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 Sophia Tomlinson

ApconiX Welcomes Sophia Tomlinson ApconiX is delighted to welcome Sophia Tomlinson 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. Academic Career Sophia is a fourth-year student at the [...]

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ApconiX Welcomes Dr Louisa Zolkiewski

ApconiX Welcomes Dr Louisa Zolkiewski ApconiX is delighted to welcome Dr Louisa Zolkiewski who is joining the ion channel laboratory team and will be working with Kimberly Rockley as a postdoctoral researcher using the Axion Biosystems multielectrode array (MEA) system. Academic Career Louisa studied Biomedical Sciences at Newcastle University [...]

By |2025-01-07T11:03:43+00:00December 16th, 2024|Ion Channels, Careers, Company News|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Dr Louisa Zolkiewski

ApconiX Welcomes Dr Katie Newman

ApconiX Welcomes Dr Katie Newman ApconiX is delighted to welcome Dr Katie Newman who is joining the ion channel laboratory team and will be working with Dr Kimberly Rockley on our work around seizure liability. Academic Career Katie grew up in Winchester in Hampshire and moved to Manchester when [...]

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ApconiX is Offering a Laboratory Industry Placement

ApconiX is Offering a Laboratory Industry Placement ApconiX is a team of over 100 nonclinical safety and DMPK experts supporting drug discovery and development. We offer a range of toxicology services including our laboratory which specialises in the testing of pharmaceutical compounds against ion channel targets. The Role The [...]

By |2025-01-13T10:09:34+00:00December 2nd, 2024|Careers, Company News, Ion Channels|Comments Off on ApconiX is Offering a Laboratory Industry Placement

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 |2024-05-15T16:43:44+01:00February 19th, 2024|Ion Channels, Careers, Company News|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, Careers, Company News|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|Careers, Company News, Ion Channels|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 [...]

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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|Careers, Company News, Ion Channels|Comments Off on ApconiX Is Offering a One Year Sandwich/Industry Student Placement from September 2023
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