Call For Papers - Combinatorial Chemistry Informatics at ACS New Orleans, August 1999

 The Chemical Information (CINF) Division is planning a series of sessions on
 Combinatorial Chemistry Informatics at the fall ACS meeting in New Orleans
 (August 1999).  Each session will focus on a different aspect in the
 combinatorial chemistry process: from library design, virtual library
 analysis, and automated synthesis, through high-throughput screening.  The
 four sessions will be presented sequentially to preserve the natural
 workflow.
 If you  would like submit a talk for one of these sessions please contact
 the session organizer at the end of each session description below.
 Combinatorial Chemistry Informatics: Library Design
 Library design can be the most critical aspect in determining the success or
 failure of the resulting combinatorial library.  Selection of the scaffold
 and R-groups (reagents) can have a profound effect on how well the library
 members bind to the desired target receptor.  Information-based approaches
 to the design of combinatorial libraries is resulting in smaller, more
 effective libraries.  This session will present novel techniques for library
 design and registration.  Please contact Bob Snyder (bobs (+ at +) mdli.com) for
 further information and submission of abstracts.
 Combinatorial Chemistry Informatics: Virtual Library Analysis/Diversity
 Assessment
 This session will focus on the creation and analysis of virtual
 combinatorial libraries as a means for pre-screening libraries prior to
 their synthesis.  Various diversity measurements will be presented and their
 effectiveness measured.  Please contact Bob Snyder (bobs (+ at +) mdli.com) for
 further information and submission of abstracts.
 Combinatorial Chemistry Informatics: Automated Synthesis and Validation
 This session will cover information management and tracking methods for all
 steps of medium or high throughput synthesis.  This includes experimental
 set-up, synthesis techniques, purification methods for synthesized
 compounds, analytical methods for compound verification, and registration of
 validated compounds. Speakers from industry, academia, or government who can
 describe approaches to information management for these issues as applied to
 their own research programs are preferred.  Please contact Terry Wright
 (terryw (+ at +) mdli.com) for further information and submission of abstracts.
 Combinatorial Chemistry Informatics: High-Throughput Screening
 Combinatorial libraries pose unique challenges to software programmers and
 developers who provide informatics programs for the drug discovery industry.
 These challenges include controlling robotic workstations used to create the
 libraries as well are register and validate the libraries before they are
 run in  High-Throughput Screening (HTS) programs.  This sessions will focus
 on how the presenters companies are dealing with this issue.  Please contact
 Ron Delmendo (rond (+ at +) mdli.com) for further information and submission of
 abstracts.
 Please submit your talks as soon as possible since each session will be
 limited to one half day.
 Bob Snyder
 Director, Chemistry Marketing
 MDL Information Systems
 email: bobs (+ at +) mdli.com
 telephone: 510-895-1313
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