May 2013 - compbio-allhands@cgl.ucsf.edu

[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: superior CADD candidates
by Brian Shoichet 22 May '13

22 May '13

Dear Colleagues, This may interest some of you. Brian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Herbertz, Torsten <therbertz(a)formatherapeutics.com> Date: Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:51 PM Subject: superior CADD candidates To: "shoichet(a)cgl.ucsf.edu" <shoichet(a)cgl.ucsf.edu>, " klebe(a)staff.uni-marburg.de" <klebe(a)staff.uni-marburg.de>, " klebe(a)mailer.uni-marburg.de" <klebe(a)mailer.uni-marburg.de> Dear Prof. Shoichet & Klebe,**** ** ** I am reaching out to ask for your help in identifying exceptional candidates for open CADD positions at Forma Therapeutics ( http://formatherapeutics.com/) in the Boston area & making you aware that we would consider highly recommended post-docs in your labs.**** I made your acquaintance all the way back in 2002 at the Erice Gene-to-drugs xray crystallography conference and we have encountered each other on numerous occasions like the CADD GRC. Furthermore, I have been following your published work with much interest. Your laboratories produce very important results and insights that I attempt to apply & adapt to my own work, particularly here at Forma, where I have the privilege of leading a growing CompChem group (with 5 current members).**** We are mostly interested in candidates who have demonstrated small molecule drug discovery experience, a very sound understanding of medicinal chemistry and how to work with medchemists. Furthermore, good organic chemistry & biophysical chemistry are more important than method development, chemoinformatics, ….**** Forma is an oncology-focused relatively young (~5 years) and small (~110 people) company located in Watertown, MA.**** We are interested in many molecular target classes relevant to cancer biology, including cancer metabolism, epigenetics, protein-protein interactions and protein homeostasis to name a few.**** Computational chemistry is an integral part of our discovery paradigm; we generally only work on structure-enabled targets. Every project team includes a compchemists, who is invested as much as medicinal chemists, biologist and biochemists. In general, we follow two strategies in parallel: lead identification and chemical biology - in essence finding a tool compound for target validation. The hope is to push interesting chemical matter as far as we can toward pre-clinical development.**** This is a brief & simplified introduction to Forma and I hope that it convinces you that Forma is an exciting place to do drug discovery.**** I hope that you can provide interesting candidate leads for me to follow up. **** Any assistance that you can extend is deeply appreciated.**** ** ** Best regards,**** ** ** Torsten Herbertz, PhD**** Principal Scientist**** ** ** Forma Therapeutics, Inc.**** 500 Arsenal Street, Suite 100**** Watertown, MA 02472**** Email: therbertz(a)formatherapeutics.com <dmillan(a)formatherapeutics.com>**** Office: +1-857-209-2327**** www.formatherapeutics.com**** [image: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CA92A2.4F452810]**** ** ** -- Brian Shoichet Professor University of California, San Francisco Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry phone: 415-514-4126; fax: 415-514-4260 http://shoichetlab.compbio.ucsf.edu

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: UT Southwestern Seeks Research Scientists for Bioinformatics Initiative
by Tom Ferrin 21 May '13

21 May '13

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: UT Southwestern Seeks Research Scientists for Bioinformatics Initiative Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 19:37:33 +0000 From: Mack Dressler <Mack.Dressler(a)UTSouthwestern.edu> To: tef(a)cgl.ucsf.edu <tef(a)cgl.ucsf.edu> Dear Dr. Ferrin The Department of Clinical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is recruiting for its newly launched Translational Bioinformatics Initiative (http://tinyurl.com/UTSW-TBI). The Initiative is recruiting full-time bioinformatics researchers at all levels, including postdoctoral researchers and research scientists. Successful candidates will join an active and expanding bioinformatics research effort and will have the opportunity to collaborate with experimental and clinical researchers throughout UT Southwestern, the Department of Computer Science at UT Dallas, and the Texas Advanced Computing Center at UT Austin. Please share the attached posting with colleagues who might know of potential candidates, graduating students, and your institution’s career guidance center. Thank you for your consideration. If you would like additional information please contact me via e-mail or telephone (see below.) Sincerely, Lindsay G. Cowell, PhD Division of Biomedical Informatics Department of Clinical Sciences University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75390-9066 phone: 214-648-2289 fax: 214-648-2064 Lindsay.Cowell(a)utsouthwestern.edu <mailto:Lindsay.Cowell@utsouthwestern.edu> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today.

