SciTegic Names Rob Brown, Ph.D., Senior Director of Cheminformatics Marketing.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2002 SciTegic(TM) announced today that Rob Brown, Ph.D. has been named Senior Director of Cheminformatics Marketing. Dr. Brown brings 10 years' experience in cheminformatics and computational chemistry Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computers to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids. and will have responsibility for the continuing enhancements and evolution of the Pipeline Pilot(TM) product for cheminformatics applications. Dr. Brown joins SciTegic from Accelrys, where as Senior Director of Cheminformatics Marketing he developed their vision and strategy for cheminformatics. Prior to that position, he served as Director of their Combinatorial Chemistry Combinatorial chemistry involves the rapid synthesis or the computer simulation of a large number of different but structurally related molecules. Introduction Synthesis of molecules in a combinatorial fashion can quickly lead to large numbers of molecules. Consortium. Dr. Brown was responsible for bringing together a community of over 20 industry organizations to design and develop innovative tools in combinatorial chemistry and virtual high throughput screening Virtual high throughput screening or virtual screening is a computational technique used in drug design research. It involves the rapid assessment of large libraries of chemical structures in order to guide the selection of likely drug candidates. . Before joining Accelrys, Dr. Brown was a research scientist with Abbott Laboratories Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a diversified pharmaceuticals and health care company. It has over 65,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, a neighborhood of North Chicago, Illinois. , working under the direction of Dr. Yvonne Martin. He received his Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. Reputation Sheffield was the Sunday Times University of the Year in 2001 and has consistently appeared as their top 20 institutions. for novel work in 2D chemical substructure substructure /sub·struc·ture/ (-struk-chur) the underlying or supporting portion of an organ or appliance; that portion of an implant denture embedded in the tissues of the jaw. sub·struc·ture n. searching. He received his M.A. and B.A. with honors in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge. "We are extremely pleased to have Rob Brown join our team," said Matt Hahn, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SciTegic. "He has leadership experience in the cheminformatics community and has made significant contributions to the science of high-throughput cheminformatics analysis. His ability to work with customers to understand their needs and provide vision for the solutions will greatly enhance our ability to provide excellence in science and service, in turn allowing our customers to enhance the quality of their discovery process." "As the pioneer of data pipelining in drug discovery, SciTegic has assembled a revolutionary system," said Rob Brown, Ph.D. "The impact this technology can have on integrating and accelerating drug discovery far exceeds any competitive technology I am aware of." About SciTegic SciTegic Inc. is a privately held San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. company that develops and markets informatics software to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The company is pioneering a new technology approach called "Data Pipelining" to process drug discovery data with unprecedented flexibility. This new methodology is fast establishing its utility by accelerating informatics research for hundreds of users at dozens of customer sites worldwide. Further information about SciTegic is available on the World Wide Web at: www.scitegic.com. |
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