Linking Life Science Data: Design to Implementation, and Beyond

On February 19, 2016, Posted by , In Community Workshops,Conferences,Project Meetings, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Linking Life Science Data: Design to Implementation, and Beyond

Open PHACTS project closing conference (Vienna, Austria)

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BigDataEurope webinar: Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing

On November 11, 2015, Posted by , In News, By ,,, , With Comments Off on BigDataEurope webinar: Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing

On 25 November, 14:00–15:00 CET, BigDataEurope will host a webinar update on the societal challenge of Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing. If you’re interested in learning more about BigDataEurope and its goals, register now for this free webinar. The webinar will include a brief overview of the project by Open PHACTS Foundation CEO Bryn Williams-Jones,…

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Presentation: The Open PHACTS Foundation: building open semantic data services for life sciences

On April 23, 2015, Posted by , In Presentations, By ,, , With Comments Off on Presentation: The Open PHACTS Foundation: building open semantic data services for life sciences

Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2015, Boston, USA Bryn Williams-Jones (Open PHACTS Foundation) View presentation

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Conference: Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2015

On April 23, 2015, Posted by , In Conferences, By ,, , With Comments Off on Conference: Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2015

Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2015, Boston, USA Bryn Williams-Jones (Open PHACTS Foundation) gave a presentation: The Open PHACTS Foundation: building open semantic data services for life sciences

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Open PHACTS Phenotypic Screening Workshop

On February 17, 2015, Posted by , In Community Workshops, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Open PHACTS Phenotypic Screening Workshop

Understanding the knowledge management needs of phenotypic screening (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

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Conference: SLAS 2015

On February 10, 2015, Posted by , In Conferences, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Conference: SLAS 2015

SLAS 2015, 4th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Washington, D.C., USA Bryn Williams-Jones (Open PHACTS Foundation) gave a presentation: The Open PHACTS Discovery Platform – Semantic Data Integration for Life Sciences

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Presentation: The Open PHACTS Discovery Platform – Semantic Data Integration for Life Sciences

On February 10, 2015, Posted by , In Presentations, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Presentation: The Open PHACTS Discovery Platform – Semantic Data Integration for Life Sciences

SLAS 2015, 4th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Washington, D.C., USA Bryn Williams-Jones (Open PHACTS Foundation) View presentation

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Conference: 6th Spanish Drug Discovery Network (SDDN) Meeting

On November 20, 2014, Posted by , In Conferences, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Conference: 6th Spanish Drug Discovery Network (SDDN) Meeting

6th Spanish Drug Discovery Network (SDDN) Meeting, Madrid, Spain Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery) gave a presentation: The Open PHACTS Discovery Platform: Semantic Data Integration for Life Sciences

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Presentation: The Open PHACTS Discovery Platform: Semantic Data Integration for Life Sciences

On November 20, 2014, Posted by , In Presentations, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Presentation: The Open PHACTS Discovery Platform: Semantic Data Integration for Life Sciences

6th Spanish Drug Discovery Network (SDDN) Meeting, Madrid, Spain Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery) View presentation

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6th Open PHACTS Community Workshop

On June 26, 2014, Posted by , In Community Workshops, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on 6th Open PHACTS Community Workshop

Open PHACTS for Academia: Using the Open PHACTS Discovery Platform in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching (London, UK)

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Conference: Jointly designing a data FAIRPORT

On January 16, 2014, Posted by , In Conferences, By ,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Conference: Jointly designing a data FAIRPORT

Jointly designing a data FAIRPORT, Leiden, the Netherlands Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery), Barend Mons (LUMC), Carole Goble (University of Manchester) and Jan Velterop (AQnowledge) represented Open PHACTS

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Conference: EMBL-EBI Industry Programme Workshop

On November 21, 2013, Posted by , In Conferences, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Conference: EMBL-EBI Industry Programme Workshop

EMBL-EBI Industry Programme Workshop: Computational Tools for Chemical Biology, Phenotypic Screening and Target De-convolution, Cambridgeshire, UK Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery) represented Open PHACTS

