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ChemBioDraw improves workflow at Rohm & Haas |
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ChemBioDraw provides the same user-friendly and familiar interface that users are used to. CambridgeSoft has managed to continually improve ChemDraw while keeping it intuitive, and the latest version is no exception. But while the look is essentially the same, there are some new features and welcome improvements. |
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The templates have been expanded to include carbon nanotubes and fullerenes, reflecting the interest that these types of compounds have generated recently. Biologists and biochemist are not forgotten and they will find a sequence icon, which lets you quickly draw schematic of peptide, DNA or RNA sequences. You can also create your own templates and they will appear in this menu.
Other toolbar icons that have appeared in recent versions of ChemDraw that I love to use are the TLC drawing tool (easier, more accurate, and clearer than my hand-drawings) and the perspective tool (more realistic view of the molecule without opening Chem3D). Another nice feature is the Chemical Property window, found in the dropdown menu under View. This window shows the calculated values for a series of relevant physical properties of the selected molecule, such as boiling and melting point, critical pressure and volume, heat of formation and more. Chem3D has undergone significant changes over the years. While the interface remains familiar, the capabilities have carried Chem3D from a simple 3D molecular viewer in the early versions to an advanced modeling and computational software. This is what actually drove my interest for a review of this recent version of ChemOffic! e Ultra, as it includes and provides a front-interface for GAMESS, the ab-initio quantum chemistry program.
Users of previous versions of ChemOffice will be at ease with this new release. The user-friendliness of the software that has been part of the success of ChemOffice over the years has been maintained and the familiar interface will make the transition seamless.
Read more about ChemBioDraw at Rohm & Haas
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Drug Discovery Patent Searching |
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Patent searching has become a vital part of drug discovery, product development and competitive analysis and there is a reason why many scientists and researchers are now avidly performing searches of patent databases. Patents contain a wealth of scientific and technical information. Patent applications and patents are often published before any other type of scientific publication. |
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The value of patents include the capability to:
- Identify trends and developments in a specified field of technology
- Discover new product lines which can be licensed from the patentee or used without needing a license
- Find information that avoids duplication of research
- Identify unproductive avenues of inquiry by learning the current state of the art
- Track the work of particular individuals or companies examining patents they have been granted
- Find solutions to technical problems
- Gain new ideas for research in a particular field
Because of all this searching patents and patent applications has become a critical part of the act of doing research and is not just relegated to the legal department. As a result, scientists are joining legal experts in the search through millions of patent documents to find compounds of interest.
The CambridgeSoft Patent Database will initially provide access to United States granted patents and applications. European and WO patent and application data will be added in the future.
Read more about Patent Searching with CambridgeSoft
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Supporting an Informatics Enterprise Workflow |
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Experimental workflows cut across multiple boundaries. A single experimental workflow may involve both Chemistry and Biology. In addition, more and more collaborative work across departments is occurring — for example, bridging Discovery with Analytical Chemistry or Methods development with QC/Manufacturing. |
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At the beginning of any experiment, scientists have a need to identify the data set they are working with and identify particular items of interest. The ability to link data in different databases together through common metadata is quite valuable and allows the scientist to better identify compounds or other substances that may be of value. This holds true whether the company designs its own compounds, purchases compounds from an outside source, or is working with an already predefined compound set.
The ChemBioViz application provides an excellent method of connecting these data types and visualizing them in a way that helps identify valuable data. The ChemBioViz application is also directly integrated with ChemBioDraw such that after a compound of interest is identified, a user can launch ChemBioDraw directly. At this point, the user can use ChemBioDraw to either determine strategies for synthesizing the compound, perform predictive modeling to identify how the compound will behave under certain types of analysis, or otherwise modify the compound to suit the investigators needs.
The CambridgeSoft Enterprise Decision Support platform provides a solid integrated base from which to establish a global scale informatics strategy. The fully integrated components promote seamless data transfer and simplicity while eliminating the need to manage integration between disparate applications.
Read the full Workflow article
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Reviewers solicited
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We are in search of reviewers to put CambridgeSoft products to the test. Of particular interest to us are comments on our newest release of ChemBioFinder, BioOffice, BioDraw, BioAssay, BioViz, Inventory, E-Notebook, and ChemACX. If you are up to the challenge, please contact our reviews department at reviews@cambridgesoft.com. Approved applicants will be eligible to receive free software in order to write the review. In addition, you will receive a free t-shirt if your story appears online or in print.
Apply by email to reviews@cambridgesoft.com |
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