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2006 Automated Electrophysiology Users Meeting

Thanks to everyone who attended our Automated Electrophysiology Users Meeting in Salt Lake City. We also thank all of our presenters, especially our distinguished keynote speaker, Dr. Michael Sanguinetti, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, University of Utah.

The presentation topics are listed below and most are available for download in PDF format. If a presentation is not available here, please contact the author directly.

Keynote Presentation

  • hERG Channel Block: The Bane of Drug Discovery
    Dr. Michael Sanguinetti, Ph.D., Professor, University of Utah

Safety Applications

  • Cardiac safety testing with the PatchXpress
    Dr. Nathan Lautermilch, Ph.D., MDS Pharma

  • QT risk assessment and the role of PatchXpress: An industry perspective
    Dr. Ruth Martin, Ph.D., Abbott Laboratories

Pharma Drug Discovery Applications

  • Population patch-clamp: an enabling technology for the discovery of potassium channel openers
    Dr. Claire Townsend, Ph.D., Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline

  • Optimization of automated EP assays: case studies with calcium and potassium channels
    Dr. Owen McManus, Ph.D., Senior Investigator, Merck Research Laboratories
  • Integrating high throughput electrophysiology into the drug discovery process
    Dr. Peter Haddock, Ph.D., Senior Principal Scientist, CNS Biology, Pfizer, Inc.

Biotech Drug Discovery Applications

  • Using the OpusXpress as a Secondary Screening Platform in the Senomyx Discovery Process
    Dr. Bryan Moyer, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Senomyx, Inc.
  • Embedded Reporters: Ion channels and GPCRs
    Dr. Stephen Smith, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Lexicon Genetics
  • Compound Evaluation on Na+ Channel Isoforms using the OpusXpress 6000A system
    Dr. George Ehring, Ph.D., Allergan
  • A year with IonWorks Quattro—advantages, challenges and lessons learned
    Dr. Andrew Southan, Ph.D., Head of Ion Channel Pharmacology, BioFocus

Molecular Devices Corporation Breakouts

  • PatchXpress Update
    David Yamane, Director of Marketing

  • IonWorks Update
    Shawn Handran, Ph.D., Product Marketing Manager

  • DataXpress 2: Taking Patch Clamp Analysis to the Next Level
    Jan Dolzer, Ph.D., Product Marketing Manager

Poster Presentations

  • Evaluating The Utility Of The IonWorks Quattro in a Drug Discovery Setting
    Shannon Zellmer, David Printzenhoff, Douglas Krafte, Neil Castle Icagen Inc, 4222 Emperor Boulevard, Durham, NC 27703

  • The Development of Cardiac Ion Channel Screening Assays for Safety Profiling of Compounds Early in the Drug Discovery Process
    Ray Helliwell, Louise Webdale, Helen Swain, Ed Maughfling, Jonathan Mann, Duncan Jarman and Umesh A. Patel., Cytomyx Ltd.

  • De-risking the cardiotoxic effects of pharmaceutical compounds with in vitro hERG and ex vivo Langendorff heart assays
    Liang Guo, Heather Guthrie and Kristy Bruse, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

  • Cardiac Ion Channel Applications of PatchXpress Automated Electrophysiology
    Yuri A. Kuryshev, Jessica Brimecombe, Glenn E. Kirsch, and Arthur M. Brown, ChanTest, Inc.