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December 2006

JOIN US FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS RECEPTION
11 December, details

Congratulations to the 14 winners of the 2006 Undergraduate Research Competion who were made associate members of Sigma Xi. read more

Dr. Chris Williams
Molecular Modeling and
Computer-Aided Drug Design:
An overview of methods with application
to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Monday, 11 December 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 10
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.

November 2006

Congratulations to the 14 winners of the 2006 Undergraduate Research Competion who were made associate members of Sigma Xi. read more

Dr. Ronald Stewart
Our Winter Storms:
The Science Of Their Precipitation

Monday, 27 November 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 10
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.
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Council Meeting: 4:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room
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Member Reception: 5:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room

October 2006

Our Chapter has received a
Certificate of Recognition for the fiscal year 2006 from Sigma Xi

Dr. Hans Larsson
Hunting Dinosaurs and other fossils
in the Canadian High Arctic:
what ancient climate
change may tell us

Monday, 23 October 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 217
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.
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Council Meeting: 4:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room
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Member Reception: 5:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room

 

September 2006

You are cordially invited to our Second Entin lecture:

Dr. David R. Colman
Evolution, Structure and
Assembly of the Myelin Sheath

Monday, 25 September 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.
Ruttan Room
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Council Meeting: 4:30 P.M.
to be announced
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Member Reception: 5:30 P.M.
Ruthan Room

 

SUMMER 2006
The McGill-Montreal Chapter has a
new co-president:
Dr. Juan Vera
Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

We have new secretaries:
Mr. Thomas D. Lazzara
Ms. An Thien Ngo

Pictures and information about our third Sigma Xi Excellence in Undergraduate Research Awards
are available: Click here.

You may also view our trip to the McCord Museum
in April 2006: Click here.

 

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December 2006

Our December Lecture:
Monday, 11 December 2006, 6:00 P.M.
McGill University
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 10


Dr. Chris Williams

Molecular Modeling and
Computer-Aided
Drug Design:
An overview of methods with application
to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

download: PDF POSTER

The use of computers to aid the drug design process has become increasingly widespread over the past decades. These computational methods, often referred to as 'in silico' approaches, are attractive to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies because they are generally less expensive than experiments and can often access quantities inaccessible by other means. Furthermore, the sheer volume of data generated in the drug development industry, potentially millions of molecules and hundreds of millions of data points, necessitates the use of computers as data storage and data manipulation devices. As a result, there now exists, within pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, established computational chemistry/molecular modeling groups that employ a range of computational techniques in their drug optimization efforts. This talk will overview some of the major areas of computer aided drug design. Practical examples of computer aided drug design taken from the speakers current research projects will also be presented.

Chris Williams graduated from McGill under the supervision of Prof. M.A. Whitehead in 1996 from the Chemistry Department. He quickly got a foot in industry by doing consulting work in computational chemistry for the firm he currently works for: Chemical Computing Group. read more

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