From: chemistry-request at ccl.net
To: chemistry-request at ccl.net
Date: Tue Apr 11 11:20:54 2006
Subject: 06.07.03 Drug Discovery Design & Planning Methods, Oxford University, UK
We are holding a hands-on 5 Day eCheminfo Advanced Training Week for
chemists and informaticians working in drug discovery the week of
3-7 July 2006 at the Chemistry Research Laboratory, Oxford University,
Oxford, UK. The week will consist of interactive pragmatic workshops
ed by leading experts and industry practitioners. We will work through
in detail and discuss practical examples, methods and emerging techniques.
Topics to be covered include Virtual Screening & Docking, Structure-based
Drug Design, Reaction Planning & Library Design, Latest advances in ADME
Predictive Toxicology, Data Analysis & Visualisation and Integration of
Cheminformatics & Bioinformatics Tools & Data.
These workshops are aimed to provide a set of stimulating workshops using
latest advanced modelling techniques of relevance to chemists, life
scientists and modellers working in drug discovery. Participants should
return to their labs with new ideas, best practices and software
experiences to maximise productivity in their own drug discovery research
activities.
Workshop groups will study problems with hands-on examples using
leading-edge software and discuss complex issues highlighted by examples
and case studies presented by instructors. Software packages and an
IT classroom will be used by instructors and participants to work through
the problems. Participants may propose problems and issues to the faculty
ahead of the workshop week and can also bring their own laptops to test
software on their own test problems.
Participants will have ample opportunity to discuss their perspectives and
criticisms of the methods studied and should take-away key nuggets of
understanding from these intensive sessions.
Program includes the following workshops:
In silico Library Enumeration of Synthetically Feasible Libraries
Workshop Instructors: Gyorgy Pirok, Chief Technology Officer, ChemAxon
and Daniel Butler, Scientific Executive, Inhibox
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_pirokgoxford
Reaction Modelling and Prediction of Reaction Thermodynamics & Kinetics
Workshop Instructor: David Gallagher CAChe, BioSciences Group, Fujitsu
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_gallagherdoxford
Applications of Filtering and Similarity in Virtual Screening
Workshop Instructor: Paul Hawkins, OpenEye Scientific Software
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_hawkinspoxford
User Perspective Evaluation of Virtual Screening Methods
Workshop Instructor: David Lloyd, Hitachi Professor, Trinity College Dublin
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_lloyddoxford
Advances in Virtual Screening and Structure-based Drug Design
Workshop Instructors: Jas Gata-Aura and Gerd Rather, Schrodinger
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_gataaurajoxford
Data Analysis & Visualisation in Discovery Chemistry & Biology
Workshop Instructor: Lennart Eriksson, Umetrics
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_erikssonloxford
Predictive Toxicology
Workshop Instructors: Mark Cronin, Liverpool John Moores University and
Scott McDonald, Lhasa Limited
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_mcdonaldsoxford
Discovery Data Mining using Data Pipelining
Workshop Instructor: Rob Brown, Scitegic
http://www.echeminfo.com/COMTY_brownroxford
More details on the workshops can be found on the eCheminfo website at
http://echeminfo.colayer.net/COMTY_training
Accomodation:
We have available a limited number of rooms in college in Oxford and will
offer these rooms at no additional cost on a first-come first-served basis
to registrants registering during the early registration period.
Early Registration period runs through 30 April 2006 and includes 5
nights bed & breakfast accommodation in college. Please book early as
places are limited!
Registration:
The registration fee of 1350 Pounds Sterling includes attendance at the five day
workshop and provision of all supporting materials to use and take-home
from the workshop. The fee also includes a lunch each day in addition to
drinks and snacks for 2 breaks per day.
Registration at the workshop also includes a one year annual membership
to eCheminfo (value 165 Pounds Sterling) and access to the online library of eCheminfo
meeting proceedings (2003-present).
Location:
The workshops will take place at the Chemistry Research Laboratory,
Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
This new state of the art facility provides 17,000 sq meters of research
space to 400 researchers and at a cost of more than 60M is the largest
capital project undertaken by Oxford University to date. A virtual tour
of the Laboratory is available at:
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/crl/
We will use the Chemistry Information Technology Center at the Chemistry
Research Laboratory at Oxford University for all workshop sessions.
The Center is equipped with 30 modern computer stations (25 PCs & 5
Macintoshs) and 7 Dual Xeon/Pentium III Windows 2003 file servers with a
highspeed ethernet connection to the University FDDI. The IT classroom
can be viewed in 3D at:
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/it/hardware.html
For further information and questions on these workshops & training
program and registration, please contact eCheminfo Community of Practice
Manager: Barry Hardy, eMail: eCheminfo*|*douglasconnect.com,
Tel: +41 61 851 0170
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