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.

Dr Michael Morton Attends Genedata Biopharma Open Forum

Dr Michael Morton Attends Genedata Biopharma Open Forum Dr Michael Morton is attending “Accelerating Biopharma R&D with Innovative Biopharma Data Management and Analysis” at the Swiss Embassy in London today.  The event was organised by Genedata. Speakers include Dr Peter Whitfield, Senior Scientific Data Analyst at GSK, Chris Wilson, [...]

By |2021-09-15T16:23:05+01:00December 4th, 2019|Events|Comments Off on Dr Michael Morton Attends Genedata Biopharma Open Forum

ApconiX Is Presenting a Poster at ELRIG 2019

ApconiX Is Presenting a Poster at ELRIG 2019 ApconiX is delighted to be presenting a poster at ELRIG 2019 titled “Sodium channel selectivity of two anti-epileptic drugs.”  The poster includes research started by our placement student Priscilla Dumenu. Dr Michael Morton, Dr Richard Knight, Dr Kimberly Rockley, Phumzile Sikakana [...]

By |2021-11-30T13:21:55+00:00October 30th, 2019|Events|Comments Off on ApconiX Is Presenting a Poster at ELRIG 2019

Dr Michael Morton Is Presenting at 10th Nanion Annual User Meeting

Dr Michael Morton Is Presenting at 10th Nanion Annual User Meeting Dr Michael Morton, Director and Co-Founder will be speaking at the 10th  Nanion User Meeting on Thursday 17th of October, "Two Years of Experience and Learning with Patchliner".  The User Meeting is being held from Wednesday 17th to Thursday 18th [...]

By |2021-08-13T13:27:47+01:00October 13th, 2019|Ion Channels, Events|Comments Off on Dr Michael Morton Is Presenting at 10th Nanion Annual User Meeting

Is Expert Interpretation as Good as Complex Computational Modelling?

Is Expert Interpretation as Good as Complex Computational Modelling? Come and complete the questionnaire Dr Hitesh Mistry has developed to investigate whether expert interpretation of data is as good as complex computational modelling at the Safety Pharmacology Society Annual Meeting at Barcelona this week.  ApconiX will have copies of the [...]

By |2023-11-16T13:34:54+00:00September 23rd, 2019|Events|Comments Off on Is Expert Interpretation as Good as Complex Computational Modelling?

The Reductionist Approach

The Reductionist Approach The hERG assay has been a mainstay of safety screening in drug discovery for the last 2 decades. Aided by the development of high throughput automated technology, this important assay has brought unparalleled progress in our ability to design safer drugs without those properties that may lead to [...]

By |2021-08-13T13:44:03+01:00July 11th, 2019|Ion Channels|Comments Off on The Reductionist Approach

ApconiX Welcomes Priscilla Dumenu

ApconiX Welcomes Priscilla Dumenu ApconiX is delighted to welcome Priscilla Dumenu for a 2-week placement.  Priscilla will be working alongside Dr Michael Morton and Dr Karen Jones in the Ion Channel laboratory. Priscilla has just finished her second year studying Pharmacy at the University of Manchester.  The 5-year integrated master’s degree [...]

By |2021-08-13T13:46:56+01:00June 28th, 2019|Careers, Ion Channels|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Priscilla Dumenu

ApconiX Welcomes Rosie Tennant

ApconiX Welcomes Rosie Tennant ApconiX is delighted to welcome Rosie Tennant, who joins us for work experience this week.  Rosie will be working with Dr Michael Morton and Dr Karen Jones in the ion channel laboratory. Rosie is in Year 12 at The Fallibroome Academy, a secondary and sixth form college [...]

By |2022-02-15T14:28:07+00:00June 14th, 2019|Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Rosie Tennant

Sophion’s Ion Channel Modulation Symposium

Sophion’s Ion Channel Modulation Symposium Dr Michael Morton will be attending Sophion’s Ion Channel Modulation Symposium, on the 19th to 20th of June 2019, at Clare College in Cambridge, UK. Sophion was founded almost twenty years ago by a group of passionate electrophysiologists and offers the some of the [...]

By |2024-02-19T10:38:32+00:00June 12th, 2019|Events, Ion Channels|Comments Off on Sophion’s Ion Channel Modulation Symposium

ApconiX Joins the MDC’s Virtual R&D platform

ApconiX Joins the MDC’s Virtual R&D platform ApconiX has joined the Medicines Discovery Catapult’s Virtual R&D platform.  This is a unique national network of consultants, private sector CROs, expert labs and public sector centres of excellence, providing medicines discovery expertise, services and virtual programme management. ApconiX specialises in ion [...]

By |2022-02-22T12:48:05+00:00June 6th, 2019|Ion Channels|Comments Off on ApconiX Joins the MDC’s Virtual R&D platform

ApconiX Welcomes Sushma Pabbineedi.

ApconiX Welcomes Sushma Pabbineedi. ApconiX is delighted to welcome Sushma Pabbineedi for a placement during May.  Sushma will be working alongside Dr Michael Morton and Dr Karen Jones in the ion channel laboratory. Sushma studied Biomedical Sciences and gained a bachelor’s degree from Manchester Metropolitan University.  She took a [...]

By |2022-02-22T12:55:17+00:00May 9th, 2019|Ion Channels, Careers|Comments Off on ApconiX Welcomes Sushma Pabbineedi.
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