Daylight To Sponsor Chemical Informatics Fellowship at Indiana University

Business Wire, Feb 15, 2002

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MISSION VIEJO, Calif. and BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BW HealthWire)-- Feb. 15, 2002

Daylight Chemical Information Systems, Inc., the leading chemical informatics innovator in the life science industries, is establishing a fellowship at Indiana University's new School of Informatics. The "Daylight Innovation in Chemical Informatics Fellowship" will provide $15,000 in annual financial support to a deserving graduate student studying chemical informatics.

Chemical informatics is the application of information technology to the investigation of chemistry problems and the organization and analysis of chemical data. Systems that can not only cope with huge amounts of data, but also organize and evaluate data to give new insight for further chemical research are the key area of concern to those involved in chemical informatics.

Since the invention of the SMILES(R) language by Daylight co-founder Dr. David Weininger, Daylight has focused on developing chemical information systems that use chemical structure as the primary key for storage and retrieval of data and that are designed and built to robustly handle all the world's chemical information. Therefore, sponsoring a fellowship in chemical informatics innovation is highly appropriate for Daylight, which has consistently been at the forefront of the chemical informatics field due to its focus on pushing the science forward.

"For many years we have had a strong relationship with Indiana University. We could not be more pleased with what they are doing to train a new generation of chemical informatics professionals," said Yosef Taitz, CEO at Daylight. "As one of the earliest companies to participate in the forming of this field, it's now our responsibility to continue to help build the intellectual infrastructure of this science to meet and conquer the new and expanding challenges that come our way."

"The Daylight Innovation in Chemical Informatics Fellowship provides the much-needed financial assistance to attract and retain the top students," said Dr. Michael Dunn, Dean of the University's School of Informatics. "In addition, Daylight is helping set a precedence for partnerships with industry leaders that will make Indiana University the foremost international center for the research and teaching of Informatics."

About Indiana University School of Informatics

Indiana University is one of the oldest state universities in the Midwest and also one of the largest universities in the United States, with more than 110,000 students, faculty, and staff on eight campuses. IU has a growing national and international reputation in the areas of information technology and advanced networking. IU was named by Time Magazine as 2001 College of the Year among research institutions. The School of Informatics is Indiana University's first entirely new school in more than 25 years. With programs at IU's Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, the School's mission is to educate students in state of the art information science and technology with an emphasis on its human applications and interdisciplinary skills.

About Daylight

Continuously providing the highest performance chemical information processing systems since 1987, Daylight is widely regarded as the leading chemical informatics innovator in the life science industries. Using Daylight tools, researchers and information architects can assemble the ideal chemical information system for any project, regardless of the scale or functionality. Working closely with scientists throughout the life science industries to tackle emerging informatics problems, Daylight facilitates the development of this branch of science while serving the needs of its customers. Daylight CIS, Inc. is a privately held company with corporate offices in Mission Viejo, CA, and research offices in Santa Fe, NM, and in Cambridge, England.