SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2006-- New Automation and Customization Capabilities; Updated Structure-Based Design, Simulations, Protein Modeling, and Visualization Functionality - All Included in Discovery Studio 1.6. Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACCL) announced the shipment of Discovery Studio(R) 1.6, the most recent version of its easy-to-use suite of life science modeling and simulation tools for lead discovery and optimization. Discovery Studio 1.6 includes additional functionality in the areas of structure-based design, protein modeling, simulations, analysis, and visualization. This release also includes the integration of Discovery Studio 1.6 with our open pipelining platform, SciTegic Pipeline Pilot, for automation and extensibility.