ACD/Labs News Archives

TORONTO, December 12 , 2000 - ACD/Labs Welcomes New Global Solutions Product Manager
      ACD/Labs is proud to welcome Ian Dugdale, who joins us from a career in Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). Ian graduated from Queen Mary Westfield College in London UK with a B. Sc. First Class Honours in Chemistry, followed by an M. Sc. in Information Technology from Victoria University in Manchester UK.
      Ian joined LabSystems in 1991 and assumed responsibility for sales in the Middle East and Northern Europe before being promoted to Senior Account Manager for LabSystems USA. Ian joined LabVantage Solutions in 1997 as International Sales Manager and assumed responsibility for their European Division before transferring to LabVantage Worldwide Headquarters as Director of Marketing and Product Marketing, where he repositioned the LabVantage product line to take advantage of newly emerging developments.
     Ian's extensive experience in LIMS will be highly relevant as ACD/Labs progresses further into the multi-user research application area, integrating the renowned ACD/Labs desktop software applications into a cohesive solution set.

MOSCOW, 2000 - Gold Medal Awarded to ACD/Labs Scientist Mikhail Elyashberg
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the State Award of the Russian Federation to a team of 4 scientists that included ACD/Labs' own Dr. Mikhail Elyashberg. They were cited for their pioneering work in the area of "methods of optical spectra calculations and the analysis of complex chemical compounds" The State Award of Russian Federation (RF) is the highest Russian award for achievement in science and technology, and can be given to a person only once in a lifetime. We at Advanced Chemistry Development congratulate all recipients of the award: L. A. Gribov, V.I. Baranov, V. A. Dementiev, and M. E. Elyashberg. Dr. Elyashberg's work now forms the backbone of ACD/Structure Elucidator, and his research into the automated analysis of complex compounds is on-going. ACD/Labs is honored to have scientists of Dr Elyashberg's calibre working as part of our development team.

Toronto, Ontario and Lancaster, California, 30 November, 2000 - Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs), announced a partnership with Simulations Plus, Inc. (OTCBB:SIMU.OB), a respected leader in the simulation of Drug Absorption. The partnership will provide an integrated in silico (in the computer) solution for the screening, identification and characterization of promising new drug compounds. More...

Toronto, 24 November 2000 - Advanced Chemistry Development announces an all-day NMR Users' Meeting on Saturday, September 22nd 2001, as a warm-up to the SMASH 2001 NMR conference. Furthermore, ACD/Labs is pleased to continue its sponsorship of SMASH, Small Molecules are Still Hot. SMASH 2001 will be held in the beautiful mountain village of Breckenridge, Colorado from Sunday September 23rd 2001 through Wednesday September 26th. Details on the ACD/Labs NMR Users' Meeting will be announced via the ACD/Labs NMR Mailing list in early 2001; to subscribe click here.

Toronto, 17 November 2000 - Scholar of the Year Award System Expanded
Advanced Chemistry Development announces that, due to unprecedented interest by students enrolled in undergraduate programs, this year's Scientific Scholar of the Year program has been expanded to a dual stream, for graduate students and undergraduate students, depending on whether the applicant has completed the first 4-year degree program or is working toward a higher level degree. Accordingly, the deadline for the undergraduate award has been changed to agree better with the academic calendar. Click here for more details.

TORONTO, 20 October 2000 - 70,000 Downloads of ACD/ChemSketch Freeware
The popularity of ACD/ChemSketch continues to reach new heights, as evidenced by another milestone: 70,000 downloads of ACD/ChemSketch! The lucky 70,000th downloader of ACD/ChemSketch freeware was Mr. Ulf Hampe of Heinrich Nordhoff Schule in Wolfsburg, Germany. He will receive a complimentary one year unlimited personal subscription to ALL SERVICES on our I-Lab. More...

OBERNAI, FRANCE, 12 October, 2000 - First-Ever ACD/Labs European Users Meeting a Roaring Success
Over 100 users from over 70 client companies of Advanced Chemistry Development attended a two-day session on new and future developments of ACD/Labs software. Talks were presented by ACD/Labs staff, users, and third-party vendors. More...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, 27 September, 2000 - ACD/Labs Announces Collaboration with US EPA
Advanced Chemistry Development has collaborated with the US Environmental Protection Agency (Research Triangle Park, NC) to provide access to the EPA/IARC database in ACD/ChemFolder format. This database will be provided free of charge to all ChemFolder users. More...

