Monthly Newsletter: Archive

The highlight of this month is the QSAR modeling challenge to be thrown open on the 17th December, 08 by QSARWorld. Watch out for the announcement in this edition and we look forward to an enthusiastic participation this year too!

Read about the role of NGOs in drug/disease research in our ‘Editors pick of the month section’. It is really a refreshing read, we promise, with hope for affordable medical care.

Our featured article of the month talks about on an aspect most QSAR users will have some opinion on  – on what is expected of a QSAR software / tool, in the context of drug discovery. In lucid language, the article looks at QSAR applications in different stages of drug discovery processes and highlights where we are now and where we need to go from here. What makes the article more interesting is that it is written by a team of marketing people and trust them to give vent to the bouquets and brickbats that they have received from the market, during their selling experience! 

Do not forget to check out the literature section where many relevant articles on QSAR, including those on 3D QSAR, are highlighted.

Happy reading and do write in with your comments and contributions.


Warm regards,

’QSARworld’ Editorial Team

Dear Patrons,

Greetings from QSARworld!

October saw the announcement of Nobel Prize; as well as the ‘Hansch award’!  Though it might sound preposterous to announce both in the same breath, Hansch award is also a very unique and a highly valued recognition in the world of QSAR.  Instituted in 2000, the award is named after the honorary chair of  ‘The Cheminformatics and QSAR Society’ and the pioneer of the interdisciplinary science of QSAR, Dr. Corwin Hansch, Professor Emeritus at the Pomona College, Claremont, CA.  Which is why, we are featuring this news as our ‘Editor’s pick of the month’.  And we wish a very happy birthday to Dr Corwin Hansch. 

On a different note, the award also reminds us of the many ‘unanswered riddles’ in the world of QSAR and the potential research opportunities they throw.  These ‘open areas’ stretch from ‘validation and applicability of qsar models’ to ‘the curse of dimensionality’ and the elusive ‘Reverse or Inverse QSAR’. 

Featured article of the month:

This month’s featured article is by Dr Wendy Warr on ‘Cheminformatics Education’ – a ringsider’s view of the field of cheminformatics and the scope of its education.  The article is as much a wake-up call to the academia and industry as it is going to be a cherished reference for aspiring students.   
 
Miscellaneous:

We have finally fixed the substructure search facility in the ‘Databases’ section thus allowing users to query the databases available in ‘qsarworld’.  

Write in with your comments and feedback and we look forward to your continued patronage of the site.

Best regards,

QSARworld Editorial Team

Dear Patrons,

Greetings from QSARworld!

 We are glad to introduce a monthly newsletter highlighting the features and updates in the site and you are reading the very first one.

New in QSARworld:

•  ‘Editors’ pick of the month’ featuring hot topics in the world of qsar.
•  A fresh article every month on various aspects of QSAR and other related areas like cheminformatics, covering both industry needs and research areas.
•  Site will be updated every month bringing latest news to you as well as featuring recent literature, business related features and events.
•  For easy navigation, sections that are updated that month will carry a ‘New’ tag.

Get a peek into this month’s featured article:

Agreed, there is no dearth of opinions on what defines a ‘good’ qsar model and how to validate one.  But, here is a very logical illustration, from the industry point of view, on what ultimately matters while building a qsar model.  Read our Scientific Advisor Member, Dr Kas Subramanian’s opinion under the title ‘QSAR for decision support’.

Write in with your comments and feedback and we look forward to your continued patronage of the site.

Best regards,

QSARworld wditorial Team