Innovation in Action, January 2016
The January 2016 edition of the Pistoia Alliance newsletter, Innovation in Action, is available to download as a PDF document.
Pistoia Alliance Starts 2016 with Strong Membership Growth
The Pistoia Alliance welcomed a host of new members at the start of 2016, further enhancing its position as a global, not-for-profit alliance of life science organizations that work together to lower barriers to innovation in R&D.
RFI published: HELM Web-based Editor
The HELM (Hierarchical Editing Language for Macromolecules) 2.0 project has today published an RFI requesting estimates for the creation of a web-based editor.
HELM editor: free at last!
The Pistoia Alliance HELM project has made two major announcements that help cement the reputation of HELM as the de-facto standard for describing and working with complex macromolecular structures. Firstly, HELM users can now take advantage of free MarvinBeans 5.0 licenses for the HELM toolkit. Secondly, RDKit is now HELM-enabled, making it a valuable addition to the extensive range of open source HELM-enabled tools.
Pistoia Alliance Launches New Chemical Safety Library Project
The Pistoia Alliance has started work on the Chemical Safety Library, a project which will allow for the capture and sharing of previously inaccessible reaction incident information to enhance laboratory safety.
Innovation in Action, November 2015
The November 2015 edition of the Pistoia Alliance newsletter, Innovation in Action, is available to download as a PDF document.
ELIXIR and Pistoia Alliance to Collaborate on Map of Alliances
ELIXIR and the Pistoia Alliance will be collaborating as part of the Map of Alliances project, an industry initiative to better understand the landscape of the pre-competitive environment in life sciences.
Pistoia Alliance partners with quattro research GmbH to implement “Ambiguous HELM”
Finalists Announced for Pistoia Alliance President’s Startup Challenge 2015
The finalists were presented with their awards by Dr. Steve Arlington, President of the Pistoia Alliance, at the Pistoia Alliance US Conference 2015 in Philadelphia. The finalists will each receive three months’ mentorship from a Pistoia Alliance member company and a small cash prize of US$5,000 to help them develop their business plans further.
Pistoia Alliance Appoints Steve Arlington As President
The Pistoia Alliance has appointed Dr Steve Arlington as its new President. Steve joins as the Pistoia Alliance continues to drive to increase the organization’s impact on the global innovation landscape in life sciences R&D.