ACD/Labs News Archives for I

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TORONTO, June 28, 2002 - ACD/Labs Announces 180,000 Downloads of ACD/ChemSketch Freeware
Advanced Chemistry Development is pleased to announce the 180,000th download of our leading chemical drawing software, ACD/ChemSketch. Our user-friendly software enables you to draw virtually any organic or inorganic chemical structure within the scope of your imagination!
Are you an educator or student? ACD/Labs is proud to announce that we are donating campus-wide licenses of the commercial version of ACD/ChemSketch to all academic institutions. If your university, college, or high school does not have an easy-to-use chemical visualization tool readily available to all students, please contact ACD/Labs to see why ACD/ChemSketch truly is one of the leading chemical structure-drawing software packages on the market. See the list of schools who have taken advantage of this fabulous offer already.

TORONTO, June 26, 2002 - ACD/Labs Presents Information on Version 6.0
Take a virtual tour of ACD/Labs version 6.0 software. As the release of version 6.0 is imminent, we invite you to read about the new features and updated functionality of all of our products. Please visit our Products page as a starting point and branch out into the individual product pages for specific version 6.0 information.

TORONTO, May 16, 2002 - ACD/Labs Presents New Educators Page
Advanced Chemistry Development invites you to visit our improved Educators Page. Dedicated to the needs of educators and academics, the information-rich page now includes even more links and resources to enhance learning and teaching in chemistry.

TORONTO, May 15, 2002 - Meet ACD/MS Manager at ASMS
Join ACD/Labs at ASMS for our Users' Meeting and Interactive Training Seminar (June 2nd) and follow the juggler to the "Los Angeles" Suite to learn about the application of ACD/MS Manager to the elucidation of impurities, degradants, and metabolites. Also, take the time to meet our new MS Product Manager, Mark Bayliss.

TORONTO, May 13, 2002 - ACD/Labs Seminar and Luncheon at HPLC 2002
Are you attending HPLC 2002 in Montreal? Join ACD/Labs for a seminar and luncheon on June 4th, 12:30 - 2:00, in room 513 A/B. Learn about our new tool for high-throughput chromatographic method selection - ACD/ChromGenius! Also, stop by booth 516 to find out how ACD/Method Development Suite can help you develop new chromatographic methods, in minutes, prior to your first injection. Register early!

TORONTO, May 6, 2002 - ACD/Labs Presents Results on PhysChem Predictions for over 12 Million Structures in CAS Registry
ACD/Labs presented the results of PhysChem predictions for over 12 million structures at ACS Spring in Orlando, FL, USA. Using CAS substance connection tables and software developed by ACD/Labs, PhysChem properties for over 12 million structures were calculated and made available in the CAS Registry by STN^®, SciFinder^®, and SciFinder Scholar 2001. Recently added properties include: hydrogen donors, hydrogen acceptors, molecular weight, logP, logD, pK_a, and molar solubility.
Find out more from the joint CAS/ACD presentation as given at ACS.

TORONTO, April 27, 2002 - ACD/Labs Announces New Product Manager, Mass Spectrometry
Advanced Chemistry Development announces the appointment of Dr. Mark Bayliss as Product Manager for our mass spectrometry software products. Mark will be responsible for providing MS focused expertise and continuing the development of our software platforms. We are excited to welcome Mark to our team! More...

TORONTO, April 25, 2002 - ACD/Labs Predictions Now On ChemWeb
ACD/I-Lab prediction capabilities are now available on ChemWeb. Accurately compute systematic names according to IUPAC recommendations and predict NMR spectra including ¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁵N (new to version 6.0), ¹⁹F, and ³¹P and PhysChem properties including pK_a, logD, logP, boiling point, and solubility, as well as search chemical databases, through the ChemWeb interface.

TORONTO, April 24, 2002 - Canadian Team Prepares for International Chemistry Olympiad, with ACD/Labs Support
Advanced Chemistry Development is proud to support the Canadian Chemistry Olympiad Team with donations of our chemistry software, as well as other ACD/Labs goodies, to help the students in their studies. The Canadian Chemistry and Physics Olympiad (CCPO) organization aims to prepare talented pre-university students for the International Chemistry and Physics Olympiads. After a series of exams, fifteen chemistry students are invited to the National Olympiad Final (NOF) held at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec in May. After one week of training and exams, the selection of students is narrowed down to four who will then participate at the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) held from July 5-14, 2002 in Groningen, The Netherlands. We wish the Canadian team the best of luck!

