I am delighted to invite you to join us in a celebration of the life and work of Andy Vinter, founder of Cresset. The meeting, previously postponed due to Covid-19, will deliver scientific content built on the unique and insightful approach that Andy took to molecular modeling throughout his distinguished career from his early days at Wellcome to his pioneering work on the eXtended Electron Distribution (XED) force field, which was foundational in the creation of Cresset.
Since our founding in 2002, Cresset has grown progressively and has now become a global company, with staff of more than 80 and a stellar customer base across multiple industries. All of this is testament to the groundwork laid by Andy in his time with Wellcome, SmithKline Beecham, University of Cambridge, Peptide Therapeutics and then Cresset.
I hope you’re able to join us, either in-person or virtually, not only in celebration of Andy’s work but also his great sense of humor and irrepressible and joyous irreverence!
Rob Scoffin
Chairman & CEO, Cresset
Agenda and links to abstracts
Time (BST) | Title | Presenter |
| 08:30 | Registration | |
| 09:00 | Welcome | Rob Scoffin Cresset, UK |
| 09:15 | The Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society: Andy Vinter’s Role in Establishing the MGMS | Steve Maginn Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society, UK |
| 09:30 | A Tribute to Andy Vinter | Mark Mackey Cresset, UK |
| 10:00 | AI-based Drug Design and Molecular Generation | Kaz Ikeda Keio University, Japan |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Electrostatic Complementarity in Structure-Based Drug Design | Gianni Chessari Astex, UK |
| 11:45 | Using Cresset Tools to Re-purpose Existing Drugs: RP0217 from In Silico Screen to Human POC | Arkasubhra Ghosh Narayana Nethralaya Foundation, India Rob Scoffin Cresset, UK |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:45 | ‘Fit for Purpose’ Chemistry Technology Development in Pharmaceutical R&D | Stevan Djuric Discovery Chemistry and Technology Consulting LLC, USA |
| 14:15 | The Game’s Afoot: Adventures with Field Points | Caroline Low Isomorphic Laboratories, UK |
| 14:45 | An Exile on Main Street, Cambridge MA | Lewis Whitehead 1910 Genetics, USA |
| 15:15 | Break | |
| 15:45 | Tailored Modeling Support for Small Molecule Drug Design | Ingo Mügge Alkermes, USA |
| 16:15 | Exploring Intermolecular Interactions in Structural Databases | Jason Cole Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, UK |
| 16:45 | The Open Force Field Initiative: An Open Source, Open Science Approach to Better Biomolecular Force Fields | John Chodera Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA |
| 17:15 | Closing remarks | Rob Scoffin Cresset, UK |
| 17:30 | Drinks reception | By invitation |
| 18:30 | Dinner | |