From Rob.Reedijk from douglasconnect.com Thu Sep 18 07:34:00 2008 From: Rob.Reedijk from douglasconnect.com (Robby) Date: Mon Sep 22 16:06:58 2008 Subject: [Toxicology] eCheminfo Community of Practice InterAction Meeting October 14-17, Philladelphia - Latest Advances in Drug Discovery Informatics Message-ID: I am posting details for the eCheminfo Community of Practice InterAction Meeting in October 2008 in Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia. Please note that abstracts are still being accepted for posters. Latest Advances in Drug Discovery Informatics eCheminfo Autumn Community of Practice InterAction Meeting October 14-17, 2008 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia, USA Conference Link: http://echeminfo.com/comty_conferences Themes: Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery Innovation, Structure-based Drug Design, Screening, Docking, Structural Biology, Predictive Toxicology, Predictive ADME, Chemogenomics Program Summary Docking & Scoring, chaired by Chaya Duraiswami (GlaxoSmithKline) Application of MM-PBSA Free Energy Methods in Drug Discovery, chaired by Judith Lalonde (Bryn Mawr College) Accurate Calculation of pKas, chaired by Paul Labute (Chemical Computing Group) In Silico-based Chemogenomics, chaired by Fabrice Moriaud (MEDIT) PDB Ligands: Analysing their Structure & Binding Data, chaired by Marc Nicklaus (National Institutes of Health) Predictive ADME, chaired by Anthony E. Klon (Pharmacopeia Drug Discovery) Predictive Toxicology, chaired by Artem Cherkasov (University of British Columbia) Pre-Conference Workshop, 13 October Best Practices Virtual Screening Workshop chaired by Barry Hardy (Douglas Connect) Speakers John Irwin (UCSF), Georgia McGaughey (Merck), Johannes H. Voigt (Schering Plough), Lance Westerhoff (Quantum Bio), Zsolt Zsoldos (SimBioSys), Alexey Ornufriev (Virginia Tech), David Case (Rutgers University), Rommie Amaro (USCD), Peter Coveney (Univ. College London), Anna Kohlmann (Ariad Pharmaceuticals), Scott Brown (Abbott), Emil Alexov (Clemson University), Jens Erik Nielsen (University College Dublin, Ireland), Darren Flower (Jenner Institute, UK), Maja Mihajlovic (City College of New York), Michael Keiser (UCSF), Brian Marsden (University of Oxford, UK), Alex Tropsha (UNC), John Westbrook (Rutgers), Howard J Feldman (CCG), Igor V. Filippov (NCI), Raul Cachau (ATP, SAIC- Frederick), Vincent T. Moy (University of Miami), Paul Hawkins (OpenEye), Yulia Borodina (NCBI), Gerhard Wolber (Inte:Ligand, Austria), Marc Nicklaus (NCI), James P. Snyder (Emory), Anne Chaka (NIST), Esther Kellenberger (Univ. Strasbourg, France), Renxiao Wang (SIOC, Shanghai, PR China), Jim Dunbar (University of Michigan), Janna Wehrle (NIGMS), Anton Hopfinger (University of New Mexico), Heidi Einolf (Novartis), Yojiro Sakiyama (Pfizer), Olga Obrezanova (BioFocus DPI, UK), Anthony E. Klon (Pharmacopeia), Artem Cherkasov (University of British Columbia, Canada), Ann Richards (US EPA), Curt Breneman (RPI) CFP **Abstracts are still being considered for posters** Poster Session All InterAction Meeting registrants are eligible to present a Conference Poster. The Poster Sessions will take place in the evenings in Thomas Great Hall on campus, where refreshments and dinner are also served. Poster Abstracts (300-500 words) with Title, Institution, Authors and Contact Information should be submitted to barry.hardy - [at]- douglasconnect.com Abstracts will be considered based on date of submission and quality, and will be reviewed and accepted as they are received. To be considered for the formal program, they should be submitted as soon as possible. Contact: Program: Dr. Barry Hardy, eCheminfo Community of Practice, Douglas Connect. Tel: +41 61 851 0170. barry.hardy -[at]- douglasconnect.com Registration Enquiries: Nicki Douglas, Douglas Connect, Baermeggenweg 14, 4314 Zeiningen, Switzerland. Tel: +41 61 851 0461. echeminfo - [at]- douglasconnect.com More information at: InnovationWell Program http://innovationwell.net/COMTY_conferences http://innovationwell-bm810.eventsbot.com/ eCheminfo Program http://echeminfo.com/COMTY_conferences http://echeminfoBM810.eventsbot.com Rob Reedijk eCheminfo Community