TORONTO, April 18, 2002 - ACD/I-Lab Upgraded Capabilities
Recent months have seen numerous updates to our I-Lab (Interactive Laboratory) service. Exciting developments include the upgrade to version 6.0 of PhysChem, Name, and NMR Predictors, and PhysChem and NMR database searches. In addition, NEW ¹⁵N NMR prediction and database searching is now available.
Visit I-Lab and click on "What's New" to read more.

TORONTO, April 15, 2002 - Supported Vendor Formats Lists-Updated and Extended
ACD/Labs invites you to visit our updated listing of supported vendor formats. Check to see if your system is supported. If it isn't, please complete our Feature Request form so we can test it for future updates. Use the form to attach a sample of your file format for testing purposes. Format lists are organized by ACD/Labs product: ACD/ChromManager, ACD/NMR Manager, ACD/Curve Manager, ACD/MS Manager, and ACD/UV-IR Manager.

TORONTO, April 5, 2002 - ACD/Labs offers Training at ASMS, June 2nd
ACD/Labs is excited to present an Interactive Training Seminar in the afternoon of June 2nd in association with an ACD/Labs Users' Meeting being held that morning. Both of these events are taking place at ASMS, Marriott Orlando World Center, Orlando, FL, USA.
Training will be based on ACD/MS Manager (and related) software to help users appreciate the full capabilities of their ACD/Labs software. Read more about the Training Seminar or Register today!

TORONTO, April 4, 2002 - ACD/Labs invites you to join us at the 2nd Annual RTP Users' Meeting On May 14th ACD/Labs will be hosting a Spectroscopy, Chromatography, and PhysChem Users' Meeting at the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. Topics to be discussed include ACD/Labs MS and NMR software solutions, the use of PhysChem prediction in pharmaceutical discovery, advanced techniques in Chromatographic Methods Development, and accurate prediction of aqueous solubility. Presenters include guest speakers from GlaxoSmithKline and the US EPA.
View the Agenda or Register for the Users' Meeting today!

TORONTO, April 2, 2002 - ACD/Labs Seminar: Streamlining Separations - Recent Advances in Software-Assisted Chromatographic Method Development
ACD/Labs will be hosting a Chromatography seminar titled "Streamlining Separations - Recent Advances in Software-Assisted Chromatographic Method Development" in Princeton, NJ on May 22nd. Join us at the Marriott Forrestal Village for a half-day of discussions and presentations on this exciting topic. View the seminar agenda.

TORONTO, March 18, 2002 - ACD/Labs Continues to Support the U.S. Team as they Prepare for The International Chemistry Olympiad
Advanced Chemistry Development is proud to once again support the U.S. Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp with donations of our chemistry software and other ACD/Labs goodies. The U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO) Study Camp is being held this year at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, CO from June 2-16. The purpose of the camp is to prepare and select the team for The International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) competition to be held in Groningen, The Netherlands from July 5-14, 2002. This is the 34th IChO competition and will be the 19th year that the U.S. has sent a team. Last year's team received 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals (see "Results" on http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/hbcse/main/icho/res). We wish this year's U.S. team the best of luck once again!

TORONTO, March 8, 2002 - ACD/Labs continues to surpass Moore's Law with 300,000 software downloads!
Downloads of ACD/Labs' software products have increased steadily over the past few years, doubling at a rate that surpasses Moore's Law. In October 2000, ACD/Labs software downloads had reached an impressive total of 150,000. Now, a mere 15 months later, we have raced past the 300,000 mark and show no signs of stopping. At our current pace we forecast that we should reach 1,000,000 downloads within the next 5 years. More...

