Stamford, CT, October 15, 2012 — Cengage Learning, a leading educational content, software and services company, and iChemLabs LLC., the developer of the popular ChemDoodle chemical drawing program, announce the integration of the HTML5 ChemDoodle Web Components into Cengage Learning’s eLearning products for chemistry. The ChemDoodle Web Components introduce users to a next generation, HTML5 experience with high quality graphics and interaction for chemical information in 2D and 3D. Faculty will have new problem types available to them as a result of this integration, and students will have upgraded tools for an improved user experience.

“Our new partnership with iChemLabs will allow us to integrate their HTML5 drawing tools into our online learning systems for use on all devices over the next year,” said Jack Calhoun, Senior Vice President of Learning Acquisitions & Solutions Planning, Cengage Learning. “This is an upgrade to our tools that will allow students to more effectively engage in the molecular world of chemistry, making our drawing tools even more student-friendly. We are pleased to work with iChemLabs to provide learning materials that are even more accessible for our customers.”

Kevin Theisen, President of iChemLabs, adds “Cengage Learning consistently produces some of the most innovative and engaging eLearning tools in the industry. To continue to provide the best educational solutions, Cengage Learning has begun to replace their existing Java applets with ChemDoodle Web Components. This allows educational and scientific content to be deployed across mobile devices in addition to traditional web platforms in the highest quality. Cengage Learning’s dedication to improving the learning experience for students is outstanding, and we are proud to partner with them.”

The ChemDoodle Web Components library is presented online and an API, tutorial and demos can be found at http://web.chemdoodle.com. For more information on Cengage Learning visit http://www.cengage.com.

About iChemLabs

iChemLabs, LLC. is a scientific software company excelling in cheminformatics algorithms, visualization and graphics, and groundbreaking technologies such as HTML5/Canvas/WebGL. iChemLabs provides expertise in desktop, mobile and web based technologies for both consulting and custom development. www.ichemlabs.com

About Cengage Learning

Cengage Learning is a leading educational content, software and services company for academic, professional and library markets worldwide. The company’s products and services are designed to foster academic excellence and professional development, increase student engagement, improve learning outcomes and deliver authoritative information to people whenever and wherever they need it. Through the company’s unique position within both the library and academic markets, Cengage Learning is providing integrated learning solutions that bridge from the library to the classroom. Cengage Learning’s brands include Brooks/Cole, Course Technology, Delmar, Gale, Heinle, National Geographic Learning, South-Western and Wadsworth, among others. Cengage Learning is headquartered in Stamford, CT. For more information on Cengage Learning please visit www.cengage.com.

This press release can also be viewed at Cengage Learning.

The best solution for web based visualization and interaction is HTML5, where performance is very good, loading is instantaneous, and security issues are handled by the browser. The ChemDoodle Web Components library provides many visualization and interactive tools for creating immersive HTML5 based scientific applications. We have been working with Robert Hanson and the Jmol community to integrate the ChemDoodle Web Components into Jmol. Doing so allows Jmol developers to easily deploy their content to mobile users and to those that do not have Java enabled; this is in addition to their current user base. For platforms that support Java, the Jmol applet will be used. If Java is not present or enabled, and WebGL is available, then a 3D ChemDoodle Web Component will be used. If Java and WebGL are unavailable, then a 2D ChemDoodle Web Component will provide an interactive component. Of course, the 2D component is only a temporary solution while WebGL support broadens to include all mobile devices. As development continues, we will further match the entire capabilities of the Jmol application, including a Jmol script interface to the ChemDoodle Web Components. Using this strategy, developers can deploy their content once, and reach users across desktop, web and mobile platforms, supporting the greatest range of current technologies. Robert Hanson and the Jmol community are hard at work rebuilding the Jmol applet Javascript library using the ChemDoodle Web Components and its patterns. It will be the way to deploy the applet moving forward.

Concerning licensing, the Jmol source is under LGPL license, while the ChemDoodle Web Components are distributed under a GPL v3 license with liberal HTML exception. Most academic and open source projects will not have any issues and should feel free to use Jmol/ChemDoodle in those projects. If you feel that the GPL license does not allow you to use Jmol’s mobile features (for instance, proprietary commercial use), feel free to contact us, we are happy to provide you with alternate licensing.

The integration of the ChemDoodle Web Components into Jmol is a great example of how we can create scientific applications that can work with evolving technologies, while retaining compatibility with current user bases. HTML5 tools are becoming very popular, and we have several components in the ChemDoodle Web Components library to suit your products needs, from a chemical sketcher, to spectra rendering, to 3D graphics and interaction across desktop and mobile devices. Update your product today and expand your market into the mobile arena!

