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Collaboration for Drug Discovery

Author: Daniel M. Oberlin
Company: CambridgeSoft Corporation
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Issue: 14.4

The modern drug discovery process is a long and risky path where vast resources are committed to iterative stages of discovery, research and testing. Computational chemistry plays a significant role in this process, and the success of a project may hinge on the ability of these scientists to share each other's results and ideas. Modelers and medicinal chemists comprise two distinct groups that must be able to collaborate effectively in a project team. Although quite varied, a typical project might involve between 1 to 3 modelers and 10 to 20 medicinal chemists. Scientists in the modeling and chemistry groups draw on varied background and training but they must be able to work together as a team with a common vision.

As a first step in team collaboration, consider the modeler who would like to share her results with members of the chemistry group. In order to work with these .....