[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]

Praha, March 21, 07
Dears:

My name is Miloò Tichý (Praha, Czech Republic) and I
was with QSAR from its beginning. I knew Phill very
well and we had spent various events together when
QSAR was fertilized even here in Praha.
Unfortunately it is not possible for me to participate
your symposium in Boston. I am very glad, however,
that you tak this oportunity and organize the
symposium for Phill.
If possible, in some way, I would be honoured if you
could include my name among all who would like to
express their good atitude to the work of Phill. 
I am toxiologist x physical chemists, etc. In present,
I am involving in work related to usage of QSAR for
predicting toxicity of chemical mixtures and in
activities  looking for criteria how to use QSAR model
for prediction of toxic indices useful for regulatory
purposes. 
My best to you, Milon.

--- List for Members of QSAR and Modeling Society
<qsar_society at ccl.net> wrote:

> Posting on request from Dr. Oprea. List
> Administrator: jkl at ccl.net
> ----
>  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  
> 
> 
> 
> 
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