-04T11:41:41+01:00March 9th, 2023|Company News, Ion Channels, Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Is Offering a One Year Sandwich/Industry Student Placement from September 2023

Improving Sustainability in Our Ion Channel Laboratory

Improving Sustainability in Our Ion Channel Laboratory Introduction Hannah Jennings presented a poster at ELRIG Drug Discovery in London earlier this year.  Her work looked at reducing plastic waste in the laboratory by using assay-ready cells for ion channel work.  This was very successful, contributing to a reduction in [...]

By |2024-04-22T16:39:36+01:00November 8th, 2022|Ion Channels|Comments Off on Improving Sustainability in Our Ion Channel Laboratory

ApconiX Welcomes Bethan Kelly

ApconiX Welcomes Bethan Kelly ApconiX is delighted to welcome Bethan Kelly who joins for a years’ placement having just completed her second year of a bachelor’s degree in biology.  Bethan becomes part of the ion channel laboratory team and will be working with Dr Michael Morton. Studying Biology Bethan [...]

By |2022-11-22T13:17:02+00:00September 30th, 2022|Ion Channels, Company News, Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Bethan Kelly

We’re Celebrating the Link Between hERG and Whiskey at ELRIG

Celebrating the Link Between hERG and Whiskey Come and help us celebrate the link between hERG and whiskey at our Booth #A6.  We’ll be at the ELRIG Drug Discovery 2022 on the 4th and 5th of October, 2022, in London, UK. hERG and Whiskey We’ll be giving away ApconiX [...]

By |2023-03-13T16:41:01+00:00September 28th, 2022|Company News, Ion Channels|Comments Off on We’re Celebrating the Link Between hERG and Whiskey at ELRIG

Minister for Exports Congratulates ApconiX

Minister for Exports Congratulates ApconiX Minister for Exports, Mike Freer congratulated ApconiX for being honoured with the Queen's Award for Enterprise.  The three Directors and Co-founders, Dr Richard Knight, Dr Michael Morton and Professor Ruth Roberts are all delighted that their hard work and determination and that of the whole team at ApconiX has [...]

By |2022-11-22T13:21:06+00:00June 6th, 2022|Company News|Comments Off on Minister for Exports Congratulates ApconiX
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