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Welcome to eFlash, the monthly Accelrys newsletter that provides the latest news on product releases, events, resources, and more. In this month's issue:
- August Feature: Sustainable Science, Sustainable Business
- Company News:
- Product News:
- Resources:
- Events:
- On The Web:
- Featured Videos:
Greener, more sustainable science.
A recent whitepaper entitled “Designing Environmental Sustainability into Product Research and Development” (produced by IDC Manufacturing Insights) discusses the product life-cycle challenges of environmental and economic sustainability—an issue prevalent across all the industries Accelrys serves, especially process manufacturing.
The whitepaper looks at Accelrys’ role as a provider of scientific solutions including Materials Informatics and the new Experiment Knowledge Base that improve sustainability intelligence in the product R&D process. Accelrys sustainability solutions go beyond “greening” products and processes to also address companies’ broader concerns around improved quality, compliance and innovation—without compromising financial objectives related to profitability and return on assets.
In fact, IDC Manufacturing Insights has found that greener companies perform better financially, and sustainability is directly related to innovation in the manufacturing world. Read the whitepaper.
New Corporate LinkedIn Group
Accelrys has created a new corporate LinkedIn group, the Official Accelrys Group, for Accelrys customers, partners, employees and alumni. In this Group, we will regularly post company announcements, industry news and conversation starters. We encourage all of you to join our group on LinkedIn, connect with your colleagues and engage in the conversation!
Improved collaboration, streamlined licensing
New Academic Program Improves Collaboration
Scientific research tools from Accelrys help academic researchers innovate and publish faster. Accelrys academic solutions also give students hands-on experience with industry-proven tools that improve the quality of research, speed the research process and set them up for successful future careers.
Academic customers now have the option to upgrade their Pipeline Pilot, Discovery Studio and Materials Studio licenses to access new capabilities such as:
- Improved Collaboration: Publish protocols outside of their institutions so that external partners can access and use them
- Enhanced Functionality: Unlimited compute jobs and FREE Web clients with Pipeline Pilot
- Competitive Pricing: Exclusive Academic pricing packages with new maintenance, teaching license and site licensing options
To learn more or upgrade your account, contact your account manager or email academics@accelrys.com.
Learn more about Accelrys Academic solutions
webinar: 'Building the Drug Discovery Portal with University of Strathclyde'
Pipeline Pilot Guides NGS Data Handling
In collaboration with Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. (ONT), Accelrys’ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Collection for Pipeline Pilot recently received a Bio-IT World Best Practices Award for Research and Discovery.
Read about the many benefits of applying graphical data pipelining to meet the rapidly evolving needs of NGS data analysis teams, and the unique capabilities that the NGS Collection will provide to users of ONT’s GridION next-generation sequencing technology.
Read the article in Bio-IT World
New Pipeline Pilot Upgrade Assessment Service
Take the guess work out of upgrading to the latest version of Pipeline Pilot, and make sure you’re taking full advantage of the latest product enhancements. The new Upgrade Assessment Service from Accelrys Professional Services gives existing Pipeline Pilot customers a heads-up in understanding the activities and benefits associated with upgrading to the latest version of Pipeline Pilot, based on each customer’s unique environment.
Get up and running quickly with a smooth, risk-free and cost-effective transition to the latest Pipeline Pilot capabilities.
Significant time and cost savings with Pipeline Pilot
New Whitepaper: Quantifying the Value of Pipeline Pilot
When faced with increasing pressure to bring new products to market faster and reduce IT costs, how do you measure the value of software applications? For Pipeline Pilot, Accelrys answered this question by utilizing a proven customer value modeling (CVM) methodology from Axios Partners. The resulting whitepaper clearly shows that Pipeline Pilot customers are seeing significant time and cost savings across industries.
Read the whitepaper
On-demand Webinars
C&EN Webinars Presents -
Bringing the Electronic Lab Notebook to Life for Analytical Scientists
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Driving End-to-End Drug Development through an Electronic Lab Notebook
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Sustainability: A Definition & Roadmap for Chemistry & Materials Science
Accelrys US Tech Summit
This free event on September 13-14 in Princeton, NJ is designed specifically for Accelrys Pipeline Pilot, Electronic Lab Notebook and Isentris customers with enterprise IT responsibilities. Interactive sessions will help IT groups better understand how to deploy, support and leverage these products to improve productivity.
Because space is limited, please contact your Account Manager to secure your spot.
Join us in the Accelrys IT-Dev Group to prepare for the Tech Summit, discuss the agenda and provide feedback prior to the event.
Upcoming Webinars
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Predictive and Analytical Chemistry Tools—Introducing ACD/Labs’ Collection for Pipeline Pilot |
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Materials Modeling & Simulation for Automotive Research & Development |
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Sharing and Visualizing Science for Free with Accelrys - |
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Accelrys Academic Solutions Present: Building the Drug Discovery Portal with Blair Johnston, PhD, University of Strathclyde |
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What’s New in Pipeline Pilot Imaging? |
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New Tools for Identification and Analysis of Protein Aggregation Using Discovery Studio |
2011 European User Group Meeting
Join us in Athens, Greece, 11-13 October, for the 2011 European User Group Meeting. This year’s event, held at the Athenaeum Intercontinental, will feature three days of best-practice presentations, product demos, and one-on-one interactions with company executives, industry keynote speakers, colleagues, Accelrys partners and product experts.
Confirmed Keynote speakers: Bryn Roberts, Roche; Christian Bernlind, AstraZeneca; Robert Wade, Pfizer; Ed D'Hooghe, SusChem
Register before 1 September and save €125.
Upcoming Conferences
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American Chemical Society (ACS), Fall 2011 National Meeting & Exposition, Aug 29- 31, Denver, Colorado. Pipeline Pilot, Discovery Studio, Materials Studio and ELN experts from Accelrys will be on hand in Booth #502 to demo our latest software releases and talk to you about our new Academic Program and database releases . Stop by the booth for a chance to win an iPad 2. Free Expo-Only passes are available at the ACS Registration website using Registration Code: DEN503. |
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Conference on Analytical Method Development, Validation and Transfer: Building in Quality, Sep 14-15, Prague, Czech Republic. Dennis Curran, director of product management, Accelrys, will present “Analytical Science Collaboration: From Lab to Plant.” For a 25% discounted rate, quote the VIP Code “CQ5167ACC” at the time of registration. |
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9th Annual Pharmaceutical IT Congress, Sep 15-16, London, UK Please contact Ross McIvor and quote the relevant code to register. Guest Discounts–
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Recent Blog Posts
- 'Online' Algorithms for Managing the Next Generation Sequencing Data Flood?
- Spatial Aggregation Propensity: New Experimentally Validated Science in the field of aggregation for our growing portfolio of biologics tools in Discovery Studio
- Want to be 'Kinected' to Your Structures?
In the News
'Accelrys' Partnership with ACD/Labs Drives Research Innovation' (Press Release, July 27, 2011)
'Streamlining Innovation: The Role of In-silico Techniques' (Drug Discovery & Development, July 20, 2011)
'Accelrys Integrates MIT Tech into Updated Lab Software' (FierceBiotech IT, July 18, 2011)
'Accelrys Adds Protein-Aggregation Prediction Algorithm to Latest Discovery Studio Release' (GenomeWeb,
July 15, 2011)
'Updated Accelrys Discovery Studio Targets Protein Aggregation' (Bio-IT World, July 13, 2011)
'Accelrys Advances Biotherapeutics with New Release of Discovery Studio' (Press Release, July 13, 2011)
'From enterprise ELN to ‘paper on glass’' (Drug Discovery News, July 1, 2011)
