March 18th, 2011
Schrödinger Workshop "Computational Drug Discovery – Approaches for Novel Hit Identification" at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden

Schrödinger scientist Jianxin Duan, PhD will be hosting a hands-on workshop at Karolinska Institute on Friday, March 18th, 2011. This workshop - designed for intermediate users - will take place in the computer room Enter, and has been organized in collaboration with Anna-Lena Gustavsson, PhD of Laboratories for Chemical Biology at KI, Sweden.

Agenda

09.00     Welcome
09.15     Schrödinger Computational Chemistry Today –      
              Available Tools and Successful Case Studies
09.45     "Computational Chemistry in Chemical Biology
              Research - from Screening Set Design to Docking
              Studies" presented by Anna-Lena Gustavsson,
              Laboratories for Chemical Biology, Karolinska Institutet
10.00     "Application Case Studies: from QM to
              Structure-Based Design" presented by Karin
              Kolmodin, AstraZeneca AB, Södertälje
10.15     Target Structure Refinement and
              Characterization (hands-on)
12.00     Lunch Break
13.00     Virtual Screening: Cheminformatics,
              Pharmacophore-Based Searching, and Docking
              (hands-on)
15.30     Summary

Registration
Participation in this workshop is free of charge, but we kindly ask you to register at your earliest convenience as seats are limited. To register, please e-mail Annette Höglund at annette.hoeglund@schrodinger.com with your name, department, and contact information.

We look forward to seeing you there!