Ligand-protein docking, and computer-aided drug design - November 2019
Section outline
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Ligand-protein docking and computer-aided drug design
Basel, 12-14 November 2019
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12 November (9h30-17h30)
Morning
- Lecture: Introduction to (computer-aided) drug design and molecular recognition
- Practice: Use of UCSF
chimera to analyze protein-ligand
complexes.
Afternoon
- Lecture: Introduction to molecular docking
- Practice: Ligand-protein docking with UCSF Chimera and AutoDock
Vina
13 November (8h30-15h)
Morning
- Lecture: Introduction
to molecular screening
- Practice:Ligand-based virtual screening with SwissSimilarity
- Lecture: Short
introduction on target prediction of small molecules
- Practice: Use
of SwissTargetPrediction
to perform reverse screening.
Afternoon
- Lecture: Introduction to ADME, pharmacokinetics, druglikeness
- Practice: Estimate physicochemical, pharmacokinetic, druglike and related properties with SwissADME
- Lecture: Short introduction to bioisosterism
- Practice: Use of SwissBioisostere to perform bioisosteric design
14 November (9h-12h)
- Lecture: Introduction to quantum methods for drug design
- Practice Use of WebMO to perform quantum chemical calculations