| Welcome to the home of the Cheminformatics group
at Indiana
University,
Bloomington, Indiana. Cheminformatics (also know as chemoinformatics and chemical informatics)
is the branch of informatics dealing with all aspects of the
representation and use of chemical structures and related information
on computer. Its techniques are widely used in pharmaceutical and life
sciences research, and it is closely linked with bioinformatics. Our group is a leading center in the U.S. for cheminformatics education and research, and is the only center we know of offering a range of formal qualifications in cheminformatics. For more information about cheminformatics at Indiana, please contact David Wild.
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 Click to apply for: Ph.D. or M.S. Grad. Certificate |
We
offer programs to suit a wide range of educational needs in
cheminformatics. The highest level is the Ph.D.
in Informatics
(cheminformatics track), a three to five year program aimed at
preparing you for a career in cheminformatics in academia or industry.
The M.S.
in Chemical Informatics
is a professional degree targeted at those with backgrounds in
chemistry, life sciences or software engineering who would like to
specialize in cheminformatics. Finally, the Graduate
Certificate in Chemical Informatics
is a distance education program, aimed at professionals and academics
who want to learn the essential techniques of cheminformatics but who
do not have the time to take a full M.S. or Ph.D. course. We also host
a variety of workshops and educational events. If you would like to
talk more about the options available, please get in touch. |
 Dr. David Wild Dr. Rajarshi Guha Dr. Mookie Baik |
We have a lively and rapidly expanding research program in cheminformatics with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration and tackling the big challenges of cheminformatics. M.S. and Ph.D. students have the chance to be actively involved in our research from the start. Research areas include integration of cheminformatics and bioinformatics; cyberinfrastructure, the semantic web, and Web 2.0 for cheminformatics; advanced predictive models, chemical spaces and data mining; designing the informatics-based chemistry lab of the future; and high throughput computational chemistry. Along with Indiana's Community Grids Labs, we have recently been funded by the NIH to be one of six Exploratory Centers for Cheminformatics Research: for more information on this see the center ChemBioGrid website. For more information about individual research areas, click on the researcher links on the left, and feel free to contact individual researchers about their work. |
| "The Chemical Informatics program at Indiana University provided with me with the skills and experience necessary to enter the workforce. With a background in chemical research before starting at Indiana, I was only prepared for a small segment of the industry. At Indiana, I had the opportunity to learn new tools to apply to chemical information, such as database design and language, programming, data curation, usability testing, and human-computer interaction. I was also able to collaborate with other students on projects in which we built tools to handle chemical data, and to work on my own project for my thesis " Combinatorial Study of a Purine-based Computational Library and the Effects of Cisplatin Binding". The experience at Indiana University was well worthwhile, and the faculty was highly motivated and keen to work with the students, providing an exciting and nurturing environment. I would do it all again if I did not have a California mortgage payment!" Leah Sandvoss, Chemical Informatics M.S. alumnus and Information Scientist at Pfizer. |