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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.36



[LOGO]         BANK OF AMERICA
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                                           CORPORATE RESOLUTION TO OBTAIN CREDIT


        RESOLVED, that this corporation, Discovery Partners International, Inc.,
may:

        1. borrow from Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
("Bank");

        2. obtain for the account of this corporation commercial and standby
letters of credit issued by Bank;

        3. obtain for the account of this corporation Bank's acceptance of
drafts and other instruments; and

        4. discount with or sell to Bank notes, acceptances, drafts, receivables
and other evidences of indebtedness, and assign or otherwise transfer to Bank
any security interest or lien for such obligations;

from time to time, in such amount or amounts as in the judgment of the
Authorized Officers (as hereinafter defined) this corporation may require (the
credit facilities described in the first part of this resolution are
collectively referred to herein as the "Credit Facilities"); provided, however,
that the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time under the Credit
Facilities authorized by this resolution shall not exceed the sum of Seven
Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($700,000.00), which sum shall be in
addition to such other amount or amounts as otherwise may be authorized.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that his corporation is authorized to enter into one
or more agreements with the Bank relating to any interest rate swap, any forward
rate transaction, any interest rate cap or collar transaction, any similar
transaction, any option to enter into any of the foregoing or any combination of
any of the foregoing, which agreements may be oral or in writing (collectively
referred to herein as "Swap Contracts").

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers are hereby authorized and
directed, as security for any obligation or obligations of this corporation to
Bank, whether arising pursuant to these resolutions or otherwise, to grant in
favor of Bank a security interest in or lien on any real or personal property
belonging to or under the control of this corporation.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that

                      1. If only one signature is obtained, any one of the
                         following:

                                 a. Riccardo Pigliucci, President and Chief
                                    Executive Officer

                                 b. Jack Fitzpatrick, Chief Financial Officer
                                    and Secretary

                                 c.

                                 d.

                                 e.

                                 f.

                      2. If two signatures are obtained, any one of the
                         followings:

                                 a.

                                 b.

                                 c.

                                 d.

                                 e.

                                 f.

                         together with any one of the following:

                                 g.

                                 h.

                                 i.

                                 j.

                                 k.

                                 l.


of this corporation, acting individually or in any combination as may be set
forth above (the "Authorized Officers"), are hereby authorized and directed, in
the name of this corporation, to execute and deliver to Bank, and Bank is
requested to accept:

        a. the notes, credit agreements, advance account agreements, acceptance
agreements, letter of credit applications and agreements, purchase agreements or
other instruments, agreements and documents which evidence the obligations of
this corporation under the Credit Facilities obtained pursuant to these
resolutions;



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        b. any and all security agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages, financing
statements, fixture filings or other instruments, agreements and documents with
respect to any security interest or lien authorized to be given pursuant to
these resolutions;

           c. any master agreement and the related schedule, confirmation or
other agreement or certificate as Bank may require relating to Swaps Contracts;
and

           d. any other instructions, agreements and documents as Bank may
require and the Authorized Officers may approve.

           RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers are hereby authorized
and directed, in the name of this corporation, to endorse, assign to Bank, and
deliver to Bank, any and all notes, acceptances, drafts, receivables and other
evidences of indebtedness discounted with or sold to Bank, together with any
security interest or lien for such obligations, and to guarantee the payment of
the same to Bank. RESOLVED FURTHER, that any and all of the instruments,
agreements and documents referred to above may contain such recitals, covenants,
agreements and other provisions as Bank may require and the Authorized Officers
may approve, and the execution of such instruments, agreements and documents by
the Authorized Officers shall be conclusive evidence of such approval, and that
the Authorized Officers are authorized from time to time to execute renewals or
extensions of any and all such instruments, agreements and documents. RESOLVED
FURTHER, that Bank is authorized to act upon the foregoing resolutions until
written notice of revocation is received by Bank, and that the authority hereby
granted shall apply with equal force and effect to the successors in office of
the Authorized Officers.

                        CORPORATE SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE

           I, Jack Fitzpatrick, Secretary of Discovery Partners International,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California (the "Corporation"), hereby certify that the foregoing is a full,
true and correct copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, duly and regularly adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation in all respects as required by law and the by-laws of the
Corporation on February 3, 1999, at a meeting at which a quorum of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation was present and the requisite number of such
Directors of the Corporation to the adoption of said resolutions. I further
certify that said resolutions are still in full force and effect and have not
been amended or revoked, and that the specimen signatures appearing below are
the signatures of the officers authorized to sign for the Corporation by virtue
of such resolutions.

        Date:    Feb 3 ,          1999
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES:

X     /s/ Riccardo Pigliucci           X  /s/ Jack Fitzpatrick
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   Riccardo Pigliucci,                    Jack Fitzpatrick
   President and                          Secretary of
   Chief Executive Officer                Discovery Partners International, Inc.
                                          a California corporation


X   /s/ Jack Fitzpatrick
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   Jack Fitzpatrick,
   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary



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X                                         Affix Corporate Seal Here:
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                                          [SEAL]


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