TORONTO and CAMBRIDGE, MASS., 22 August, 2000 - ACD/Labs announces it is now a partner of Spotfire®, Inc., the leading provider of decision analytics software solutions. Spotfire will integrate components of ACD/Labs' suite of property prediction and experimental data management software with Spotfire's Web-enabled decision analytics platform, Spotfire.net™, to enable customers to accelerate leads discovery analysis and decision-making. More...

TORONTO, 16 August 2000 - 60,000 Downloads of ACD/ChemSketch Freeware
The popularity of ACD/ChemSketch continues to climb, as evidenced by another milestone: 60,000 downloads of ACD/ChemSketch! The lucky 60,000th downloader of ACD/ChemSketch freeware was Dr. Masami Iwayama of Star Micronics Co., Ltd. in Shizuoka, Japan. He will receive a complimentary one year unlimited personal subscription to ALL SERVICES on our I-Lab. More...

TORONTO, 5 August 2000 - Advanced Chemistry Development sponsors CPSA
ACD/Labs are happy to announce their sponsorship of the annual symposium on Chemical and Pharmaceutical Structure Analysis (CPSA). This unique event features the discussion of industry-related applications. Comprehensive perspectives on industry-related issues and needs, analysis strategies, and performance benchmarks are discussed within program formats promoting interaction and discussion. ACD/Labs participated at this gathering last year and found it to be a highly stimulating forum for open discussion. We are happy to help support the CPSA again this year. Details regarding CPSA 2000 are available at the website.

TORONTO ON, 4 August 2000 - ACD/Labs joins the Object Management Group
Advanced Chemistry Development is pleased to announce that it has joined the Object Management Group as a Domain member. The Object Management Group is a nonprofit consortium that drives the formation of standard interface specifications for interoperable object software. Originators of the CORBA specification, this group also supports work toward the adoption of specifications in many domain areas including Finances, Telco, Transportation, Manufacturing and most notably, Life Sciences Research. ACD/Labs plans to be an active member, making early contributions to emerging standards for Laboratory Equipment Control (LECIS), and Cheminformatics.

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ, 24 July 2000 - Scientific Computing and Instrumentation (SCI) announced the results of their Readers' Choice 2000. Through an open ballot, based on criteria such as value, technical support, ease-of-use, quality, and reliability, ACD/ChemSketch was chosen as a Finalist by readers of SCI Magazine.

COPENHAGEN,
DENMARK, July 2000 - ACD/Labs Supports the US Chemistry Olympiad Team
Recently the 32nd International Chemistry Olympiad challenge was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The four-member team representing the U.S. were (from left) David M. Kurtz, who just finished his junior year at Skyline High School, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Albert Wang, who just finished his junior year at Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas; Charles S. Duan, who just graduated from Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, Calif.; and Luke C. McSpadden, who just graduated from Oklahoma School of Sciences & Math, Oklahoma City. The team competed against students from about 50 other countries. The team members were selected from among 20 contenders who attended a study camp hosted by the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The camp attendees were drawn from an initial pool of almost 10,000 high school students. The U.S. team received two gold medals and two bronze medals. Charles and David received the gold medals with David's medal being the top gold medal, the second year in a row that a U.S. team member has earned the top gold medal. Luke's bronze medal was the top bronze medal meaning that he was very close to earning a silver medal. ACD/Labs assisted in the U.S. Olympiad Training Camp by providing copies of our chemistry software for their usage. We offer our congratulations to all participants and especially to the medal winners!

STELLA, NC, July 10th, 2000 - Dr. Louis Quin appraises ACD/XNMR for P-31
Dr. Louis Quin has recently reviewed the ACD/Labs P-31 NMR predictor and database in regards to their applicability to his work. As an author of seven texts and over 240 refereed journal articles, Dr. Quin is a renowned expert in phosphorus chemistry and phosphorus NMR, and has a great deal of insight into the challenges facing practical organophosphorus chemists. Read his review and see his appraisal.

TORONTO, July 7, 2000 - ACD/Labs becomes Chemindustry.com Affiliate
ACD/Labs is proud to announce that we are now an Affiliate of Chemindustry.com. Founded in April 1999, ChemIndustry.com currently has nearly 40,000 separate entries representing 22,000 distinct Web sites in its database, making it the largest specialized search service for chemical and allied industries on the Web. Traffic at the ChemIndustry.com database is increasing approximately 10 percent a week. We are happy to be associated with the most powerful Chemistry-based Search Engine available today.