Educational Tools to Introduce Computer-Aided Drug Design to Students and to the Public at Large

Authors

  • Antoine Daina Molecular Modeling Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Bâtiment Génopode, Quartier Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Marie-Claude Blatter Outreach Team, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Bâtiment Génopode, Quartier Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss-Prot Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CMU 1 rue Michel Servet, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Training Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Bâtiment Génopode, Quartier Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Vivienne Baillie Gerritsen Outreach Team, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Bâtiment Génopode, Quartier Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Swiss-Prot Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, CMU 1 rue Michel Servet, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
  • Vincent Zoete Molecular Modeling Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Bâtiment Génopode, Quartier Sorge, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Fundamental Oncology and Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research University of Lausanne, Route de la Corniche 9A, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland. vincent.zoete@sib.swiss

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2018.55

Keywords:

Drug discovery, Computer-assisted drug design, Education, General public, Stem

Abstract

The Drug Design Workshop initiative was put in place in 2015 and consists of a collection of educational tools especially developed to introduce computer-aided drug design to the general public and students of various levels. These presentations, hands-on sessions, physical material and on-line educational tools (http://www.drug-design-workshop.ch) have been used in a variety of settings including classrooms, universities, teacher training sessions and science fairs. The main goal is to inform an audience as broad as possible regarding the processes and challenges for the design, discovery and development of drugs. The present article describes what is presently available and the future direction for new activities currently under development.
CHIMIA Vol. 72 No. 01-02(2018): Chemical Education

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Published

2018-02-01

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A. Daina, M.-C. Blatter, V. B. Gerritsen, V. Zoete, Chimia 2018, 72, 55, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2018.55.

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Vol. 72 No. 1-2 (2018): Chemical Education

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Scientific Articles

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