About Course
Take your computational drug-design thinking further and learn how to evaluate molecular ideas before moving to laboratory testing. Advanced Drug Design connects target and binding-site prediction with virtual screening, QSAR, structural modeling, and cheminformatics. Develop a more informed approach to selecting promising compounds and understanding the molecular evidence behind each research decision.
What You Will Learn
- Molecular design Explore designing compounds from scratch.
- Targets and binding sites Target prediction, active-site prediction, and virtual screening.
- Structure and activity QSAR and protein three-dimensional structure prediction.
- Chemical reasoning Forward reaction prediction and related cheminformatics concepts.
Skills You Will Build
Learn to connect molecular structure with predicted activity, assess computational outputs, compare candidate compounds, and organize a clearer route from an initial design idea to a research hypothesis.
Practical Applications
Apply these concepts to lead prioritization, structure-activity investigations, target-focused drug-discovery projects, and selecting molecular candidates for further experimental evaluation.
Course Content
Design drugs from scratch
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Target prediction
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Active site prediction
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Virtual examination