title: Chemoinformatics: a view of the field and current trends in method development.
abstract: The chemoinformatics field continues to evolve at the interface between computer science and chemistry. Chemical information and computational approaches in pharmaceutical research are major focal points of chemoinformatics. However, the boundaries of this discipline are rather fluid and the chemoinformatics spectrum is difficult to delineate. The field is in flux, which also provides opportunities for further developments. As a lead-in to the Chemoinformatics Symposium-in-Print, we present a brief view of this discipline (with a little anecdotal touch), highlight current trends in method development, and discuss a number of representative examples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science Informatics, B-IT, LIMES Program Unit Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Dahlmannstr. 2, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bajorath
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D048088:Informatics / Q000639:trends*