Kathy S

Biography

Kathy has worked in the ion channel field for over 24 years, and has extensive experience in managing and outsourcing ion channel drug discovery projects within both large pharma and the biotech industry. She received her Ph.D. from the University of London (UK) in 1995, characterising voltage gated calcium channels in DRG neurons using the manual patch-clamp technique. Kathy continued her interest in Cav channels during postdoctoral research with Terry Snutch at the University of British Columbia (Canada). In 2001, she returned to the UK to work on a number of preclinical pain targets at Parke-Davis (Pfizer) and Merck Sharp and Dohme (Terlings Park). Before joining Metrion, Kathy led internal and external ion channel drug discovery projects at Xention (FLEXStation, FLIPR, Patchliner, QPatch) and was also responsible for managing grant-funded assay development activities (MEA). Kathy has worked in the ion channel field for over 24 years, and has extensive experience in managing and outsourcing ion channel drug discovery projects within both large pharma and the biotech industry. She received her Ph.D. from the University of London (UK) in 1995, characterising voltage gated calcium channels in DRG neurons using the manual patch-clamp technique. Kathy continued her interest in Cav channels during postdoctoral research with Terry Snutch at the University of British Columbia (Canada). In 2001, she returned to the UK to work on a number of preclinical pain targets at Parke-Davis (Pfizer) and Merck Sharp and Dohme (Terlings Park). Before joining Metrion, Kathy led internal and external ion channel drug discovery projects at Xention (FLEXStation, FLIPR, Patchliner, QPatch) and was also responsible for managing grant-funded assay development activities (MEA).

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Sciences