Andrew Jenkins

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Andrew Jenkins is a pioneering electrophysiologist whose work has dramatically increased the throughput and accessibility of patch-clamp recording. His primary research focuses on developing automated and reusable tools for intracellular pharmacological electrophysiology, specifically targeting ligand-gated ionotropic receptors for high-throughput drug screening. Jenkins' most impactful contribution is the "Cleaning patch-clamp pipettes for immediate reuse" protocol (2016, 61 citations), which solved a major bottleneck in single-cell electrophysiology by enabling rapid, cost-effective reuse of pipettes—a technique that has been widely adopted for large-scale neuronal characterization. He further advanced the field with his "Automated Intracellular Pharmacological Electrophysiology" platform (2021, 13 citations), integrating robotics and pharmacology screening to accelerate drug discovery for neurological disorders. By transforming patch-clamp from a laborious, low-throughput method into a scalable tool, Jenkins has empowered researchers to conduct unprecedented cell-type and connectivity studies, bridging the gap between single-cell resolution and big-data neuroscience. His work stands as a cornerstone for modern automated electrophysiology.