20.08.2012 • NewsFIZ ChemieACS

CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence goes to Christin Schärfer, Tu C. Le und Rodolpho C. Braga

Christin Schäfer, one of three winners of the CINF Scholarship for Scientific...
Christin Schäfer, one of three winners of the "CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence" (Foto: University of Hamburg)

On Sunday, August 19th at the 244th ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Christin Schärfer, Tu C. Le and Rodolpho C. Braga were announced the winners of this year´s "CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence" sponsored by the German Chemistry information centre FIZ Chemie. The scholarship program of the Division of Chemical Information (CINF) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) promotes advancements in the field of computer-aided chemical information. It is given to junior scientists who deliver exceptional research contributions to support computer-aided chemical preparation, research collaboration and the use of specialized knowledge. The award is endowed with $ 1000.00 each.

The recipients and their winning contributions:

Torsion Fingerprint Deviation: A novel measure to compare small molecule conformations"
Christin Schärfer
University of Hamburg, Center for Bioinformatics (ZBH), Germany

Predicting complex phase behaviour of lyotropic liquid crystals in crystallographic screens"
Tu C. Le

CSIRO, Materials Science and Engineering, Australia

Integrated chemoinformatics approaches to virtual screening in the search of new lead compounds against Leishmania"
Rodolpho C. Braga
Praça Universitária Goiânia, Brazil

 

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