QSAR - QSAR: Computer-Aided Drug Design Program, San Diego CA

Comprehensive Program in Computer-Aided Drug Design at University of
California, San Diego
February 10-14, 2003
San Diego, California
http://bioscience.ucsd.edu/CADDSS.html

Computational tools have become increasingly important in the drug discovery
and design processes. Methods from computational chemistry are used
routinely to study drug-receptor complexes in atomic detail and to calculate
properties of small molecule drug candidates. Tools from information
sciences and statistics are increasingly essential to help organize and
manage the huge chemical and biological activity databases that all
pharmaceutical companies now possess, and to make optimal use of these
databases.

This intensive 1-week program will provide an overview of computational
techniques and application areas of importance in contemporary drug design
programs, with an emphasis on practical aspects, and the usefulness and
limitations of CADD in current industrial research, addressing topics such
as:

* Overall new drug development strategies.
* Integrating CADD into your company's overall drug discovery process
for optimum impact.
* Potential contributions and pitfalls.
* Factors favoring and inhibiting successful CADD contributions.
* CADD usefulness and effectiveness metrics.
* Likely evolution and forcing functions in near-term CADD
methodologies and its impact on the development of new and better drugs.

For Details, visit: http://bioscience.ucsd.edu/CADDSS.html.

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Elizabeth Hickman
Program Representative
Department of Bioscience
UCSD Extension
9500 Gilman Drive
Mail Code: 0170S
La Jolla, CA 92093-0170S

Phone: 858-964-1347
FAX: 858-964-1301
ehickman===ucsd.edu
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