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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:
- January Feature: Discovery Studio 3.0: Model, Automate, Collaborate
- Resources: Events:
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- Featured Videos:
Accelrys Discovery Studio® software provides comprehensive modeling and simulation capabilities for computational chemists, computational biologists, and other scientists engaged in small molecule and biotherapeutics-based research. The latest release is a comprehensive product update that extends our portfolio of small molecule drug design and market-leading biological simulation tools in four key areas.
- Science: New scientific functionality has been added in both the biotherapeutics and ligand-based fields including new automation tools for antibody modeling, new automated pharmacophore generation tools, and enhanced QSAR workflows.
- Ecosystem: We’ve strengthened and extended our third-party network of software partners to include integration with the latest version of CCDC GOLD (5.0) for ligand docking and the addition of new ISV partners Cresset BMD and Molecular Discovery, Ltd.
- Collaboration: Usability in the client has been overhauled and can now be accessed in both licensed and free visualization modes. Looking for a no-charge graphics tool with great functionality for viewing protein and modeling data? See the Resources section below for a description of the free Discovery Studio Visualizer program available with Discovery Studio 3.0.
- Deployment: Built on Accelrys Pipeline Pilot™ technology, Discovery Studio enables scientists to rapidly integrate third-party applications, automate routine tasks, and deploy models to research colleagues—providing a collaborative research platform for experts and project teams alike. Discovery Studio 3.0 ships and installs as part of Pipeline Pilot and is fully compatible with the latest release.
Visualization in Discovery Studio
Free Molecular Visualization Software
Medicinal chemists, molecular biologists, immunologists, biophysicists, and biochemists can now view, manipulate, and display 3D molecular structures and large macromolecular complexes with ease—at no charge—with the free Discovery Studio Visualizer program. Request Discovery Studio Visualizer.
Some project team members don’t need the expert-level analysis tools in Discovery Studio, but they do need a comprehensive, commercial-grade graphics tool for viewing, sharing, and analyzing protein and modeling data in a collaborative environment.
Discovery Studio Visualizer is a new free client offering that lets expert Discovery Studio users share the latest science and results quickly and efficiently with project teams.
New features in the free client include:- Convenient “Storyboard” functionality – Helps you walk colleagues through study results. While visualizing structures in the Graphics View, you have the option to capture individual views of the object and save them for later viewing.
- Ability to generate receptor-ligand interaction plots – Simplifies the key drug binding features and helps you communicate them to colleagues. Easily create and visualize the interactions of protein structures and ligands in 2D interaction diagrams.
- Handling multi-chain sequences – Easily handle and align sequences with multiple chains such as antibodies. In chain view, you can compare chain sequences independently and swap chain orders.
2011 North American User Group Meeting – SAVE THE DATE!
Join us on the east coast, May 17-19, for the 2011 Accelrys North American User Group Meeting (UGM). The 2011 UGM will be held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Jersey City located across the Hudson from Lower Manhattan. The UGM features three days of proven best practices, product demonstrations, expert user presentations, and one-on-one interaction with Accelrys executives, colleagues, and industry luminaries. Register before February 18th and save $250!
Conferences
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PepTalk |
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Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference |
Upcoming Webinars
Discovery Studio 3.0 Webinar Series
We invite you to learn how the latest release of the Discovery Studio life science modeling and simulation solution helps improve efficiency and collaboration throughout your organization in this webinar series.
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An Introduction to Discovery Studio 3.0 |
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Protein Design Tools in Discovery Studio 3.0: Computational Stability Prediction |
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Automatic Creation and Validation of Pharmacophores Derived from |
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Discovery Studio 3.0 /Pipeline Pilot 8.0 Integration |
Recent Blog Posts
- Got Sustainability Goals? Look What Software Can Do — George Fitzgerald discusses how ELNs and modeling software advance sustainability strategies in the lab while also improving collaboration, enhancing virtual design initiatives, and bolstering the bottom line.
- What Is the Connection between Data Models and Alzheimer’s? — Michael Doyle ponders the challenges of decision making in our “Petabyte Age” and the importance of consensus models and informational context in navigating today’s boundaryless streams of information.
- What? Higher Quality AND Lower Costs??? — Michael Doyle looks at how the switch from reactive to proactive information management is moving businesses towards a better, more systematic understanding of products and processes under development.
- The Inner Workings of the Generalized Born Model—Finally Revealed after 20 Years — In the introduction to a planned three-part series, Anna Tempczyk-Russell provides a retrospective on one of the most successful approaches to incorporating solvation effects into molecular modeling calculations.
Dr. John Conway takes a look at how biology is changing the way things are done in pharma, not only in discovery but in driving process improvements as well.
Dr. Michael Doyle talks about Pipeline Pilot’s ability to capture expert knowledge and distribute it throughout the organization.
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