Course outside EMBL-EBI
CABANA Workshop: Chemoinformatics in Drug Discovery
The aim of this workshop is to introduce researchers to the field of Chemoinformatics, especially in the areas of Structure-Based Drug Design (SBDD) and Ligand-Based Drug Design (LBDD). Trainees will cover the use of protein, ligand and drug databases, protein modelling, molecular docking and virtual screening for drug discovery applications. Managing and analysing virtual chemical libraries will also be covered, including the application of machine learning algorithms in drug discovery.
The workshop will be instructed by trainers from the University of Antioquia in Colombia, from CINVESTAV Unit for Advanced Genomics (LANGEBIO) in Mexico, as well as local expert researchers from the School of Chemistry at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Who is this course for?
This workshop is suitable for researchers working in Latin American countries. Early career researchers, including graduate students, postdocs and professors working, or planning to start working in Chemoinformatics, are warmly encouraged to apply.
This workshop will be located in a room with computers however we recommend participants bring their own laptops.
A number of travel fellowships are available for this course - early-stage researchers and researchers from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply for CABANA travel fellowships. You can apply for travel fellowships via the course application form.
Prerequisites:
Undergraduate-level knowledge of chemical and protein structures are required. Familiarity with basic chemoinformatics concepts and notions of programming (R, Python and/or UNIX) are recommended. Please note this course will be taught in English, however, the trainers are fluent in Spanish and can offer language support where needed.
What will I learn?
Learning outcomes
After this course, you should be able to:
- Visualize proteins and ligands using molecular visualization tools
- Browse and investigate biomolecular structural information using PDBe
- Use molecular docking and virtual screening for hit identification
- Apply homology modelling to the prediction of protein structures
- Apply predictive models (regressions, classifications) to molecules
Course content
During this course you will learn about:
- Protein Databank in Europe (PDBe) resources
- Molecular visualization tools such as PyMol
- DataWarrior
- Homology modelling using MODELLER, molecular docking and virtual screening
- BIOFACQUIM compound database
- Machine learning algorithms and statistics for drug discovery
Trainers
LANGEBIO, Cinvestav, Mexico
School of Chemistry, UNAM, Mexico
EMBL-EBI, UK
UNAM, Mexico
UNAM, Mexico
Programme
Day 1 – Tuesday 15 October 2019 |
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08:30-09:00 | Arrival and registration | ||||||||
09:00-10:00 | Welcome and introductions | Organizers | |||||||
10:00-11:00 | Public Seminar at Langebio: “SBDD and LBDD approaches in drug discovery to neglected tropical diseases” | Rodrigo Ochoa | |||||||
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
11:30-12:30 | Introduction to Chemoinformatics | José Medina-Franco | |||||||
12:30-13:30 | Lunch | ||||||||
13:30-15:00 | Introduction to PDBe (proteins) and PyMOL | Rodrigo Ochoa / Fabien Plisson | |||||||
15:00-16:00 | Introduction to ChEMBL/ZINC (compounds) and DataWarrior | Rodrigo Ochoa | |||||||
16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
16:30-17:30 | ChEMBL/ZINC (compounds) and DataWarrior practical | Rodrigo Ochoa | |||||||
17:30 | End of day 1 |
Day 2 – Wednesday 16 October 2019 |
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09:00-11:00 | Introduction to Structure-based drug discovery and molecular docking | José Medina-Franco | |||||||
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
11:30-13:00 | Practical in Virtual Screening | Fabien Plisson / JMF team | |||||||
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||||||||
14:00-15:30 | Homology Modelling and Practical | Rodrigo Ochoa | |||||||
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
16:00-17:00 | Modeller Practical continued | Rodrigo Ochoa | |||||||
17:00 | End of day 2 | ||||||||
Day 3 – Thursday 17 October 2019 |
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09:00-10:00 | Introduction to Ligand-based drug discovery | Fabien Plisson | |||||||
10:00-11:00 | Calculations of physicochemical descriptors with DataWarrior | JMF team | |||||||
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
11:30-13:00 | Unsupervised Learning: PCA, SOMs, t-SNE, boxplots | Fabien Plisson | |||||||
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||||||||
14:00-15:30 | Practical in BIOFACQUIM vs the world | JMF team | |||||||
16:00-22:00 | Excursion to Guanajuato, event dinner | ||||||||
22:00 | End of day 3 | ||||||||
Day 4 – Friday 18 October 2019 |
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09:00-10:00 | Introduction to QSAR and Machine Learning algorithms in Drug discovery | Fabien Plisson | |||||||
10:00-11:00 | Supervised Learning: Regressions | Fabien Plisson | |||||||
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
11:30-13:00 | Practical in regressions with R/R Studio | JMF team / Fabien Plisson | |||||||
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||||||||
14:00-15:30 | Supervised Learning: Classifications | Fabien Plisson | |||||||
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | ||||||||
16:00-17:00 | Practical in Classifications | JMF team / Fabien Plisson | |||||||
17:00-17:30 | End of Course – Wrap-up and feedback | Organizers |
In order to be considered for a place on this course applicants must complete the online application form.
Incomplete applications will NOT be considered.
If you have any queries about the registration process please email Guilherme Oliveira and Piv Gopalasingam.
Please note that the registration fee of $800 MXN includes:
- Lunches and refreshment breaks
- Accommodation for 5 nights (14-18 Oct)
- Course materials
- Course dinner on Thursday, October 17th
- Course certificate