March 17th, 2011
Schrödinger Workshop "Computational Drug Discovery – Exploring Various Approaches for Novel Hit Identification" at Uppsala University, Sweden

Schrödinger is pleased to be hosting an intermediate-to-advanced hands-on workshop at Uppsala University on Thursday March 17th. This hands-on workshop will be led by Senior Applications Scientist Jianxin Duan, PhD in the computer room in D5:5 at the Biomedical Centre, Husargatan 3, Stockholm.

Agenda

09.00     Welcome
09.15     Schrödinger Computational Chemistry Today – Brief
              Overview
09.30     "Structure-Based Drug Design Application Examples" 
              presented by Anders Karlén, BMC, Uppsala University
09.45     "Induced-Fit Docking with Loop Flexibility – Application
              to Cys-Loop Receptors" presented by Dr. Evert
              Homan, Beactica AB, Uppsala
10.00     Target structure prediction, refinement and
              characterization (hands-on)
12.00     Lunch Break
13.00     Virtual Screening: Cheminformatics, pharmacophore-
              and shape-based searching, docking and post
              processing (hands-on)
16.30     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 send your name, department, and contact information to Annette Höglund at annette.hoeglund@schrodinger.com.

Preparation

If you are not yet using Maestro on a regular basis, please request an evaluation license by e-mailing Annette Höglund at annette.hoeglund@schrodinger.com so that you can prepare  for this advanced workshop.