Drug Design in India, Malaria Focus - we are taking the eCheminfo drug design workshop activities we have developed in Oxford in recent years to India in January.
The work will be hands-on using a variety of methods and software to design drug candidates with a focus on anti-malarial design. This will launch an expanded effort across partners in 2015 for the Scientists Against Malaria initiative.
We are looking forward to teaming up with researchers in India and elsewhere with this collaboration development!
More information on the program:
The Scientists Against Malaria (SAM) initiative was formed with the goal of designing novel drug candidates against malaria (http://www.scientistsagainstmalaria.net/). During its first phase participants progressed target selection and modelling, computational screening, biological materials and assay preparation, through to the completion of initial experimental testing in the laboratory. The project has been initially focused on parastic kinases as novel targets for the potential development of a new class of anti-malaria drugs.
SAM is now being expanded as case study work supported by the eCheminfo community of practice which brings practitioners together with interests in the development and application of drug design methods. eCheminfo workshops provide an opportunity for scientists to participate in the modelling and design of libraries of molecules as potential lead candidates.
The next eCheminfo community of practice activity will involve a hands-on drug discovery workshop taking place in Oxford the week of 21 - 25 July. This workshop activity was initiated in 2006 to provide a setting where participants could learn and apply computational methods to drug design.
As in previous workshops the emphasis is on problem solving, practical hands-on use of methods and software, and working together throughout the week. In addition to the faculty-guided learning and exercises, this year's workshop will also offer a neglected disease case study focused on the discovery of new inhibitors of malarial kinases. Different methods will be applied to malarial proteins throughout the week to build and refine protein structures, carry out virtual screening, examine protein-drug interactions, form consensus models and include molecular properties such as potential toxic liabilities.
We will make use of OpenTox resources and applications in generating evidence on potential toxic liabilities in the decision making framework.
More information on the program is available at http://www.douglasconnect.com/events/echeminfo-2014
The OpenTox Euro 2014 meeting takes place 22 - 24 September in Athens, Greece. The meeting will be co-sponsored by ToxBank and eNanoMapper.
The theme of this year's meeting is industrial and regulatory application of predictive toxicology and includes sessions on read across, integrated testing strategies, systems biology, metabolism, nano safety, data resource management, visualisation and analysis.
The meeting program will include reviewed abstracts for talks and posters and interactive workshop activities and knowledge café discussions.
Information on the meeting including registration, abstract submission, and program and location information can be found at:
http://www.douglasconnect.com/event/opentox-euro-2014
and on the meeting brochure:
https://www.douglasconnect.com/opentoxeuro14_flyer.pdf
Abstracts for consideration for the program should be submitted through the submission form found at:
http://events.douglasconnect.com/?q=abstract-submission-opentox-europe-2014
Please NOTE: Early registration and a reduced rate is open through 31 May.
http://events.douglasconnect.com/?q=content/registration-opentox-euro-2014
On behalf of the OpenTox Euro 2014 Organising Committee,
we look forward to seeing you in Athens,
Dr. Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect) and Assoc. Prof. Haralambos Sarimveis
(National Technical University of Athens)
I heard the sad news of your sudden death today Patrik. We will miss your science, your fun and your company. We will remember the good times. Below we are setting out on what became a tradition at eCheminfo summer workshops in Oxford: the start of the week evening punting trip, this one in 2009.
Your RIP Notice:
http://www.familjesidan.se/details/381613
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