Biocomputing in Drug Design
Calendar Description: 6 ch (3C, 3L) Introduction to computer-assisted drug design. Course topics include intermolecular interactions, conformational analysis, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, docking, pharmacophores, protein modeling, QSAR, and cheminformatics. Course includes lectures and a weekly computer laboratory component.
Prerequisites: CHEM 3523, or permission of the instructor.
Welcome to CHEM 4503 “Biocomputing in Drug Design”, UNB’s first cross-disciplinary course developed by the Department of Chemistry and the Faculty of Computer Science. The course bridges the disciplinary gap between chemistry and computer science, with a focus on computer-aided drug design. The course comprises a fully integrated curriculum, complete with interactive multimedia lectures, and computer-based molecular modeling laboratories.