• ISBN13: 9780854041442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Chemistry
• Publisher: Royal Society of Che
• Publisher Imprint: RSC
• Publication Date: June 19, 2008
• Pages: 342
• Original Price: GBP 139.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 680 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Chemistry / Analytic

Focuses on chemoinformatics approaches applicable to virtual screening of very large available collections of chemical compounds to identify novel biologically active molecules.

Alexandre Varnek is Professor in Theoretical Chemistry at the Louis Pasteur University (ULP) France, and Head of the Laboratory of Chemoinformatics, Director of Master Courses on Chemoinformatics at the Faculty of Chemistry, ULP. He has 30 years experience in the fields of molecular modelling and chemoinformatics and more than 80 publications including a monograph. His current research projects include the development of new approaches and software tools for in silico design of new compounds. Alexander Tropsha is Head of the Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA as well as Professor and Chair, Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products at the School of Pharmacy. His research interests include Computer-Aided Drug Design, Chemoinformatics, and Structural Bioinformatics. He has authored or co-authored over 110 peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters.