BCIRC - A bioinformatics and chemical informatics research center

The Bioinformatics and Chemical Informatics Research Center (BCIRC) develops software tools, databases, and other resources that use chemistry to interpret biology. Currently, we offer several products:

ZINC , a database of commercially available compounds for virtual screening.
- currently version 8 (2008).
- Version 9 will appear in 2009.
DOCK Blaster , a free virtual screening service.
- currently in beta test (since Nov 2007).
- Now recruiting testers.
DUD a directory of useful decoys for benchmarking virtual screening.

We also collaborate on the following projects

DISI a community effort to document ligand discovery methods.
HEI high energy intermediates for substrate docking.
SEA the similarity ensemble approach, using ligand lists to describe the biological recognition of a protein binding site

A product of BCIRC, the Bioinfomatics and Chemical Informatics Research Center @ UCSF. Last updated Jan 2, 2008. Please direct email as follows: bug reports to support at docking.org; comments to comments at docking.org; questions and discussion to blaster-fans at docking.org.