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Consulting Panel
by Jacobson, Matt 13 May '13

13 May '13

Begin forwarded message: From: "Brown, Rebecca" <Rebecca.Brown3(a)UCSF.EDU<mailto:Rebecca.Brown3@UCSF.EDU>> Subject: Consulting Panel Date: May 13, 2013 3:41:32 PM PDT To: <BPSTUDENTS(a)LISTSRV.UCSF.EDU<mailto:BPSTUDENTS@LISTSRV.UCSF.EDU>> Reply-To: "Brown, Rebecca" <Rebecca.Brown3(a)UCSF.EDU<mailto:Rebecca.Brown3@UCSF.EDU>> ----- Hi everyone, Are you interested in a career in consulting? The 2013 Consulting Panel is tomorrow! The panelists are: Cory Blaiss, Ph.D., Analyst at Kantar Health Leslie Waite, Ph.D., Senior Clinical Trainer at Genentech Neil Sheehy, Ph.D., Analyst at Prescient Life Sciences Networking reception afterward where the people can mingle and network. Time: 5/14/2013, 5:30PM Location: Mission Bay Helen Diller 160 For more information on the panelists, go to http://www.businessatucsf.org/<https://mail.ucsf.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Z06Py7uo7EelPdTT0oztNUEDQkWzI9AI17UG…> --------------------------------------------------------------- Business Club at UCSF<https://mail.ucsf.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Z06Py7uo7EelPdTT0oztNUEDQkWzI9AI17UG…>, join us on LinkedIn<https://mail.ucsf.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Z06Py7uo7EelPdTT0oztNUEDQkWzI9AI17UG…> and Consulting Club at UCSF<https://mail.ucsf.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=Z06Py7uo7EelPdTT0oztNUEDQkWzI9AI17UG…> ________________________________ Use this link to unsubscribe<http://listsrv.ucsf.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=BMI_STUDENTS&A=1> from this mailing list. Rebecca Brown Biophysics Graduate Program Coordinator Genentech Hall S-406 600 16th St. Box 2240 University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94158-2517 (415) 476-6671 (p) (415) 476-1902 (f) ________________________________ Use this link to unsubscribe<http://listsrv.ucsf.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=BPSTUDENTS&A=1> from this mailing list. Matthew P. Jacobson Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Director, Graduate Group in Biophysics UCSF MC 2540 1700 4th St., Byers Hall, Room 408E San Francisco, CA 94158-2330 matt.jacobson(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu> jacobsonlab.org<http://jacobsonlab.org>

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[Compbio-allhands] Fwd: Bill Eaton Visit today -- Seminar Room Change -- now in GH-N114
by Jacobson, Matt 09 May '13

09 May '13

Bill Eaton Seminar – “Transition paths in protein folding from theory, molecular dynamics simulations and single molecule fluorescence experiments" 1:30 PM, now in N114 Begin forwarded message: Hi all, Please see updated schedule for Bill. I would appreciate if you could forward to your labs -- the lunch with students and postdocs will still be in GH - S261, just the seminar room has changed. Thanks ! Hilary Matthew P. Jacobson Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Director, Graduate Group in Biophysics UCSF MC 2540 1700 4th St., Byers Hall, Room 408E San Francisco, CA 94158-2330 matt.jacobson(a)ucsf.edu<mailto:matt.jacobson@ucsf.edu> jacobsonlab.org<http://jacobsonlab.org>

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[Compbio-allhands] 5/16/13 Seminar with Jeffrey Skolnick
by Nicole Takesono Flowers 09 May '13

09 May '13

BBC Graduate Programs Seminar Series Bioinformatics Biophysics Chemistry & Chemical Biology Complex Biological Systems Thursdays, 12 Noon Genentech Hall Auditorium Simulcast to Parnassus Campus S-161 Jeffrey Skolnick Georgia Tech Interplay of physics and evolution in the likely origin of protein biochemical function May 16, 2013 P. Cimermancic, Host BBC Seminars are supported by the Biophysics, Bioinformatics, and Chemistry & Chemical Biology IFM, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, QBC, HARC Center, and the Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology. Nicole Takesono Flowers CCB Graduate Program Assistant AMBER Software Administrator UCSF MC 2280 600 16th St. Genentech Hall Room 522 San Francisco, CA 94158-2517 Phone: (415) 502-6518 Fax: (415) 514-1546

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