[QSAR] Call for papers: QSAR Symposium in Memory of Phil Magee at the Fall ACS in Boston

[List for Members of QSAR and Modeling Society]

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 Dear Society members:
 
 John Block, Lowell Hall and I are organizing a QSAR Symposium for the
ACS meeting which will be held 19-23 August in Boston.  The full
Symposium title is: "QSAR Reborn:  Modern QSAR Techniques and
Applications - A Symposium in Memory of  Dr. Phillip Magee."  I hope you
will consider submitting a paper for oral presentation.

Phil <http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/qsar_soc/news/pmageeobit.htm>  was a
long-standing member of the QSAR community and one of the pioneers in
utilizing QSAR, utilizing his knowledge of physical organic chemistry to
model bioactivities of agrochemicals, transdermal properties of
molecules and molecular toxicities.  Whereas it is common to apply this
technique to bioactivities in humans, he showed its application to
agrochemicals.  After retiring from the Ortho Chemical Division of
Standard Oil, Phil used QSAR to study transdermal properties of
molecules.  Until his stroke, Phil was utilizing both his knowledge of
physical organic chemistry and qsar descriptors to model bioactivities.
Thus, it is appropriate that a symposium in his honor be broad in scope
and that it include speakers who develop qsar methodologies and who
apply qsar methodologies to solve difficult problems.  Phil was the
first President of the International QSAR Group and served for a number
of years ion that position. People who knew or worked with Phil are
particularly encouraged to participate.

Appropriate topics include but are not limited to: QSAR descriptor
development (physico-chemical, topological, quantum mechanical,
structural, geometrical and stereochemical), analysis techniques (2D, 3D
and topological QSAR, neural networks, classification methods, etc.) and
real-world applications (drug and agrochemical design; toxicity
prediction; and environmental property modelling).

Abstracts must be submitted electronically.  To do so, go to:

    http://oasys.acs.org/acs/234nm/comp/papers/index.cgi 

nd select "QSAR Reborn" as your topic of choice.  The deadline for
submission is 2 April 2007.

The symposium is being sponsored by the COMP and AGRO Divisions of the
American Chemical Society and by the QSAR and Modelling Society. Some
money from commercial sponsorships is already in hand and more is
anticipated, so we will probably be able to help with expenses in a few
cases.  If you need such support, please contact myself
(bclark at tripos.com) or one of the other organizers
(john.block at oregonstate.edu or halllh at comcast.net) as soon as possible. 
 
I apologize in advance for overlapping notifications due to postings
made in the hope of ensuring a broad participation.  

Best regards,

Bob Clark