CMBS1111 Computer-aided drug discovery (4 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Description
Content
Course covers some basic methods used in the computer-aided drug discovery. During the project work, the learned methods are employed in the discovery of drug candidates.
Completion methods
Practices and project work
Assessment details
exercises and written project work
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, student:
1. Understands the strengths and weaknesses of cadd methods
2. Masters the usage of basic skills in CADD with linux OS
3. Can act as a member of team to reach a common goal
4. Can present interactively the research results
1. Understands the strengths and weaknesses of cadd methods
2. Masters the usage of basic skills in CADD with linux OS
3. Can act as a member of team to reach a common goal
4. Can present interactively the research results
Study materials
Lectures and other material has been selectively collected from various sources. All needed information is given during the course. Some background information can be gathered from: Patrick: An introduction to medicinal chemistry (3. - 4. painos) Schneider, Baringhaus: Molecular design; Young: Computational drug design; Young: Computational chemistry; Leach, Gillet: An introduction to chemoinformatics Ng: Drugs, from discovery to approval; Rang: Drug discovery ad development; Leach: Molecular modelling (2. painos); Werth: The billion-dollar molecule
Completion methods
Method 1
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Parts of the completion methods
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