The official photographs are out to show that it was all smiles in San Antonio earlier this year when I received the 2018 Society of Toxicology (SOT) founders award. I was proud to be presented with the plaque by my good friend and colleague, Leigh Ann Burns Naas. Dr Burns Naas is SOT President as [...]
Ruth Roberts (ApconiX) and Emma Walker (Kings College London) attended the Royal Society of Biology President's Dinner May 2nd 2018 where they chatted with Stephen Benn about the great work he does as Vice-President of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee and for the Society as their Director of Parliamentary Affairs. Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow succeeded [...]
We were delighted to sponsor the poster and drinks reception at the annual British Toxicology Society meeting April 2018. The posters were fascinating with lots of new data on topics such as differentiated pluripotent stem cells, predicting and avoiding drug-induced toxicity and characterisation of cardiac stem cells for assessment of cardiotoxicity. There were also some [...]
ApconiX enjoyed a double-billing at the recent ‘Predictive Toxicology in Discovery DMPK’ meeting hosted by Sygnature Discovery and Xenogesis in Nottingham. Ruth Roberts kicked off the event with the keynote address entitled ‘Roberts Derisking early drug projects Shortened Version March 2018’ (click the title for pdf). Mike Morton addressed the conference later on in the [...]
Team ApconiX (Ruth Roberts, Richard Knight, Mike Morton, Paul Duffy and Claire Sadler) had a truly outstanding SOT2018 with great new science and great new contacts. Ruth Roberts was the proud recipient of the 2018 SOT Founders Award presented by SOT president Patti Ganey. Claire Sadler presented in a session on Elevator Pitch followed by [...]
Ruth Roberts, Richard Knight, Mike Morton, Paul Duffy and Claire Sadler will be at SOT2018. We’d love to talk to you about how ApconiX can add value to your projects through better decisions in project toxicology, target safety assessments and ion channel/hERG screening. Every project is unique and needs the guidance of experts to ensure [...]
Looking forward to seeing everyone at SOT 2018. Ruth Roberts will be the proud recipient of the 2018 SOT Founders Award at the Awards Ceremony on Sunday evening and Ruth and Claire Sadler will be presenting in the session on Elevator Pitches on Tuesday afternoon. Come and say Hi to Ruth, Richard Knight, Mike Morton, [...]
Ruth A. Roberts, PhD, ATS, FBTS, ERT, FRSB, FRCPath, ApconiX, Alderley Edge, United Kingdom, is the recipient of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 2018 Founders Award for 'outstanding leadership in fostering the role of toxicological sciences in safety decision-making'. Dr. Roberts is chair and director of drug discovery at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, [...]
We were delighted to be named 2017 Start Up Start-Up of the Year by BioNow, the northern England bio-medical and life sciences membership organisation. It's been an outstanding year for ApconiX with more than 60 clients across the UK, US and Europe including Pfizer, UCB and Gilead, as well as bio-techs, start-ups and university spin-outs. [...]
Jane Stewart recently lectured on Reprotoxicology within the Non Clinical Development module of the TOPRA MSc course. As the professional membership organisation for individuals working in healthcare regulatory affairs, TOPRA works with its members internationally to enable and promote excellence across the healthcare regulatory profession. This course, for healthcare regulatory professionals, was attended by students [...]
