SAN DIEGO, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Accelrys, Inc.
(NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise R&D software
and services company, announced its first European Science
Symposium with a focus on advancing scientific innovation through
improved predictive science and data analysis. Taking place on
June 20 at the Sheraton Brussels
Hotel, this free event provides the opportunity for scientists to
hear how academic and industry experts are addressing today's most
difficult and important scientific challenges with advanced
modeling, simulation and data analysis software solutions.
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The Science Symposium includes speakers from Accelrys and ABB
(Sweden), ETH (Zurich), EsbaTech (Switzerland), European Bioinformatics
Institute and University of Dundee
(UK), FMP and Fraunhofer IFAM (Germany), Universite de Mons (Belgium), Universidad de
Navarra (Spain) and
Institut de Recherches Servier, Discngine and Universite de
Strasbourg (France).
"Recent years have seen a big shift in the focus of
pharmaceutical drug research with an increased emphasis on more
efficient innovation," said Dr. Hugues-Olivier Bertrand, Sr. Director of
Modeling and Simulation at Accelrys. "Leveraging Accelrys'
deep domain expertise in chemistry, biology and materials science,
predictive science and informatics, the Science Symposium will
explore new data analysis and modeling and simulation solutions
that are accelerating the innovation cycle with compelling case
studies drawn from the European research community."
The European Science Symposium offers three dedicated tracks
focusing on:
- Scientific Data Analysis
This track focuses on the use of Pipeline Pilot and
the scientific Component Collections that underpin Accelrys
Enterprise Platform to solve problems
spanning cheminformatics, bioinformatics (including Next
Generation Sequencing), image analysis, statistical analysis and
text analytics.
- Life Sciences Modeling and Simulation
This track focuses on the use of Accelrys Discovery Studio
software in the discovery and development of macromolecule
therapeutics and small molecule drugs. This track also features a
demonstration of the upcoming Discovery Studio release along with
case studies on the design and development of antibody drugs and
lead optimization of small molecules.
- Materials Science Modeling and Simulation
This track focuses on the use of Accelrys Materials Studio
software in the research and development of new materials and the
optimization of existing materials and formulations. Case studies
will cover topics such as polymer, formulation and catalysis
modeling.
For registration and accommodation information including a
detailed agenda with track and speaker descriptions, visit the
European Science Symposium website.
About Accelrys, Inc.
Accelrys (NASDAQ:ACCL), a leading scientific enterprise
R&D software and services company, supports industries and
organizations that rely on scientific innovation to differentiate
themselves. The industry-leading Accelrys Enterprise Platform
provides a broad, flexible scientific solution optimized to
integrate the diversity of science, experimental processes and
information requirements across the research, development, process
scale-up and early manufacturing phases of product development. By
incorporating capabilities in applications for modeling and
simulation, enterprise lab management, workflow and automation, and
data management and informatics, Accelrys enables scientific
innovators to access, organize, analyze and share data in
unprecedented ways, ultimately enhancing innovation, improving
productivity and compliance, reducing costs and speeding time from
lab to market.
Accelrys solutions are used by more than 1,300 customers in the
pharmaceutical, biotechnology, energy, chemicals, aerospace,
consumer packaged goods and industrial products industries.
Headquartered in San Diego,
Calif., Accelrys employs more than 200 full-time PhD
scientists. For more information about Accelrys, visit
www.accelrys.com.
SOURCE Accelrys, Inc.