This is a 1.5 ECTS course in protein structure and structure-based drug design given at Lund University 10-13 January 2017. Lectures and hands-on tutorials will focus on: Protein structure / Sequence & structural databases / Structure in drug discovery / Internet tools for drug discovery / Ligand docking and screening. There will also be time for networking.

Registration deadline – 10 December, 2016.

Link to schedule

Link to "Lecture note in structural bioinformatics: A practical guide"

Maximum number of participants: 10

Prior to course start: Students are strongly recommended before the start of the course to acquire basic knowledge in protein structure and function (see for example http://www.proteinstructures.com). Students are also urged to go through the basic tutorial on the use of Chimera: the official Chimera site tutorials: https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/current/docs/UsersGuide/frametut.html.

Additional sites (much more can be found via Internet):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQxKYSUdiD8;
http://www.ch.embnet.org/CoursEMBnet/Pages3D07/documents/3Dchimera-tutorial07.pdf

Course leader and contact person
Salam Al-Karadaghi, Dept. of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University
Phone: 046-2224512
E-mail: salam.al-karadaghi@biochemistry.lu.se

NDPIA participants can register below and have priority to attend the course. Non-NDPIA members: please contact anna.holmstrom@umu.se to announce your interest in attending the course.

Bookings