5-Days Bootcamp AI & Cheminforma-
tics in Drug Discovery

  • Understand the modern drug discovery pipeline
  • Handle chemical data (SMILES, SDF, descriptors)
  • Perform virtual screening & docking
  • Build QSAR models and predict ADMET properties
  • Apply AI-driven generative models for novel molecule design
  • Create an end-to-end workflow for lead compound identification
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Educator

Shivani Singh

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Beginner to Expert

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English

AI & Cheminformatics in Drug Discovery

Mode - Live Session

Certificate Provided

5 Days

Time 7:00 PM IST

Start Date 25 Sept

Last date 24 Sept

Bootcamp Outcomes

  • By the end of this bootcamp, you will:
  • Develop your own cheminformatics pipeline
  •  Screen, dock, and analyze candidate molecules
  •  Apply machine learning & AI to predict molecular properties
  •  Present a complete mini drug discovery project

Day-1

Introduction to Cheminformatics with RDKit

Topic: The drug discovery pipeline and chemical data handling

    • Overview of the modern drug discovery process, from target identification to lead optimization.

    • Introduction to chemical data and molecular representations (SMILES, SDF), and physicochemical descriptors.

Hands-on:

    • Install Python, Miniconda, and libraries (RDKit, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Jupyter Notebook).

    • Learn how to use Jupyter Notebook and standard Python data science libraries.

    • Read and write chemical files with RDKit.

    • Calculate molecular properties (molecular weight, logP, polar surface area).

    • Implement Lipinski’s Rule of Five to filter drug-like molecules.

Project Task: Select a target protein and download a relevant compound dataset from PubChem or ChEMBL.

Day-2

Virtual Screening and Compound Visualization

Topic 1: Exploring Chemical Space

    • Techniques for screening large chemical libraries (similarity searching, clustering).

Hands-on:

    • Generate molecular fingerprints (e.g., Morgan fingerprints).

    • Perform similarity searches to identify drug-like molecules.

Topic 2: Molecular Visualization

  • Visualizing small molecules and proteins to understand 3D structure and interactions.

Hands-on:

Install and use visualization tools (PyMOL or UCSF Chimera).

    • Generate 3D conformers for molecules using RDKit.

    • Visualize molecules from the Protein Data Bank (PDB) in PyMOL.

Project Task: Use RDKit to generate 3D conformers for compounds identified on Day 1.

Day-3

Molecular Docking with Open-Source Tools

Topic 1: Introduction to Protein-Ligand Docking

    • Principles of structure-based drug design and docking theory.

Hands-on:

    • Prepare a protein target and a ligand for docking.

    • Use AutoDock Vina to predict ligand binding poses.

Topic 2: Analyzing Docking Results & Workflows

    • Interpreting docking scores and binding poses.

    • Incorporating docking into automated workflows.

Hands-on:

    • Analyze docking poses and scores in PyMOL or UCSF Chimera.

    • Set up a basic cheminformatics pipeline in KNIME.

Project Task: Perform docking of selected compounds against the target protein.

Day-4

Machine Learning in Drug Design

Topic 1: QSAR Modeling with scikit-learn

    • Introduction to Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR).

    • Using ML models to predict molecular properties.

Hands-on:

    • Generate molecular descriptors with RDKit.

    • Train a machine learning model (Random Forest Regressor) in scikit-learn.

Topic 2: Predicting ADMET Properties

    • Importance of ADMET (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, Toxicity) in drug discovery.

Hands-on:

    • Predict ADMET properties with ADMETLab.

    • Integrate ADMET prediction into QSAR workflow.

Project Task: Build a QSAR model and predict ADMET properties for docking hits to identify top candidates.

Day-5

AI-Driven Compound Generation & Wrap-Up

Topic 1: Generative AI for Molecules

    • Introduction to deep learning for drug-like molecule generation (SMILES-based models).

Hands-on:

    • Use a pre-trained generative model for molecule design.

    • Filter generated molecules for drug-likeness using RDKit.

Topic 2: Putting It All Together

    • Review of the full drug discovery workflow and future of AI in the field.

Hands-on:

      • Combine all steps into a comprehensive Jupyter Notebook.

      • Present project results: identified lead compounds and selection rationale.

Educator - Shivani Singh

Shivani Singh is a PhD scholar in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics at Sharda University, currently working as a Bioinformatics Educator. She specializes in protein structure prediction, molecular docking, and AI-driven drug repurposing. With an MSc in Bioinformatics, she has conducted hands-on workshops in molecular docking, MD simulations, and bioinformatics pipelines. Her teaching combines research experience with practical skills in structural bioinformatics, cheminformatics, and machine learning for life sciences.

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