[QSAR] QSAR 2008 - Update

[List for Members of Cheminformatics and QSAR Society]

QSAR 2008, the 13th International Workshop on Quantitative 
Structure-Activity Relationships (QSARs) in the Environmental Sciences.


Opening session for Sunday, June 8th, scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM 
EST. Plenary talks will be given by:

Credibility
      Al Leo, Pomona College and BioByte Corporation

Opportunity
      Terry Schultz, Emeritus Professor, College of Veterinary 
Medicine, The University of Tennessee

Purpose
      Maurice Zeeman, Senior Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The History of the QSAR Workshops
      Klaus Kaiser, Principal Investigator, TerraBase, Inc.

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A special session on In Silico Compound Profiling, organized by 
Philip Lee of DuPont and Andrew Worth of the JRC, brings together 
speakers from academics, industry, and government.

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Student sponsorship

ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences and DuPont have graciously offered to 
provide the registration fees for up to 8 student attendees. To 
apply, send an email to qsar2008___at____syrres.com describing your 
interest in the Workshop.

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Reminders:

- The abstraction submission Web site is scheduled to close March 15, 2008.
- Early bird registration closes March 31, 2008.

Please visit the QSAR 2008 Web site (www.syrres.com/QSAR2008) for 
additional information on the Workshop.


Phil Howard and Jay Tunkel, QSAR 2008 organizers.


We gratefully acknowledge the support and generous donations from the 
current QSAR 2008 sponsors

r2 = 0.95 level (Gold)
      The Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (AFMIC)
      Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
      DuPont

r2 = 0.90 level (Silver)
      Environment Canada
      The Strategic Environmental Research Development Program (SERDP)

r2 = 0.85 level (Bronze)
      S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc.
      The Consortium for Environmental Risk Management, LLC (CERM)
      ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences



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