The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University Purchase a Site License of ACD/2D NMR Processor

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University Purchase a Site License of ACD/2D NMR Processor

Toronto, Canada and Cambridge, USA (January 18, 2006) – Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs) today announced that the department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University has chosen ACD/2D NMR Processor as their NMR processing package of choice.

ACD/2D NMR Processor will be deployed to all staff, students, and faculty to use on both PCs owned or leased by the department as well as on individual user’s personal machines.

The key person involved in seeing this project to fruition at Harvard’s Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology was head librarian of the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Library, Ms. Marcia Chapin. Marcia had the daunting task of taking a long list of requested capabilities and features and finding a suitable NMR application to meet her patrons’ needs. Some of the requested capabilities involved automatic generation of multiplet reports set to a specific journal format, and software stability. During the software evaluation, ACD/2D NMR Processor was able to meet and exceed everyone’s expectations for a complete and easy-to-use processing package in a very competitive head to head comparison with other NMR processing utilities.

Mr. Brent Lefebvre, NMR Product Manager at ACD/Labs, comments, “ACD/Labs is proud and appreciative that Harvard University, with its undisputed, lengthy reputation for high quality academics and research, has chosen to purchase a campus license of ACD/2D NMR Processor. ACD/Labs Software has been used in some form at Harvard University since 1995, so with this acquisition we look forward to a partnership stretching far into the future.”

For more information on ACD/2D NMR Processor, please visit http://www.acdlabs.com/products/spec_lab/exp_spectra/2d_nmr/proc.html.

About Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc.

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is a chemistry software company offering solutions that truly integrate chemical structures with analytical chemistry information to produce ChemAnalytics^®. ACD/Labs creates innovative software packages that aid chemical research scientists worldwide with spectroscopic validation of structures, elucidation of unknown substances, chromatographic separation, medicinal chemistry, preformulation of novel drug agents, systematic nomenclature generation, and chemical patenting and publication. Combined, ACD/Labs' solutions create an analytical informatics system that provides dramatic feed-forward effects on the chemical and pharmaceutical research process. Founded in 1993, and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ACD/Labs employs a team of over 100 dedicated individuals whose continual efforts carry ACD/Labs' innovative technologies into pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and materials companies throughout the world. Information about Advanced Chemistry Development and its products can be found at www.acdlabs.com.

About the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology offers a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, with research and training opportunities in organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry, and in chemical biology. An interdepartmental Ph.D. program in Chemical Physics is also available.

Thesis research becomes the student's chief concern following an initial period of course work, teaching, and sampling research opportunities through their laboratory rotation system. Students' own interests and those of their faculty supervisor(s) guide the direction of the doctoral studies. The department's interactive and supportive social structure is a key element for promoting a high quality-of-life while achieving a high level of success.

Science in the 21^st century is rich with opportunity and challenge. Harvard’s pillars for success in this complex world are all tied to interactions -- between people, and between disciplines. By building both strong interpersonal connections between students and faculty, and effective bridges between disciplines, the entering graduate student at Harvard can thrive at the frontiers of research in the chemical and life sciences.