Cresset European User Meeting

Tuesday 8th June 2010

Biopark Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City, UK

Our European User meeting aims to foster our close ties with all our customers, enabling you to give your feedback on our products and services and gain advance notice of upcoming developments and new product plans.  This event offers an excellent opportunity to network with other Cresset users and gain useful insights and tips that will improve your productivity. New this year is a half day of training events delivered absolutely free.

On Monday we will be holding an afternoon of free training followed by a dinner for all participants. On Tuesday we will have a day of customer case studies and talks on the latest developments from Cresset. The programme is still developing so check back regularly. If you would like to attend then please sign up here.

 

Proposed Programme

Monday 7th June

An afternoon of free training with sessions on FieldStere, FieldAlign, FieldTemplater and FieldScreen aimed at Medicinal Chemists and Computational Chemists. These sessions are now fully subscribed so please talk to George about a custom training solution.

  Versaphor training for Medicinal Chemists Cresset training for Computational Chemists
13.00 An Introduction to FieldStere
See how FieldStere can change your perspective on the best next synthesis. Learn how to re-evaluate your composition of matter filings using bioisosterism.		 FieldTemplater for Advanced Users
See how to you can develop complex models of binding using ligand data alone. Get insider tips on how to get the most accurate pharmacophores.
14.30 Coffee Break Coffee Break
15.00 Compound design with FieldAlign
Learn how to use FieldAlign in the design of your next compound.See how to quickly perfect the design of your compounds		 Advanced FieldScreen Features
Learn how the advanced features in FieldScreen can help you to run multiple complex searches and design fragment screening libraries
16.30 Close Close

 

We will be hosting a dinner at Tewin Bury Farm Hotel on Monday evening for all participants. Please let us know that you wish to join us when you register. If you are planning on staying in Welwyn on Monday night then we can provide a list of additional hotels.

Tuesday 8th June

The final programme is  presented below.

8.30 Registration opens  
9.00 Welcome to Cresset Dr Rob Scoffin, Cresset
9.10 CDC25 inhbitor from FieldScreen Dr Caroline Low, Imperial College, London
9.45 Why not use the protein - extending ligand based virtual screening with structural data Dr Mark Mackey, Cresset
10.20 Coffee break  
10.50 Investigations into new beta-2-selective beta blockers Dr Jamie Baker, Uinversity College, London
11.25 New products and features in 2010 Dr Tim Cheeseright, Cresset
12.00 Complementary lunch & live demonstrations of the latest Cresset software  
13.30 Library design using Cresset Field technology Martin Slater, BioFocus
14.00 Harvesting physical properties from Fields Prof. Chris Hunter, University of Sheffield
14.30 Coffee break  
15:00 Drug reprofiling – the development of novel benzoxazocine analogues as potent analgesic agents. Dr Andy Baxter, ProPharma Partners Ltd
15.30 The Cresset future Dr Rob Scoffin, Cresset
16.00 Departure  

 

For more information or to discuss specific inculsions in the  user meeting then please talk to George