The Drug Discovery for Ion Channels XXII Satellite Meeting A global pandemic wasn’t going to stand in our way Nothing was going to prevent this annual gathering of ion channel enthusiasts and drug discovery professionals from taking place. Planning got underway in late 2020 to facilitate the virtual organisation and smooth running of the [...]
Metrion is co-organising and attending the 'Drug Discovery for Ion Channels XXII' Virtual satellite meeting. This is a collaborative meeting, organised alongside partners Nanion, Sophion, Fluxion and SB Drug Discovery. The final line-up of Speakers is given below and can also be found here. The event will start at 8AM PST / 4PM GMT/ 5PM [...]
Metrion Biosciences and LifeArc further extend neuroscience-focused ion channel drug discovery collaboration Ongoing collaboration extended for another 12 months and successfully progresses into late stage hit-to-lead optimisation phase Cambridge and London, UK, 18 January 2021: Metrion Biosciences Limited (Metrion), the specialist ion channel CRO and drug discovery company, and LifeArc, a leading UK independent [...]
Metrion Scientist Dr Charlotte Hill explains how she first discovered the wonderful world of patch clamp electrophysiology and how she came to write the chapter "An Introduction to Patch Clamp Recording" alongside Dr Gary Stephens. This chapter is featured within the book "An Introduction to Patch Clamp Recording" edited by Dr Damian Bell and [...]
Metrion Biosciences are attending the Virtual Nanion User Meeting to be held on 12th to 16th October 2020. Metrion's CSO Dr Marc Rogers will be presenting a talk at the event on 14th October entitled: Development and validation of ASIC1a ligand-gated ion channel drug discovery assays on automated patch clamp platforms. Abstract: Whilst voltage-gated ion [...]
Metrion Biosciences look forward to attending, presenting posters and exhibiting at the Virtual Safety Pharmacology Society (SPS) Annual Meeting to be held from 14th to 17th September 2020. Metrion will be located at Booth # 400 in the exhibits hall for the duration of the virtual event. Our collaborative poster with Nanion Technologies will be [...]
Introducing Damian Bell: as a new member of the team at Metrion we are using an abridged version of an interview by Artem Kondratskyi for ionchannellibrary.com. A big thank you to Artem for sharing this interview and a quick plug for his website – we highly recommend it as an excellent resource for anyone [...]
Metrion Biosciences and International Scientific Consortium publish data and new recommendations for in vitro risk assessment of the cardiac safety of new medicines Part of the US FDA’s Comprehensive in vitro Proarrythmia Assay (CiPA) Initiative Cambridge, UK, 07 April 2020: Metrion Biosciences Limited (Metrion), the specialist ion channel CRO and drug discovery company, today [...]
Metrion Biosciences and Nanion Technologies look forward to hosting their first collaborative webinar on Tuesday 28th April entitled: Validation and optimization of automated patch clamp voltage-gated Ca2+ channel assays. The webinar will feature Metrion's CSO Dr. Marc Rogers. Marc will outline the development, optimisation and validation of a range of voltage-gated Ca2+ channel assays on [...]
Metrion Biosciences and LifeArc extend ion channel drug discovery collaboration to accelerate neuroscience-focused research Initial twelve month collaboration successfully identifies hit compounds and progresses into hit-to-lead optimisation phase Cambridge and London, UK, 03 December 2019: Metrion Biosciences Limited (Metrion), the specialist ion channel CRO and drug discovery company, and LifeArc, a leading UK independent medical [...]
