Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bajorath (University of Bonn)

Bio:
Jürgen Bajorath is Professor and Chair of Life Science Informatics at the University of Bonn and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research focuses on chemoinformatics and the development of computational methods for medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and ‘big data’ analysis in the life sciences. He is the author of 600 publications. Recent honors include the 2015 Herman Skolnik Award, the 2016 Fujita Award, and the 2018 National Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research of the American Chemical Society.

Title:
“Big Data in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemoinformatics”

Abstract:
The ‘big data’ concept plays an increasingly important role in many scientific fields. Different from the situation in physics and biology, big data in medicinal chemistry are just beginning to emerge but substantially challenge the discipline. Computational analysis highlights big data issues and presents novel insights into medicinal chemistry questions.