"Enabling Open Access to Scientific Data and Information within
the Modern Knowledge Economy; the Case for a Scientific Commons”

Royal Irish Academy
Dublin, Ireland ~ 12 April 2006

A panel discussion organised by CODATA, the Committee on Data for Science and Technology, under the aegis of the Royal Irish Academy

David G. Lloyd

Group Head, Molecular Design Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin
David G. Lloyd B.Sc., Ph.D., C. Chem., MRSC
Hitachi Lecturer in Advanced Computing

Research Interests
Our primary interest lies in the application of computational modelling to augment the drug design process. We utilise structure and ligand-based design technologies to rationally tailor small molecules for the modulation of therapeutically relevant biological macromolecules – enzymes and receptors.

Research Topics
Rational drug design
Molecular modelling
Chemical biology
Virtual screening
Integrating wet-lab and in silico discovery techniques

Research Partners
Research in the Molecular Design Group is made possible through the support and partnership of the following organisations :

• Chemical Computing Group

• Open Eye Scientific

• accerrys

• Daylight Chemical Information Systems

• Peakdale

• Simbiosys

Research Staff
Senior Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr Darren Fayne

Graduate Students
Giorgio Carta
Georgia Golfis
Valeria Onnis
Yidong Yang
Paul McKay

Research Funding
Research in the Molecular Design Group is funded by :

• Science Foundation Ireland

• Enterprise Ireland

• The Health Research Board

• HEA
  

Research Collaborations
IBM Almaden Research Centre
Prof. Clive Williams, Biotechnology Group, TCD
Dr Daniela Zisterer, Apoptosis and Development of Novel Anti-Cancer Drugs Group, TCD
Dr Amir Khan, X-ray Crystallography Group, TCD
Prof. Luke O' Neill, Cytokine Research Group, TCD
Dr Paul Voorheis, Cell Membrane Group, TCD
Dr Julie Kelly, Neuropeptidase and Neuropeptide Research Group, TCD
Prof. James Sexton, School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin
Dr Mary Meegan, School of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin
Prof. Giuseppe Campiani, University of Sienna, Italy
Prof. Caterina Fattorusso, University of Naples, Italy
Dr. Iwan de Esch, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Trinity Centre for High Performance Computing

Recent Publications by the Molecular Design Group

http://www.tcd.ie/Biochemistry/DLloyd.html