TORONTO, March 1, 2002 - Announcing NEW Online Updates for ACD/Labs software
ACD/Labs is pleased to announce a new Online Updater program. This innovative software will allow ACD/Labs users to update all of their currently installed ACD/Labs software products. The Online Updater program is available for download from our site or is bundled with all software purchases shipped after February 1st. When executed, the Online Updater program will inform you of what updates are available and allow you to download and install them in minutes.

TORONTO, February 20, 2002 - ACD/Labs announces On-site Training Program and FREE Online Training Workshops
ACD/Labs is responding to requests from our customers for training by launching two new training initiatives. Specific training can be organized at your convenience and ACD/Labs will also present Training Sessions at various conferences throughout the year. Read more about our training offerings.
In addition, Free Interactive Demos are being introduced. Sign up for one of these workshops and follow along as our instructor discusses software features online.

TORONTO, February 19, 2002 - Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. is proud to announce that we are donating campus-wide licenses of the commercial version of ACD/ChemSketch to all academic institutions
ACD/ChemSketch is our world-renowned chemical structure-drawing package. Our user-friendly software enables you to draw virtually any organic or inorganic chemical structure within the scope of your imagination! There are almost 150,000 copies of freeware ACD/ChemSketch currently being used by customers all over the world.
If your university, college, or high school does not have an easy-to-use chemical visualization tool readily available to all students, please contact ACD/Labs to see why ACD/ChemSketch truly is one of the leading chemical structure-drawing software packages on the market. See the list of schools who have taken advantage of this fabulous offer already.

TORONTO, January 31, 2002 - ACD/Labs encourages you to attend a Pittcon Short Course on Impurities Detection
The quest to determine the chemical structure of an unknown impurity, be it a drug metabolite, process impurity, or degradant, is among the most exciting challenges in the analytical laboratory today. New technologies are emerging rapidly that can streamline this work from a tedious exercise to an efficient process.
Don't miss the exciting opportunity to learn more about this evolving area at a Pittcon short course on Wednesday, March 20th. Dr. Antony Williams, ACD/Labs and Dr. Mike Lee, Milestone Development Services will be the featured speakers at a course on impurities detection, "LC/MS Strategies for the Identification of Impurities, Degradants, and Metabolites".

TORONTO, January 15, 2002 - ACD/Labs Training Program Launched
Advanced Chemistry Development has responded to numerous requests from our users, offering a series of training seminars and courses over the coming months. ACD/Labs will offer a wide selection of training courses around our software products, their function and applications, and the scientific methodology behind them.
Training courses will be available for most modules either on-site, or at one of our scheduled events. The courses will be offered with an interactive component, involving participants to ensure competence using ACD/Labs software. More...

TORONTO, January 15, 2002 - ACD/Labs invites you to attend its first North American Users' Meeting
Princeton, New Jersey will be the site of ACD/Labs' North American Users' Meeting on March 7-8, 2002. Fresh off the success of our second European Users' Meeting we invite you to join us for 2 informative days featuring speaker Gary Martin from Pharmacia.
Receive sneak previews about our newest version 6.0 products. Register before February 15, 2002 to reserve your seat. Registration for our Users' Meeting is FREE!
Please note that this event was originally scheduled for October 15-16, 2001 but was rescheduled due to the events of September 11, 2001. If you were previously registered to attend this event please register again at our web site.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA AND TORONTO, CANADA, January 14, 2002 - Genteon and ACD/Labs Announce GeneManager Software Agreement
Genteon, Inc. and Advanced Chemistry Development have signed an agreement whereby ACD/Labs will provide its new ACD/GeneManager software for integration with Genteon's Capella 400a, a high-throughput 384 capillary electrophoresis system for DNA polymorphism analysis. More...

Waters Millennium32 compartible software

TORONTO, January 11, 2002 - Important news for Waters Millennium®³² Users
Waters Millennium³² users can now attach chemical structures to chromatographic peaks, a new feature enabled by a collaboration with Advanced Chemistry Development. ACD/MolX technology has been incorporated into version 4.0 of Waters Millennium³² enabling users to append chemical structures to chromatograms for storage in the Millennium³² database. Now users can search stored analytical data not only by chromatographic parameter (e.g. mobile phase, column brand or column type), but also by structure. More...