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We are = organizing a=20 symposium to discuss chemical information and open access. We all know=20 scientific literature from broad areas of chemistry and biology = represents a=20 rich source of knowledge for the scientists in the medical sciences = field. Journal abstracts, full-text = scientific=20 articles, and chemical patents are readily available in electronic form = and=20 accessible through a variety of mechanisms. Scientists needing to = identify=20 efficient reactions, new and/or novel lead compounds, compounds for SAR=20 analyses, understand in vivo behavior of molecules, will use the prior = art to=20 facilitate their efforts. = The=20 volume of electronic information has been rapidly increasing and will = continue=20 to do so; therefore computational techniques for automatically = identifying and=20 extracting chemical names, chemical and biological properties, and = chemical=20 reactions from scientific documents will become ever more essential.=20

In the = biological=20 sciences field a large body work has been carried out by a broad array = of=20 computational techniques to mine biological data both in the academia = and in the=20 industry. This has largely been possible due to the availability of open = access=20 to the data. Such open = access to=20 chemical information, were it to ever happen, would greatly increase the = level=20 of research activity in the chemical sciences field and lead to greater = benefit=20 to the medicinal sciences community at = large.

Given the = scope of the=20 topic, the idea of the symposium is to bring scientists together from = diverse=20 backgrounds to discuss novel techniques and resources developed to = address the=20 issues outlined above. This session is sponsored=20 by:

The Chemical=20 Information Division (CINF) and the Division of Medicinal Chemistry=20 (MEDI).

All are invited to = participate and=20 submit abstracts for this session. =20 Please use the OASYS to submit your = abstract.=20 You can access the CINF symposia at OASYS via http://oasy= s.acs.org/acs/230nm/cinf/papers/index.cgi.

The deadline for = submitting=20 abstracts is May 03, = 2005.

Symposium=20 organizers:

Suresh = B.=20 Singh =20 & =20 Richard=20 Hull

Vitae=20 Pharmaceuticals &n= bsp; =20 Axontologic, Inc.

502 West = Office Center=20 Drive = 12565=20 Research Parkway, Suite 300

Fort = Washington, PA=20 19034 =20 Orlando, FL 32826

V:215-461-2048 &nbs= p; = ;=20 V:407-737-7772

F:215-461-2006 &nbs= p; = ; =20 F:407-737-2512

ssingh[at]vitaerx.com &nbs= p; =20 hull[at]axontologic.com=20