August 2008 eFlash

Welcome to the August 2008 eFlash. This month we feature...

Webinar Series:	Imaging Webinar Series
Accelrys Event:	The Accelrys Science and Technology Forums - Heidelberg, Germany
Latest at the Accelrys Community:	New Discovery Studio Scripts and Protocols New Materials Scripts
Upcoming Conferences:	ACS Fall 2008 EFMC - ISMC 2008 XXth International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry Conference Listing
Training:	Ongoing Training Opportunities

Webinar Series

Creating Flexible, Customized Solutions for Image Data Management - Four-Part Series - September 2008

As organizations continually capture large amounts of image data, they are often faced with the challenge of managing disparate data from a variety of disconnected analytical instruments and incompatible image platforms. The process of analyzing and reviewing image data can be a tedious, error-prone, manual exercise. Such an inefficient process not only hinders productivity, but also restricts the knowledge needed to make well-informed decisions.

Imagine having a central data management platform that allows you to seamlessly integrate and standardize all your images and associated data. Rapidly develop and deploy flexible image processing workflows that allow you to retrieve exactly the data that you need, just the way you need it. Incorporate your results into customizable, interactive reports with superior drill-down capabilities to perform visual inspection and garner comprehensive analysis. As your research progresses, easily customize the platform to fit the needs of any project with any instrument. Join us for this four-part webinar series to learn how Accelrys imaging solutions can allow you to unlock the answers you need from your imaging data, be more productive, and make smarter, better-informed decisions. Register and get further details >>>

Accelrys Events

The Accelrys Science and Technology Forums 2008 -
Heidelberg, Germany - September 18.
The Accelrys Science and Technology Forums are headed to Heidelberg, Germany on
September 18. We invite you to join us for this one-day regional event to hear presentations from prominent scientific researchers from industry and academia. You will have the opportunity to learn about innovative computational solutions for modeling and simulation, informatics, and data integration & reporting. Attend talks by industry-leading companies such Johnson Matthey, who utilizes Accelrys' SBI platform to support data capture and integration from diverse sources in catalyst process development, and hence build a "Materials Knowledge Base". Hands-on computer labs with Accelrys scientists will be available for you to get an up-close look at the latest software solutions and find out how they can help address your research challenges. While attendance for all of these events is free-of-charge, we encourage you to reserve your place early as spaces are limited. Register and learn further details >>>

Latest at the Accelrys Community

The Accelrys Community website provides the opportunity for users to share and download scripts and Pipeline Pilot components written by both users and Accelrys scientists. Discussion forums on the website provide an open forum for customers to engage in discussion of scientific and technical topics with one another and with Accelrys scientists. To view details and download the components and scripts, you must first register to become a member.

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New Discovery Studio Scripts and Protocols
There are number of new Discovery Studio scripts and protocols posted the Accelrys Community website. Selected new postings are highlighted here:

New Materials Scripts

Upcoming Conferences

ACS Fall 2008 National Meeting and Exposition - Philadelphia, PA - August 17-21, 2008
Stop by booth 211 at ACS Fall 2008 to see how you can empower your research with customized workflows and unrivaled scientific methods. Come preview our latest solutions for Fragment-Based Drug Design using ligand- and structure-based approaches, Antibody Modeling with cutting-edge methods for loop modeling and refinement, and Automating common Medicnal Chemistry tasks with the new MedChem Workbench. At the booth, you can enter to win a Sony Portable Reader System, offering a revolutionary digital reading experience.
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EFMC - ISMC 2008 XXth International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry -
Vienna, Austria – August 31 to September 4, 2008
Visit us as at EFMC - ISMC 2008 XXth International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry in Vienna, Austria. Stop by booth 28 and/or attend the Accelrys workshop on Monday, September 1 during the lunch break, to learn more about Accelrys' innovative solutions for the Medicinal Chemist. The workshop is titled, "Cool Tools from Accelrys: Helping to Automate Medicinal Chemistry Everyday Tasks." Medicinal chemists are challenged daily by regular and repetitive tasks. These time consuming activities can include:

Registering new compounds
Selecting reagents for purchase across multiple vendor catalogues
Collating and reporting activity results from across disparate data sources
Generating and publishing SAR matrices for key lead series
Testing your next synthesis designs against the computational models

If left unchecked, these can ultimately slow down the discovery cycle, increasing the costs of a project. In this workshop, we will demonstrate a number of software solutions which we have developed and are currently available to address the above. To register for this workshop, please e-mail Adele Willacy, Accelrys European Events Specialist.

Conferences Listing
In the coming months, visit us at following events:

ACS Fall 2008 ( Philadelphia, PA – August 17-21 – Booth #211).
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EFMC - ISMC 2008 ( Vienna , Austria – August 31 to September 4 – Booth #28)
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IUCr 2008 (Osaka, Japan - August 23-27)
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For the most up-to-date info on our attendance at industry conferences,
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Product Training

Ongoing Training Opportunities
Accelrys offers ongoing training in Life Science, Materials Science, Cheminformatics and Pipeline Pilot.