eCheminfo Autumn Community of Practice Meeting: Latest Advances in Drug Discovery Informatics
Topics: Chemoinformatics, Medicinal Chemistry, Keywords: cheminformatics, drug discovery, computational chemistry, bioinformatics, chemistry
Date: /14/15/16/17/ October 2008, Bryn Mawr (Philadelphia), USA, North America
Web Site, Contact: echeminfo -[at]- douglasconnect.com
Official Information:
Docking & Scoring, chaired by Chaya Duraiswami
(GlaxoSmithKline)
Application of MM-PBSA Free Energy Methods in Drug Discovery,
chaired by Judith Lalonde (Bryn Mawr College)
Accurate Calculation of pKas, chaired by Paul Labute
(Chemical Computing Group)
In Silico-based Chemogenomics, chaired by Fabrice Moriaud (MEDIT)
PDB Ligands: Analysing their Structure & Binding Data, chaired by
Marc Nicklaus (National Institutes of Health)
Predictive ADME, chaired by Anthony E. Klon (Pharmacopeia Drug
Discovery)
Predictive Toxicology, chaired by Artem Cherkasov (University of
British Columbia)
Pre-Conference Workshop, 13 October
Best Practices Virtual Screening Workshop chaired by Barry Hardy
(Douglas Connect)
CFP
We invite contributed papers from members of academic, government
research and commercial organizations on areas of new research and
innovation involving drug discovery research informatics.
Abstracts (300-500 words) should be submitted to echeminfo -[at]- douglasconnect.com by 31 July 2008, and be accompanied by a short biography of the presenting author (300-500 words). Abstracts approved by the scientific organizing committee will be selected for scheduling on the conference program and in meeting poster sessions. Authors will be notified of acceptance as soon as a review of submitted materials takes place and at the latest by 15 August 2008.
Bursary
Bursary Awards will be used to support the attendance of a selection of
academic young investigators at the meeting and workshops. Applicants
can be working in any area of research related to drug discovery at the
postdoctoral, graduate student and senior undergraduate levels.
Contact:
Program: Dr. Barry Hardy, eCheminfo Community of Practice, Douglas
Connect. Tel: +41 61 851 0170. barry.hardy -[at]- douglasconnect.com
