Presentation from Metrion Biosciences’ external speaker series, Professor Alistair Mathie, Medway School of Pharmacy, 13th October 2017.

Professor Alistair Mathie, one of Metrion’s external speakers, gives a perspective regarding his research into two pore domain potassium channels and his involvement in a collaborative project focused on the detection of atrial fibrillation (AF).

Extract from our Interview with Professor Alistair Mathie

Your early career involved working with some exceptionally talented scientists, culminating in your Fogarty International Research Fellowship in Bertil Hille’s lab. How did these early days influence you and your future direction as a scientist?

I think I was influenced in a variety of ways, some obvious and others that I have taken time to realise. Of course, the chance to work with scientists at the forefront of ion channel research, not long after the development of patch-clamp recording methods, gave me the opportunity to interact with and learn from experts from all over the world. Both at UCL and at the University of Washington, almost all leading researchers in the area visited to talk about their current research. It is easy to become inspired and enthused in such environments.

Alistair gave the second presentation in Metrion Biosciences External Speaker Series in October 2017, his interview can be found in our ConnectIONS blog article here.