of Practice From lcn4 from cornell.edu Fri Sep 26 12:50:22 2008 From: lcn4 from cornell.edu (Lyn Netter) Date: Thu Oct 2 18:32:36 2008 Subject: [Toxicology] eUpdate for BCERF, September 2008 Message-ID: <200809261751.m8QHpGV06656@net.bio.net> Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) The Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research Cornell University BCERFs Web site: http://envirocancer.cornell.edu Providing science-based information on cancer and environmental risk factors ========================================== WELCOME to eUpdate. This update is provided by BCERF to alert you to the latest information on cancer and environment from our program. Find out the details and more by following the links to our web site. ========================================== What is NEW from BCERF NEWEST EDITION OF THE RIBBON NEWSLETTER Volume 13, Number 3, Summer 2008 Download the ENTIRE ISSUE as a PDF file at: This issue of The Ribbon features: RESPONDING TO CANCER AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS An interview with Dr. Elizabeth Lewis-Michl, of the Community Exposure Research Section, Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Center for Environmental Health, at the New York State Department of Health, discusses her program?s approach to responding to cancer and environmental concerns. SUMMARY of the ROCHESTER SPRING REGIONAL CANCER AND ENVIRONMENT FORUM CORNELL CHRONICLE ARTICLE ON THE BREAST CANCER RISK OF FIREFIGHTERS This reprinted article discusses BCERF translational research and our new brochure, Alert for Women Firefighters, on chemical exposures in firefighting that may increase the risk of breast cancer. ========================================== SPANISH VERSION of BROCHURE FOR WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS NOW AVAILABLE The BCERF ALERT brochure for women firefighters is now available in Spanish. This brochure emphasizes the importance of wearing protective equipment, especially Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), at all phases of firefighting, since there may be exposure to chemicals that may increase the risk of breast cancer during firefighting activities. SPANISH (Espa?ol) VERSION (with references) in HTML To request copies of the printed, full-color BCERF ALERT brochure for women firefighters (color brochure currently available only in English), please contact Lyn Netter, BCERF Administrative Assistant, at 607 254-2893 or by email at lcn4@cornell.edu. ========================================== FALL REGIONAL CANCER AND ENVIRONMENT FORUM ON LONG ISLAND Our next Regional Cancer and Environment Forum will take place at Stony Brook University, on Monday, November 3, 2008, from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. For more information please go to: Presentation topics include: - Contaminants emerging in our water - Partnerships in childrens environmental health - Genetic variation, environmental factors, and breast cancer risk - The Estrogen Connection: Environmental estrogens in everyday products In addition to these presentations, during the dinner program the three BCERF Estrogen Connection videos will be shown and discussed. Young women are especially encouraged to attend and participate. The program has a strict participant limit. Please call or email Carmi Orenstein if you are interested in attending, at (607) 255-1185 or cso1@cornell.edu. ========================================== BCERF strives to provide information on environmental risk factors and the risk of breast cancer and other hormonally dependent cancers. We provide information in a variety of forms, helping our readers make informed decisions for risk reduction of breast cancer and other cancers. If you no longer wish to receive the eUpdate please notify the list manager by sending an email to Lyn Netter at lcn4@cornell.edu. Type "remove from eUpdate" in the subject line. If you know of someone who might like to receive the eUpdate, ask them to email the list manager, Lyn Netter at lcn4@cornell.edu. Include "add to eUpdate" in the subject line. This issue of eUpdate was written by Suzanne M. 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