Structure-guided drug design

Aim

This 3 days intensive hands-on course aims at providing the participants with basic understanding in the areas of modern structure-guided drug design, including docking, scoring functions and large library screenings. It also deals with hit identification, lead optimization and fragment based drug discovery. After finishing the course the participants will have good understanding of the requirements in a structure-based drug design project and will be able to take active part in planning and development of such projects. Our lecturers are world-leading scientists from university and industry with a broad experience of structural biology, computational chemistry and drug design.
Topics include: basic principles of modern structure-guided drug design, including docking, scoring functions and large library screenings; things to be aware of e.g. quality of crystal structure, water molecules and ligand preparation; hit identification, lead optimization and fragment-based drug discovery; success stories of structure-guided drug design; hands-on training in the use of industry-standard structure visualization, ligand docking and ligand binding analysis.

Location & Organization

Organizer

Lund University, Department of Molecular Biophysics

Course Director

Professor Salam Al-Karadaghi

Faculty / Teachers

Professor Salam Al-Karadaghi
Dr. Bo Svensson

Location / venue

Lund University

Costs

1350 Euro

Timing & Workload

Duration 3 days
ECTS points 3
Frequency annual/biannual
 

Teaching methods used

classroom, computer room teaching and exercises

Examination yes

Criteria

Is the course taught in English? yes
Is documentation available? (book, syllabus)? yes
Is the course open for external researchers? yes

What quality assurance system is in place?

Lund University quality assurance system

More Information

http://www.education.lu.se/upload/LUPDF/LU_Education/Structure_guided_drug_design.pdf)