Open Drug Discovert Teams App - Alpha version 1.0 Document describes the app and what it can do for science.

1. OpenDrugDiscoveryTeams
Dr.SeanEkins
CollaborationsinChemistry, AdivisionofCollaborationsinCommunications,Inc.
Dr.AlexM.Clark
MolecularMaterialsInformatics,Inc.
ProjectDescription
TheOpenDrugDiscovery Teams(ODDT)projectisamobile
appprimarilyintendedasaresearchtopicaggregatorofopensciencedataintegratedfromvarioussourcesontheinternet. The
idea was spun out of an ice breaker event at the Pistoia Alliance in February 2012:
http://www.collabchem.com/2012/02/07/dragons-den-pistoia-project-inspired-by-scio12/
http://cheminf20.org/2012/02/22/oddt-a-sneak-preview-screencast
http://www.pistoiaalliance.org/blog/2012/02/dragons’-den-roars-at-royal-society-of-chemistry/
ODDTexiststofacilitateinterdisciplinaryteamworkandtorelievetheuserfromdataoverload.Initial
researchtopicsincludeareasofchemistryandadjacentmolecule-
orientedbiomedicalsciences,withanemphasisonthosewhicharemostamenabletoopenresearchatpresent.For example to
date we have included tuberculosis, malaria, Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis, as examples of neglected diseases
and San Filippo Syndrome and Huntington’s disease as examples of rare diseases. HIV/AIDS and Green Chemistry
are additional topics included representing a major disease and a research topic of increasing relevance to
pharmaceutical researchers. TheODDTprojectusesafreemobileappforiOS-baseddevices(iPhone,iPodandiPad)
asthehub. The app hasaFlipboard-inspiredinterface which we have taken to the next
level,andserversideinfrastructureforhostingdataandvalueaddedservices.Users can endorse tweets which retains them
in the content section.
Entry Page showing disease and research topics.
Icon on bottom left is user Twitter image.
The topic consists of tweet-derived factoids:
Multiple tabs enable capture of latest factoids:
Factoids can be endorsed or disapproved:

2. Links from origin tweets can be viewed in the app:
Endorsement/disapproval is done by tweeting:
Chemical data (e.g. molecules or reactions), is
displayed inline:
Theprojectisopentoparticipationfromanyone,andmuchofthecontentisderivedfrompublicsourcesbutisamenabletocomm
ercialdatainput.In future versions the user will be able to select their research topics of interest, corresponding
hashtags and images for use in the app. We would like to announce that an alpha version of this app is now available
for users to access upon request from us for non-commercial uses and under no warranty. In return we ask for
constructive feedback.

3. Please contact us for further details at: aclark@molmatinf.com and ekinssean@yahoo.com
You can learn more about the ODDT app at:
http://www.scimobileapps.com/index.php?title=Open_Drug_Discovery_Teams
And frequent blogs at http://www.collabchem.com and http://cheminf20.org/
Acknowledgments
Photo for San Fillipo Syndrome courtesy of Jill Wood www.jonasjustbegun.org