By Sue Peffer
Q1 2024 news includes two NEW service offerings: access to Enamine compounds enhances our HTS services, and advanced CNS drug discovery adds to our neuroscience services. Also, our latest poster on GLP hERG screening, endo-lysosomal patch clamp technique, webinar, and Cambridge, Ion Channel Forum.
Flexible HTS screening services enhanced with access to Enamine compound libraries
Our flexible high-throughput screening services have been enhanced with access to Enamine compound libraries. We will work with you to design a customised hit-finding campaign that fits with your ion channel’s needs and your R&D budget.
CNS drug discovery: Understanding effects of test compounds on brain slice tissue
With many years’ experience of manual patch-clamp recordings from a variety of brain regions, we can now deliver a more holistic understanding of the effects of pharmacological compounds on the entire tissue to advance your project.
GLP hERG Screening – a vital step in the transition from preclinical research to Phase I
We have had many interesting discussions in response to our poster ‘GLP hERG Assay Validation following ICH E14/ S7B 2022 Q&A Best Practice Guidelines‘.
Demonstration: Endo-lysosomal patch clamp technique
Endo-lysosomes express several functionally diverse ion channels, crucial for regulating organelle trafficking and intracellular signalling as well as maintaining the acidic luminal pH for optimal enzymatic activity. We demonstrate our endo-lysosomal extraction technique to enable the study of ion channels found on the lysosomal membrane.
8th May | Cambridge Ion Channel Forum
AstraZeneca and Metrion Biosciences invite you to hear a diverse range of drug discovery case studies and exchange ideas with other ion channel enthusiasts.
16th May | In Vitro Assessment of Cardiac Risk in Drug Discovery
Webinar presentations:
- Opportunities to Leverage Non-clinical Data in a Regulatory Integrated QTc Assessment
- A Clinically Translatable hIPSC Cardiomyocyte Model to Predict QTc and QRS Cardiac Risk
Upcoming events
- 23rd April | LifeArc Translational Sciences Summit, London, UK
- 8th May | Cambridge Ion Channel Forum, Cambridge, UK
- 16th May | In Vitro Assessment of Cardiac Risk in Drug Discovery, Webinar
- 27th – 29th May | SLAS Europe, Barcelona, Spain
- 7th – 8th June | Cure CLCN4 Scientific Conference, London, UK
- 19th – 20th June | Sophion ICMS, Cambridge, UK
- 25th – 29th June | FENS, Vienna, Austria
- 3rd – 5th July | RICT,Bordeaux, France
International Women’s Day
On 8th March we recognised female colleagues and peers as we celebrated International Women’s Day. We listened to inspiring talks and enjoyed waffles by local female-led business, Waffle and Co.
