ApconiX are delighted to learn that the BTS Executive Committee has elected Professor Ruth Roberts as Honorary Fellow of the British Toxicology Society (hon FBTS) in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the science and profession of Toxicology, including to the BTS. Ruth commented “It’s such an honour to be recognised in this way by [...]
Alderley Park Companies Receive Bionow Awards Drs Michael Morton and Richard Knight thoroughly enjoyed the Bionow 2018 Awards Dinner at the Mere Golf Resort & Spa, Cheshire on 29th November. The awards which recognise excellence, outstanding achievement and enterprise in a sector that is worth more than £13bn to [...]
ApconiX Welcomes Bethany Russell Bethany joins ApconiX as a placement student for part of September. A second-year student, Bethany is studying Biomedical Sciences at Sheffield University. Her degree is a four-year sandwich course, with a third-year placement in industry. Bethany was unsure if a career in a laboratory was [...]
ApconiX is supporting PhysioStim at SPS ApconiX and PhysioStim will be celebrating their first year of The European Centre of Excellence for preclinical cardiovascular electrophysiology at the Safety Pharmacology Society Annual Meeting in Washington this September. ApconiX will be supporting PhysioStim as they exhibit at the Marriott Wardman Park [...]
Dr Michael Morton will be speaking at EUROTOX this September in Belgium. On Tuesday September 4th at 16:30 in Hall 100 Mike will address ‘Cardiac safety: current state of the art’ chaired by Dr Mark Holbrook of VAST Pharma solutions and Ester Lovsin-Barle from Lonza. Mike will present ‘Ion channel profiling of stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes: [...]
George joins ApconiX as a placement student for the month of August. George graduated from the University of Newcastle last year after studying Biology. He decided to take a year out before beginning a master’s degree in stem cell technology and regenerative medicine at the University of Nottingham in September. George was keen to gain [...]
Katie Cox joins ApconiX as a placement student for the month of July. Katie, a third-year student from Sheffield University studying Biomedical Sciences hopes to carry on with her studies and complete a master’s degree at Sheffield after graduation. Eager to gain experience of a real-world laboratory, Katie took her tutor’s advice and applied. Dr [...]
Why is Time Critical to hERG Screening Data? ApconiX has worked hard to optimise our processes and is now returning over 80% of hERG screening data back to clients within one week of compound receipt. This allows critical decisions to be made in medicinal chemistry on a full dataset [...]
ApconiX is delighted to welcome Dr Karen Jones who joins us from AstraZeneca. Karen, a talented electrophysiologist, will work with Dr Michael Morton to ensure the laboratory continues to provide an outstanding service as the demand for ion channel and cardiovascular safety screening increases. Karen graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in [...]
Cardiovascular toxicity often hinders success – are companies picking the wrong compounds? Prolific novelist and academic CS Lewis once said, “Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.” (Given pharma’s drug failure rate, the road ahead must truly be paved in gold.) When it comes to drug safety failure, toxicity – especially to the [...]
