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19 – 21 August 200919 – 21 August 200919 – 21 August 200919 – 21 August 2009

A Three-day Conference and (Hands-on) Workshop

On Drug Info & Design Methods

A Three-day Conference and (Hands-on) Workshop

On Drug Info & Design Methods

Venue: St. Albert’s College (Mahatma Gandhi University) Ernakulam, Cochin

Venue: St. Albert’s College (Mahatma Gandhi University) Ernakulam, Cochin

The registration fee will cover the conference proceedings, welcome-kit & stationery,

lunch and coffee breaks.

Contact address for mailing your registrations:

T.K.Manojkumar,( Accademic), Convenor,IIITM-K, Technopark, E-mail: [email protected],

Dr. Prince Xavier,( Industry), deNovo Drugs, Bangalore, E-mail:[email protected]

The registration deadline is 15th July, 2009 The registration deadline is 15th July, 2009

Scientific Advisory Board

Confirmed Speakers

1. Prof. M. S. Gopinathan, IISER, Trivandrum

2. Prof. Johann Gasteiger, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Molecular Networks, Germany

3. Dr. Karthikeyan, NCL, Pune

4. Prof. E. D. Jemmis, IISER, Trivandrum

1. Prof. M. S. Gopinathan, IISER, Trivandrum

2. Dr. Andreas Bender, Leiden / Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, The Netherlands

3. Dr. Manojkumar T.K., IIITM-K, Trivandrum

4. Dr. Prince Xavier, deNovo Drugs, Bangalore

5. Dr Munikumarreddy Doddareddy, Leiden / Amsterdam Center for Drug Research

6. Dr. Sasidhar Rao, Schrodinger Inc.

7. R. Raghu, Director - BD, Schrodinger

Scientific Advisory Board

Confirmed Speakers

Jointly Hosted by

Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Trivandrum

and deNovo Drugs, Bangalore

Jointly Hosted by

Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Trivandrum

and deNovo Drugs, Bangalore

Conference objective is to exchange ideas across discipline boundaries of computational chemistry, chemoinformatics,

chemogenomics, including latest advances in computational approaches to drug discovery innovation. The conference aims to

bring together industrialists, researches, teachers and students interested in computational methods and to assess and publicize

the latest methodological advances and challenges underlying modern drug discovery.

Theme

Learn

Diagnose

Benchmark

Analyse

Gain

Optimise

Foster

Overcome

the best practices of chemistry information handling and database integration in R&D, to enhance processing power and

workflow efficiencies for seamless decision-making in shorter timeframe.

current and future developments on how chemogenomics and chemoinformatics could help in assimilating data from

laboratory bench to drug development in the most time-effective and functional manner.

against the most efficient & cost effective drug design approaches and chemoinformatics deployment.

and discuss major challenges of chemoinformatics integration in key drug design processes.

winning strategies in chemistry knowledge management, from effective scientific data storage, analysis, sharing,

organisation and utilisation to optimise cross functional productivity and creativity.

laboratory data management through effective and integrated communication system, to achieve maximum

accessibility across different functional groups.

discussions to discover user-friendly chemogenomics and chemoinformatics R&D solutions that requires minimum

maintenance.

current bottlenecks in Life Science research community, by learning from your peers on how they overcome resource

deficiency within the organisation and industry.

Pre-registration is required to attend the conference and workshop. You may send a plain paper application to the contact address

given below, showing your interest to participate in the conference and/or workshop, along with a DD for the appropriate amount,

favouring ‘The Director, IIITM-K, Technopark, Trivandrum.

Relevance & Key Benefits

Registration

Conference Sessions Conference Sessions

Day 1: 19th August 2009

Session 1 - Forenoon:

Databases and Data Sources in Chemistry; Chemoinformatics & Chemogenomics Approaches To Drug

DiscoverySession 2 - Forenoon: Molecular Mechanics and Hybrid QM/MM Methods in Modern Drug Discovery

ResearchSession 3 - Afternoon: Introduction to Computational Quantum Chemistry

Session 4 - Afternoon: Protein Target to Drug Molecule: Drug Evolution, Development of Drug Research, Drug Design

Strategies, QSAR, Virtual Screening/ Docking.

Day 1: 19th August 2009

Session 1 - Forenoon:

DiscoverySession 2 - Forenoon:

ResearchSession 3 - Afternoon:

Session 4 - Afternoon: Target to Drug Molecule:

Day 2: 20th August 2009

Session 5 - Forenoon: Predictive ADME/Toxicology, Cheminformatics Approaches to Toxicity Prediction

Session 6 - Forenoon: Drug Discovery Informatics: Combinatorial Chemistry using Computers, Chemistry and Drug

Information on the Internet.

Session 7 - Afternoon: Workshop Tutorial / Hands-on Training on Chemoinformatics and Drug Design softwares.

Day 2: 20th August 2009

Session 5 - Forenoon:

Session 6 - Forenoon:

Session 7 - Afternoon:

Day 3: 21st August 2009

Session 8 - Forenoon: Workshop Tutorial / Hands-on Training on Drug Design softwares.

Session 9 - Afternoon: Workshop Tutorial / Hands-on Training on Drug Design softwares.

Day 3: 21st August 2009

Session 8 - Forenoon:

Session 9 - Afternoon:

Resource Persons Resource Persons