ApconiX welcomes Olivia Turner to the team. Olivia has just finished her second year studying Biomedical Sciences at The University of Sheffield and will be working at ApconiX as an industry placement student until Christmas. She will then join Aptus Clinical and continue her placement until the end of June. Choosing to take the Physiology [...]
Phumzile Sikakana talks about the final part of her Triple Half Marathon Challenge. “I took to the streets of south Manchester on Sunday the 13th of October to complete my final half marathon, making it 3 races in 6 weeks. Honestly, I had let my training slip since the start of the challenge, so I [...]
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 of October at Nanion’s headquarters in Munich. Founded in 2002, Nanion has grown to be [...]
We were thrilled to welcome Jayne Ingram from Axion Biosystems into the ApconiX laboratory to conduct a pilot study using their Maestro Pro multielectrode array (MEA) system and Ncardia iPSC-derived neuronal cells. The cells were cultured for three weeks before Jayne arrived to allow the formation of neuronal networks, which would allow us to assess [...]
A thorough understanding of potential target-related effects is crucial to making the right choices in drug discovery. Experienced project toxicologists extract and interpret data from mouse knockouts, human gene mutations and known effects of modulators to determine the potential consequences of target inhibition or activation in each organ system. Target Safety Assessments are pivotal in [...]
On the 26th of September we hosted a Macmillan coffee at Alderley Park. It was a lovely morning where we all came together for a cuppa, some delicious home baking and a chat, all in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. We had Pimm’s cupcakes, vegan carrot cake, lemon drizzle cake, banana loaf, individual Victoria sponges [...]
Phumzile Sikakana talks about part two of her Triple Half Marathon Challenge. “Last Sunday 22nd of September I ran the Macc-Fest Half Marathon in Macclesfield marking two-thirds of the way through my triple half marathon journey, and it was a hilly one! Although I didn’t manage to get a personal best, I was the 33rd [...]
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 questionnaire on their stand number 307. Dr Hitesh Mistry is a computational modelling expert [...]
Dr Kimberly Rockley and Professor Ruth Roberts had a fabulous time at the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Conference (GRC) earlier this month. GRCs provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge research in science; GRSs are organised by and for young investigators and take place alongside the GRC. L to [...]
Phumzile Sikakana talks about the first part of her Triple Half Marathon Challenge. “On Sunday the 1st of September 2019 I completed my first ever half marathon. I ran the Cheshire Half at Capesthorne Hall as part of my Half Marathon Triple Challenge. I was the 37th woman to cross the finish line in a [...]
