Seminar on the topic “Computer aided approaches in cutting edge drug discovery with BIOVIA Discovery Studio”

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Topic: Computer aided approaches in cutting edge drug discovery with BIOVIA Discovery Studio

Speaker: Dr. Sakshi Bhardwaj, Application Scientist, Altem Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Ms. Maria S. B. Da Costa, Technical Person, Altem Technologies Pvt. Ltd

Date: 09-08-2024

Venue: Lecture Hall 3

Number of Participants: 55

The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ABIPER, organized a seminar on “Computer aided approaches in cutting edge drug discovery with BIOVIA Discovery Studio” by Dr. Sakshi Bhardwaj, Application Scientist, Altem Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Dr. Sakshi Bhardwaj, delivered a scientific session on QSAR modelling, Pharmacophore modelling, Homology modelling, Virtual screening, High throughput virtual screening, Structure based drug design, Ligand based drug design, Docking, Molecular Simulation, and its application in drug discovery and drug development. She highlighted the features of Biovia Discovery Studio which have been used for drug design and development. She cited several examples where this software was used for the discovery of new drugs and vaccines. She emphasised that the in-silico work done on Biovia Discovery Studio are published internationally in high indexed journals and encouraged students and faculty members to work on Discovery Studio software.

The session ended with a vote of thanks, and felicitation to the speaker by Dr. Shobha Rani R.H., Director, ABIPER, Yelahanka, Bangalore.