Chemoinformatics Research Group
Our work in chemoinfomatics and bioinformatics involves the development of new algorithmic techniques for processing databases of chemical and biological structures, with much of it being carried out in collaboration with pharmaceutical and agrochemical companies, as well as other academic departments in the University of Sheffield (including Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, Chemistry, and Molecular Biology and Biotechnology). Previous chemoinformatics research has included methods for 2D and 3D substructure searching, chemical reaction indexing, pharmacophore analysis, ligand docking, and chemical patents.
Current research focuses on three main areas: molecular similarity measures; the analysis of molecular diversity and the design of combinatorial libraries; and the representation and searching of biological macromolecules (this work being carried out as part of a long-established collaboration with Dr Peter Artymiuk´s protein crystallography group). We have particular expertise in algorithmic technqiues such as data mining, graph theory and evolutionary computing.
Three-day Course - A Practical Introduction to Chemoinformatics
12th-15th June 2012
The Sheffield Research Group will be running its 3-day course on chemoinformatics, entitled 'A Practical Introduction to Chemoinformatics'. The course will take place in the Information School from the evening of Tuesday 12th June until lunchtime on Friday 15th June.
Sixth Joint Sheffield Conference on Chemoinformatics
22nd-24th July 2013
The Sixth Joint Sheffield Conference on Chemoinformatics, 22-24 July 2013. The conference will be held at The University of Sheffield, UK.
The meeting is being sponsored by the Chemical Structure Association Trust and the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society. The call for papers will be announced in the autumn and further details will be placed on the conference web site.
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