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350
scientists from academia and pharmaceutical industry gathered in Duesseldorf
from August 27 through September 1, 2000 for the 13th European QSAR
Symposium.
The
conference under the subtitle “Rational Approaches to Drug Design” took
place at the Heinrich-Heine Universität. The program was opened on Sunday
evening by an inaugural lecture given by Prof.Camille Wermuth (Strasbourg). His
talk entitled “The Impact of QSAR and CAMD Methods on Drug Design” was based
on his own experiences from thirty years of scientific work in medicinal
chemistry and focussed on the synergistic effects of theoretical and
experimental methods in the search for new and active drug molecules. The
conference programme was divided into eight sessions which each was opened by an
invited lecture delivered by an internationally well renowned expert in the
particular field:
 | Protein
Modelling, Rebecca Wade, EMBL Heidelberg
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| Knowledge-based
Methods in Bioinformatics, Manfred Sippl, Universität Salzburg
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| QM/MM
Embedding Methods, Tim Clark, Universität Erlangen
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| Superposition
and Alignment Strategies, Christian Lemmen, Dupont Pharmaceutical Research
Labs, San Diego
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| New
Developments and Applications in Chemometrics, Gabriele Cruciani, Universita
di Perugia
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| Synthesis
Planning and Combinatorial Libraries, Andrew Leach, Glaxo Wellcome Research
and Development, Stevenage
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| High-Throughput
Structure-Based Design, Hans-Joachim Böhm, Hoffmann-LaRoche Basel
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| Data
Mining, Johann Gasteiger, Universität Erlangen
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In
addition 30 selected short oral communications were given, scanning a large part
of the actual problems encountered in theoretical drug design. 140 posters
presented in two poster sessions completed the program. The discussion after the
lectures, in the coffee breaks or in front of the posters set a lively frame for
an extremely interesting and scientifically dense meeting. In the exhibition
organised with the symposium eight software and hardware vendors were giving an
overview on their newest products.
The
social program featured an organ concert, an Italian style open air reception
and an excursion to the remnants of the heavy industry of the famous Ruhr
district. The conference dinner which as always was the highlight of the
non-scientific part of the program took place with a view on the river Rhine and
did benefit as all other events from the pleasant weather situation.
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Updated: March 15, 2001
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