Pharmacoinformatic
Course description:
Pharmacoinformatic is a specialized degree that builds upon the reputation of the
School of
Pharmacy. For over 175 years, the School of Pharmacy has been advancing
scientific knowledge.
Students who complete this degree can enter a few of exciting and rewarding
careers, including
research, operations, and management. Here are the benefits of this program. You’ll
have a better
understanding of drug development and biopharmaceuticals. This course is to
provide basic
training of bioinformatics tools application in drug discovery and development
process. It presents
the student with emerging strategies and tools of computer aided drug design.
Recommended Books:
1. Benfenati, E. (Ed.). (2016). In silico methods for predicting drug toxicity. Humana
Press.
2. Kenakin, T. (2016). Pharmacology in Drug Discovery and Development:
Understanding
Drug Re- sponse. Academic Press.
3. Kenakin, T. P. (2017). Pharmacology in drug discovery and development.
Course Learning Outcomes:
After completing this course, students will understand the application of
bioinformatics tools in
the drug discovery and development process. They will acquire additional skills in
Pharmacoinformatics for workforce required in pharma industries, vaccine
development, clinical
research projects, research, etc. This course will add skills to the students for
designing novel drugs
for the treatment of untreatable diseases.
Assessment system:
Quizzes 10-15%
Assignments 5-10%
MSE 30-40%
ESE 40-50%
Lecture Plan:
Week Lecture Topic Quizzes Assignments
1.General Pharmacology
2. Overview of Bioinformatics and Information Technology
Pharmacophore Kinetics
3.Drug Discovery and Development
4.Bioinformatics in Pharmacology
5.Structure representation systems
6.Chemical Databases
7.Modeling of small molecules
8. Principles of Chemo-informatics
