We are pleased to announce the Schrödinger 12th Annual European User Meeting will be held at the Atomium in Brussels, Belgium October 17th-19th, 2012. The meeting will be composed of in-depth hands-on workshops and presentations by key users of the Schrödinger Suite in both industry and academia. Schrödinger Applications Scientists will present recent research projects.
Agenda
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
08.00 - 08.30 Registration and coffee
08.30 - 12.00 Workshop 1: Drug discovery - It's all about the data
Decision support
Project team progression
Project team workflows
Project reporting and presentation
QSAR model building
Similarity analysis
SAR R-group analysis
Hole-filling for library optimization
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 17.00 Workshop 2: Facilitating structure-based biologics design
Antibody modeling
Protein-protein docking (Epitope identification via protein-protein docking)
Protein analysis (Protein-report, Ramachandran plot, residue analysis)
Residue scanning (Alanine scanning)
Affinity / stability optimization
17.00 - 20.00 Welcome reception and dinner
Thursday, October 18, 2012
08.00 - 08.30 Registration and welcome coffee
08.30 - 12.00 Workshop 3: Advanced structure-based GPCR modeling
Homology modeling and sequence analysis
Refining homology models
Incorporating SAR into your homology models with Induced Fit Docking
Molecular dynamics simulations
WaterMap for homology models
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.20 Presentations, session A: Biologics design
Jörg Weiser, Schrödinger
Anke Steinmetz, Sanofi Aventis
Victor Guallar, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Rune Salbo, Novo Nordisk
15.40 - 17.25 Presentations, session B: Challenging neuroscience research
Andrea Bortolato, Heptares; Jonathan Mason, Heptares; Lena Tagmose, Lundbeck
Jianxin Duan, Schrödinger
Anneli Nordqvist, AstraZeneca; Thijs Beuming, Schrödinger
17.45 - 18.30 Presentations, session C: Enterprise technologies
Volker Eyrich, Schrödinger
Matt Wessel, Schrödinger
18.30 - UGM Dinner
Friday, October 19, 2012
08.30 - 10.00
Presentations, session D: Small molecule design
Woody Sherman, Schrödinger
Soumya Ray, Harvard Medical School
Ann Vos, Janssen
10.35 - 12.00 Presentation, session E: Novel science
Richard Friesner, Columbia University
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.00 Open discussions
1:1 Meetings: Scientific and support discussions
Registration
The registration fee is €400; to register, please complete this form.
Accommodations
The following hotels are located near the Atomium:
Alliance Hotel Brussels Expo: ~€150 including breakfast
IBIS Brussels Expo Atomium: ~€134 including breakfast
The Atomium is located close to metro station Heysel on line 6, so it is also convenient to stay in the city and take the metro to the Atomium. Click here for a map of the Brussels metro system.