Here are a few demo pages:

Kevin Theisen, President of iChemLabs, adds “As electronic media becomes more and more vital to education, there is a growing need for scientific graphics and interaction on a wider range of devices. Our ChemDoodle Web Components library uses HTML5 standards to provide quality graphics and informatics on all platforms, including web browsers, iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Inkling is dedicated to providing a top quality experience in education, and we are proud to partner with them.”

“The future of textbooks is not about replicating the printed page on a screen. It’s about creating a first-class, interactive experience that engages the student” said Matt MacInnis, CEO of Inkling. “We think ChemDoodle will help us build simply the best chemistry books on the market today.”

An API, tutorial and demos can be found at http://web.chemdoodle.com.

About Inkling Systems Inc.:
Inkling is reinventing publishing in the era of iPad, and we’ve started by redefining the book. Starting with the world’s best textbooks from leading publishers, Inkling rebuilds each from the ground up into enhanced, engaging and interactive experiences. But it’s about more than just books. Look between the lines, and you’ll see a revolution in publishing: a new platform for creating, distributing and consuming media-rich, interactive content. Based in San Francisco, Inkling is backed by Sequoia Capital, and partners with the world’s leading educational publishers. For more information, visit www.inkling.com.

About iChemLabs, LLC.:
iChemLabs, LLC. is a scientific software company excelling in cheminformatics algorithms, visualization and graphics, and groundbreaking technologies such as HTML5/Canvas/WebGL. iChemLabs provides expertise in desktop, mobile and web based technologies for both consulting and custom development. www.ichemlabs.com

Cross link from Inkling

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Jesse Brown
Jeff Rudie
Susan Bookheimer

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This site is a web-based repository and analysis site for connectivity matrices that have been derived from neuroimaging data. Anyone can browse and analyze connectivity matrices that researchers have shared on this site. The data comes from different imaging modalities, subject groups, and studies. The combination of easy data sharing and web-based analysis allows researchers to explore and compare brain connectivity datasets in a new way.

This site is powered by the MGH-UCLA Human Connectome Project. The Human Connectome Project aims to provide an unparalleled compilation of neural data, an interface to graphically navigate this data and the opportunity to achieve never before realized conclusions about the living human brain.

This project uses the ChemDoodle Web Components to render 3D networks for analysis.

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About UCLA Multimodal Connectivity Database

Patrik Rydberg

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SMARTCyp is a method for prediction of which sites in a molecule that are most liable to metabolism by Cytochrome P450. It has been shown to be applicable to metabolism by the isoforms 1A2, 2A6, 2B6, 2C8, 2C19, 2E1, and 3A4 (CYP3A4), and a specific model for the isoform 2D6 (CYP2D6) is included from version 2.0. CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 are two of the most important enzymes in drug metabolism since they are involved in the metabolism of half, and 25% of the drugs used today, respectively.

The web server now uses the ChemDoodle 2D sketcher, making it compatible with mobile devices and touch screen interfaces. The SMARTCyp HTML output is now generated using HTML5 and canvas drawings using the ChemDoodle Web Components to display molecules. This makes the generation of HTML output ten times faster (and atom number display is now compatible with touch screen interfaces).

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SMARTCyp Online Interface

Eric Jang

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Social Docking is a novel application of new web technologies to solve problems in computational biology. By using volunteer web browsers to run molecular mechanics simulations, Social Docking achieves massively parallel virtual screening of pharmaceutical compounds and is run completely within the browser. The ChemDoodle Web Components library is used to display the current molecule being analyzed on the front page, and serves as the core molecular model for calculations within HTML5 web workers. iChemLabs cloud services parse compact SMILES strings into molecules.

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Social Docking at Appspot

WebGL on Mobile Devices

iChemLabs

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The ChemDoodle Web Components library now includes support for CIF files and for rendering various features typical for crystallographic and periodic data, such as unit cells. An entire tutorial page is now dedicated to working with CIF files. A new demo has been added, IZA Zeolite Explorer, to view zeolite structures from the IZA database in several representations.

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IZA Zeolite Explorer
Working with CIF Files

iChemLabs

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The ChemDoodle Web Components library now contains new features to render nucleic acids in 3D components. The phosphate backbone is represented by a tube and bases are represented by platforms attached to the tube. Of course, many visual specifications allow for customization. Now the most advanced scenes can be built from PDB files. Take a look at the PDB structure, 2OEY, in our PDB Ribbons demo.

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Protein Data Bank Demo
Working with PDB Files

iChemLabs

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ChemDoodle Mobile is the mobile companion to the popular chemical publishing desktop application, ChemDoodle. ChemDoodle Mobile is available for both iOS (iPod Touch/iPhone) and Android phones.

ChemDoodle Mobile is created with ChemDoodle Web Components. By using HTML5 components, cross-platform mobile apps can be created.

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Official ChemDoodle Mobile site
ChemDoodle Mobile on iTunes
ChemDoodle Mobile on the Android Market