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Presentation: Open PHACTS: a precompetitive infrastructure for pharmacological research

On June 20, 2013, Posted by , In Presentations, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Presentation: Open PHACTS: a precompetitive infrastructure for pharmacological research

Infotech 2013, London, UK Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery) View presentation

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Conference: Infotech 2013

On June 20, 2013, Posted by , In Conferences, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Conference: Infotech 2013

Infotech 2013, London, UK Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery) gave a presentation: Open PHACTS: a precompetitive infrastructure for pharmacological research

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Publication: Scientific competency questions as the basis for semantically enriched open pharmacological space development

On May 20, 2013, Posted by , In Publications, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Publication: Scientific competency questions as the basis for semantically enriched open pharmacological space development

Molecular information systems play an important part in modern data-driven drug discovery. They do not only support decision making but also enable new discoveries via association and inference. In this review, we outline the scientific requirements identified by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Open PHACTS consortium for the design of…

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3rd Open PHACTS Community Workshop

On August 30, 2012, Posted by , In Community Workshops, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on 3rd Open PHACTS Community Workshop

Introducing Open PHACTS (Vienna, Austria) Co-located with the 19th EuroQSAR conference

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Publication: Molecular Informatics Special Issue: Open Innovation in Drug Discovery

On August 15, 2012, Posted by , In Publications, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Publication: Molecular Informatics Special Issue: Open Innovation in Drug Discovery

Several publications about Open PHACTS were included in this Special Issue of Molecular Informatics. Open Innovation in Drug Discovery. Gerhard F. Ecker, Bryn Williams-Jones; Molecular Informatics 31: 519–520 Taking Open Innovation to the Molecular Level – Strengths and Limitations. Barbara Zdrazil, Niklas Blomberg, Gerhard F. Ecker; Molecular Informatics 31: 528–535 PharmaTrek: A Semantic Web Explorer for Open Innovation in Multitarget…

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Conference: IMI Stakeholder Forum

On May 30, 2012, Posted by , In Conferences, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Conference: IMI Stakeholder Forum

IMI Stakeholder Forum 2012, Brussels, Belgium Gerhard Ecker (University of Vienna) and Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery) gave a presentation: The Open Pharmacological Concepts Triple Store

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Presentation: The Open Pharmacological Concepts Triple Store

On May 30, 2012, Posted by , In Presentations, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Presentation: The Open Pharmacological Concepts Triple Store

IMI Stakeholder Forum 2012, Brussels, Belgium Bryn Williams-Jones (Connected Discovery), Gerhard Ecker (University of Vienna) View presentation

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2nd Open PHACTS Community Workshop

On April 16, 2012, Posted by , In Community Workshops, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on 2nd Open PHACTS Community Workshop

Working with Open PHACTS (London, UK)

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Publication: Toward interoperable bioscience data

On January 27, 2012, Posted by , In Publications, By ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Publication: Toward interoperable bioscience data

To make full use of research data, the bioscience community needs to adopt technologies and reward mechanisms that support interoperability and promote the growth of an open ‘data commoning’ culture. Here we describe the prerequisites for data commoning and present an established and growing ecosystem of solutions using the shared…

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Press Release: Semantic ‘lego’: an information framework to drive drug discovery

On May 27, 2011, Posted by , In Press Releases, By ,,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Press Release: Semantic ‘lego’: an information framework to drive drug discovery

(PDF) Vienna, Austria – A new consortium of European organisations unite to support next generation drug discovery by providing a single view across data sources, bringing the semantic web to drug discovery. The Open PHACTS consortium, funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative, will reduce the barriers to drug discovery by applying semantic…

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Publication: Knowledge Driven Drug Discovery goes Semantic

On April 18, 2011, Posted by , In Publications, By ,,,,,, , With Comments Off on Publication: Knowledge Driven Drug Discovery goes Semantic

While the availability of freely accessible information sources relevant to medicinal chemistry and drug discovery has grown over the past few years, the knowledge management challenges of this data have also grown enormously: how to get consistent answers, how to manage different interfaces, how to judge data quality, and how…

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