Training Course in Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Drug Discovery

The Training Course in Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Drug Discovery organized by the Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo was successfully held from 26th to 30th June 2023 at the IBMBB premises. The Director of the IBMBB, Prof Prasanna Galhena welcomed the participants on the first day of the workshop. The workshop was resourced by Prof. Sameera Samarakoon (IBMBB), Dr Kanishka Senathilake (IBMBB), Dr Nirupa Nagaratnam (Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery Arizona State University, AZ (ASU) USA (Alumna of IBMBB)), Dr Tolulope Peter Sailu College of Medicine the University of Kentucky USA (Alumnus of IBMBB), and Dr Arabinda Ghosh (Department of Computational Biology and Biotechnology Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva University India), Mr Nirmal Perera (IBMBB), Mr Mishal Faizan (IBMBB) and Mr Kanchana Senanayake (IBMBB). The training course covered theory and practicals with hands-on experience in drug discovery, protein structure modeling, molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulations, ADMET, QSAR etc. The training course allowed the participants to broaden their knowledge of drug discovery and protein structure.