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Drug design - MB151P98
Title: Drug design
Czech title: Návrh léčiv
Guaranteed by: Department of Cell Biology (31-151)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:combined
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, C+Ex [DS]
Capacity: 40
Min. number of students: 5
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: RNDr. Mgr. Martin Lepšík, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Mgr. Martin Lepšík, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Václav Veverka, Ph.D.
Annotation -
One-semester practical course in English aims at obtaining an overview and hands-on experience in using
computational methods for modern drug design. It is desirable that the attendees have previous knowledge of
structure and function of biomolecules, general chemistry and use of computers for scientific work. Aimed at
Master students of 1st or 2nd year (potentially 3rd year Bachelor students) and PhD students including medical
faculties.

The topics covered in the course:
1. Discovery of new biologically active compounds
2. Structure, dynamics and interactions in biomolecule-ligand complexes
3. Biologically active compounds, their properties and interactions
4. Docking, molecular mechanics and dynamics, scoring
5. Ligand-based drug design

Last update: Šebková Nataša, RNDr., Ph.D. (16.04.2024)
Literature -

The topics are partially covered in the following books:
Basic: Young, D.C. Computational Drug Design. Wiley, 2009.
Krogsgaard-Larsen, P; Stromgaard, K; Madsen, U. Textbook of Drug Design and Discovery, 4th ed., CRC Press, 2010.
Recommended: Young D.C. Computational Chemistry, a Practical Guide for Applying Techniques to Real World Problems. Wiley, 2001.
Leach AR. Molecular Modelling - Principles and Applications (2 edition). Pearson Education, 2001.
Alvarez, J. & Shoichet B. (Eds.). Virtual Screening in Drug Discovery. Taylor&Francis, 2005.

Other online resources

https://www.drugdesign.org/chapters/drug-discovery

https://www.kubinyi.de/lectures.html

https://www.kfc.upol.cz/8add

Last update: Lepšík Martin, RNDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (18.10.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

The exam is awarded with 4 credits.

The PROJECT: A mini-project on a selected topic from Hands-on sessions is required for entering the exam.

The EXAM entails questions on the topics covered in the lectures.

Last update: Šebková Nataša, RNDr., Ph.D. (16.04.2024)
Syllabus -

1. Molekulární medicína, biomolekulární cíle, návrh a objevování léčiv (ML) 1.10.

2. Návrh léčiv na základě ligandů – chemické knihovny, vyhledávání podobností, hity, chemiinformatika, otisky prstů, SMILES, QSAR, farmakofor, hit, repurposing (ML) 8. 10.

3. Praktická část 1: Návrh léčiv na základě ligandů (ML/VV) 15.10.

4. Struktura a dynamika biomolekulárních cílů (proteiny, nukleové kyseliny) (VV) 22.10.

5. Metody strukturální biologie (rentgenová krystalografie, NMR, kryo-EM, AlphaFold) (VV) 29.10.

6. Praktická část 2: (ML/VV) 5.11.

7. Návrh léčiv na základě struktury (virtuální screening, dokování, skórování, MD, FEP, QM, AI, hit-to-lead) (ML) 12.11.

8. Praktická část 3: (ML/VV) 19.11.

9. Optimalizace kandidátů na léčiva – proléčiva, ADMET (PM) 26.11.

10. Biologická léčiva – význam, typy, podávání (VV) 3.12.

11. Nové modality – kovalentní, PROTACS, molekulární lepidla (ML) 10.12.

12. Příklad z farmaceutického průmyslu (ZH) 17.12.

Last update: Lepšík Martin, RNDr. Mgr., Ph.D. (18.10.2025)
 
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