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Explore Competition 2011

Selected projects

Following this first competition, 4 outstanding research projects were selected. Once the research agreements are signed, the researchers will receive a total of $1.2 million in financial support starting December 1^st 2011. These projects involve the participation of 12 researchers from 3 universities and 3 research centers. The tools developed in the next two years will have a major impact on the drug development process or will enable the discovery of new therapeutic targets.

Terence Hébert (McGill University). FlAsH-Walk Mapping: A Step-by-Step Approach to GPCR Conformation Cartography
Rafael Najmanovich (Sherbrooke University). Detection of Molecular Interaction Field Similarities and its Application in the Rational Drug Design of Selective Multi-Functional Inhibitors
Enrico Purisima (National Research Council, Biotechnology Research Institute).Virtual Affinity Maturation of Therapeutic Antibodies
Brent Richards (McGill University). Pinpoint Critical Drug Targets for Autoimmune Disease