July 2008 eFlash

Webinars:	Imaging Webinar Drug Discovery Webinar Series
Latest at the Accelrys Community:	New Additions to the Pipeline Pilot Download Library New Materials Studio Scripts
Product News:	Chemicals Available for Purchase (CAP) 2008.2 release Accord Draw 2.0
Upcoming Events and Conferences:	Events and Conferences Listing
Training:	Regional Pipeline Pilot Training ( East Coast US ) Ongoing Training Opportunities

Webinars

Creating Flexible, Customized Solutions for Image Data Management - July 29, 2008
Organizations spend time and money capturing, analyzing and reviewing images. If these images and associated data cannot be easily retrieved, time, money and knowledge will be wasted. Learn how to create customized and flexible image data management solutions. Standardize image file formats, meta data and analysis outputs from numerous acquisition systems including high microscopy, high content screening, Atomic Force Microscopy, DICOM and movie files. A special case study on Managing Clinical Image Data will be presented, including example solutions in HCS and Materials. Register and view details >>

Discovery Studio 2.1: New Science and Customized Workflows for Drug Discovery Research -July 2008
Leverage innovative science with an unrivaled ability to easily integrate any third-party algorithm or a relational database, and develop powerful solutions that are ideally tailored to fit your research workflow. Discovery Studio (DS) 2.1, the most advanced computational drug discovery environment available, features significant new science and usability enhancements. Access a novel QM/MM method for refining docked poses and optimizing specialized interaction motifs such as cation-pi interactions. Learn about enhanced capabilities to easily customize DS workflows with an unprecedented level and quality. Join Accelrys scientists for this exciting seven-part webinar series as they present the latest scientific advancements and usability upgrades available to help excel your drug discovery research. Register and view abstracts >>>

June 12, 2008	Advances in Protein Modeling and Protein-Protein Interactions in Discovery Studio
June 19, 2008	Physics-Based Protein Ionization and pK Estimation
June 26, 2008	Towards Increased Accuracy in Computational Drug Discovery with QM/MM
July 10, 2008	Pharmacophore Guided Fragment-Based Drug Design
July 17, 2008	Advances in Pharmacophore Modeling and Compound Profiling
July 24, 2008	Workflow Customization with DS Developer Client
July 31, 2008	Tips and Tricks in using Discovery Studio

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 Additions to the Pipeline Pilot Download Library

Color Picker for HTML forms. Download it here >>>
Image Selector Gallery. Download it here >>>

New Materials Studio Scripts

Merge coordinates from trajectories by creating an arc file. Download it here >>>
Extract the coordinates of a molecule from frames in a trajectory and export them as individual PDB files. Download it here >>>

Product News

Chemicals Available for Purchase (CAP) 2008.2 release
CAP is a consolidated database that combines the contents of many vendor catalogs into a single, easy-to-search relational database. Updated quarterly, CAP makes it easy for you to search for the chemicals and reagents that you need using structure, supplier and product information. Ideal for use by scientists engaged in activities such as chemical synthesis and screening, CAP 2008.2 now covers data from 139 suppliers' catalogues including Sigma-Aldrich, Maybridge and many more. View more information >>>

Accord Draw 2.0 - Now Available
Accord Draw is a desktop chemistry editor that enables you to draw chemical structures and reactions for submission to a variety of applications including ELN's and corporate registration systems. Supported by a variety of Accelrys applications and SciTegic Enterprise Server, version 2.0 provides support for new chemical features, enhanced usability and new drawing tools.
View more information >>>

Upcoming Events and Conferences

Accelrys Event Listing

Accelrys Science Forum (Heidelberg, Germany – September 18)
Details and Registration >>>

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

Drug Discovery Technology and Development (Boston, MA – August 4-7 – Booth #512).
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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 #29)
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For the most up-to-date info on our attendance at industry conferences,
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Product Training

Regional Pipeline Pilot Training ( East Coast US )
We are offering the Fundamentals of Pipeline Pilot training at our Burlington, MA office on July 18th, 2008. This is an introductory course on Pipeline Pilot, which is beneficial for all users with little or no experience with Pipeline Pilot. The course covers many of the out-of-the-box components, with an emphasis on how to use them to modify existing protocols or create new ones. All basic concepts necessary to create or manipulate protocols are covered.
Where: 200 Wheeler Road South Tower, 2nd Floor, Burlington , MA 01803 -5501
When: July 18th
Cost: $500

Space is limited. To reserve your spot, please register online >>>

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