Oxford University Equips Chemistry NMR Facilities with ACD/Labs Software
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is pleased to announce that the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford has equipped their NMR Facilities with spectral processing, prediction, and databasing software from ACD/Labs.
ACD/1D NMR Manager and ACD/Labs Online (I-Lab) were purchased by Oxford to enable their post-graduate scientists to efficiently process and database their work, saving them the inordinate amount of time currently spent documenting their research and communicating their progress to supervisors and other faculty.
Tim Claridge, Manager of the Organic Chemistry NMR Facilities at the University of Oxford, states, “Access to this software will provide a valuable chemical resource for students and supervisors alike, and we believe it will prove to be an excellent research and learning tool in an academic environment. The many capabilities of this software should enhance the way both students and academic staff work in terms of efficiency, accuracy and time-saving when utilising data from our spectroscopic facilities.”
ACD/1D NMR Manager, a branch of the renowned ACD/SpecManager, will enable post-graduate scientists at Oxford to capture, organize, retrieve, and share spectra, chemical structures, and other experimentally relevant information in an integrated desktop system. This system will become a rich source of information for both present and future Oxford scientists, as they will gain the ability to search legacy data, therefore reducing analysis rework.
ACD/Labs Online provides the ability to access a range of web-based prediction and database search tools, including systematic naming generation and ACD/Labs’ latest version 8.0 physicochemical property and NMR prediction algorithms and databases, which will assist the Oxford scientists in correctly interpreting and assigning their spectra.
ACD/1D NMR Manager and ACD/Labs Online access was purchased through AGB Scientific Solutions, Inc. (AGB), the official ACD/Labs Distributor for the UK and Ireland. Mike Partington, Managing Director for AGB Scientific Solutions, comments on the purchase, “We really feel we can have an enormous impact on how academia manage, interpret and retain their spectral data and are delighted to be working with one of the world’s most prestigious universities. We are excited to see what the future holds and are looking forward to helping universities get more from their endeavors.”
Antony Williams, VP of Scientific Development and Marketing for ACD/Labs, adds, “The foresight of the University of Oxford faculty to introduce the industry leading tools for NMR prediction, processing, and databasing will enable students and faculty alike access to the legacy information generated within the facility. Students will not only experience a more collaborative environment, they will also be trained in many of the software components they will experience if they choose to move into the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.”
About Advanced Chemistry Development
Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is a chemistry software company offering solutions that truly integrate chemical structures with analytical chemistry information to produce ChemAnalytics™. ACD/Labs creates innovative software packages that aid chemical research scientists worldwide with spectroscopic validation of structures, elucidation of unknown substances, chromatographic separation, medicinal chemistry, preformulation of novel drug agents, systematic nomenclature generation, and chemical patenting and publication. Combined, ACD/Labs’ solutions create an analytical informatics system that provides dramatic feed-forward effects on the chemical and pharmaceutical research process. Founded in 1993, and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ACD/Labs employs a team of over 100 dedicated individuals whose continual efforts carry ACD/Labs’ innovative technologies into pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and materials companies throughout the world. Information about Advanced Chemistry Development and its products can be found at www.acdlabs.com .
About AGB Scientific Solutions
AGB Scientific Solutions was established to provide a focused and coherent source of scientific software for UK scientists. We formed strategic business alliances with a number of internationally renowned software companies and are now in a position to provide customers with the best software solutions their data demands.
As an independent company, with no affiliation to any scientific instrumentation manufacturer, AGB are uniquely placed to supply the best data solution for the laboratory.
The AGB Scientific Solutions team is comprised of committed technical professionals with many years experience in laboratory software. Our nationwide coverage means we are always at your disposal, for consultation, advice and generation of user requirement specifications.
About the University of Oxford
Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and lays claim to eight centuries of continuous existence. As an internationally renowned centre for teaching and research, Oxford attracts students and scholars from all over the world. More than 130 nationalities are represented amongst the current student population of over 17,000, and almost a quarter of students are from overseas. The University has more academic staff working in world-class research departments than any other UK university.
Oxford is a collegiate university, with 39 self-governing colleges related to the University in a type of federal system. There are also seven Permanent Private Halls, founded by different Christian denominations. Thirty colleges and all halls admit students for both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Seven other colleges are for graduates only; one has Fellows only, and one specializes in part-time and continuing education.
Oxford is at the leading edge of innovation in many areas of research and technology. The University has also been extremely successful in spinning-out companies from its research, with a new company now spun out on average every two months.
