Advanced Structure-Based Drug Design (PHAY0022)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences
Teaching department: School of Pharmacy
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: This module is restricted to MSc Drug Discovery and Pharma Management, MSc Drug Discovery and Development and MRes Pharmaceutical Research students.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

The module will focus on the current methods in the computer aided drug design. Advanced modelling of drug/receptor interactions will be covered in detail, including predicting protein structure, homology modelling and molecular docking. Other topics will be selected from: conformational sampling, fragment based drug design, receptor-based de novo design and ligand-based drug design. This module uses the medium of considerable hands-on experience of advanced techniques and software in computer-aided modelling. Students will gain a more complete understanding of the drug design process.

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Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 67% Fixed-time remote activity

33% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 9
Module leader: Professor Haider Shozeb
Who to contact for more information: sop.pgt@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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