Welcome to Metrion Biosciences
Metrion Biosciences is a UK-based Contract Research Organisation (CRO) specialising in high quality ion channel drug discovery services. We are leaders in skilled electrophysiology screening to support client medicinal chemistry programmes, as well as CiPA-compliant cardiac safety profiling, neuroscience assays and translational models. Working closely with our collaborators we also offer an expert integrated drug discovery service.
Metrion offers flexible business models according to the scope of each programme, with both fee-for-service and collaborative options available.
Leaders in Ion Channel Biology
Our services
Knowledge library
Our cardiac safety white paper, “The changing landscape of cardiac safety’ is now available to download here. This white paper summarises current cardiac safety testing guidelines and Metrion Biosciences’ involvement in creating an enhanced panel of assays aligned with future cardiac safety testing and drug regulatory requirements.
- Alex’s Story So Far…
- Pete’s Path into Electrophysiology
- Discovery of KNa1.1 channel inhibitors – an account of Metrion’s first webinar
- The Ionic Inspiration of Venomtech – by Steve Trim
- The Drug Discovery for Ion Channels XXII Satellite Meeting
- SARS-CoV-2 Drug Discovery: Targeting Viral Ion Channels
Metrion Biosciences
Upcoming events
Second Metrion Webinar – Professor Stephen Tucker
September 16th @ 16:00 BST –
September 16th @ 17:00 BST
The second Speaker in the webinar series will be Professor Stephen Tucker, Stephen holds the position of Professor of Biophysics at the University of Oxford and is also the Director of the OXION PhD Programme (Ion Channels and Transporters in Health & Disease).
Nanion User Meeting 2021
September 29th @ 8:00 am –
September 30th @ 5:00 pm
Nanion Technologies are hosting their User Meeting from 29th to 30th September 2021. This will be a hybrid event with a virtual and an in-person presence (Munich, Germany). We will keep you updated on Metrion’s participation over the coming weeks – please watch this space.
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What are your specific ion channel and assay needs?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your specific assay requirements, we will put you directly in touch with a member of our scientific team. Contact us today to discover more.