Released on = May 10, 2007, 4:26 pm

Press Release Author = GTCbio

Industry = Pharmaceuticals

Press Release Summary = Dr. Ron Johnson, Team Leader at the National Institutes of
Health Chemical Genomics Center in Bethesda, Maryland is presenting on "Quantitative
High-Throughput Screening of Cell-Based Assays" at GTCbio's 2nd Assay Development &
High Throughput Screening Conference on May 31-June 1 in Boston, MA.

Press Release Body = Dr. Ron Johnson, Team Leader at the National Institutes of
Health Chemical Genomics Center in Bethesda, Maryland is presenting on "Quantitative
High-Throughput Screening of Cell-Based Assays" at GTCbio's 2nd Assay Development &
High Throughput Screening Conference on May 31-June 1 in Boston, MA.

The NIH Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC) uses the tools of small molecule discovery
to develop chemical probes for the study of protein and cell functions. The center
performs automated high-throughput screening (HTS) on assays submitted by the
research community and carries out chemistry optimization on confirmed hits to
produce chemical probes. By utilizing advances in assay design, instrumentation,
and data analysis, the NCGC has developed a strategy called quantitative HTS (qHTS)
to generate concentration-response curves for a range of biochemical and cellular
assays on large compound collections. This approach is rigorous, generates a
comprehensive assessment of library activity, and enables assessment of
structure-activity relationships, all from the primary screen. The qHTS methodology
and its application to cell-based assays will be presented.

GTCbio's 2nd Assay Development & High Throughput Screening Conference on May 31-June
1 will take place at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston, MA. The meeting will
be held concurrently with GTCbio's 2nd Protein Kinases in Drug Discovery Conference.


For more information including a detailed agenda, exhibitor opportunities and
registration information visit
http://www.gtcbio.com/conference/conferenceDetails.aspx?id

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Contact Details = GTCbio organizes conferences specifically for the biomedical and
biopharmaceutical industries. Our goal is to facilitate the exchange of
biopharmaceutical and biomedical intelligence between industry leaders, academic and
government organizations, and the financial community.

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founded in 2002.

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