BTEC 435 - Computer-Aided Drug Design

(4 semester hours)
Prerequisites: BTEC 215 or permission of instructor
Description: Conducting drug research in a directed and specific manner previously relied on how many small molecules could be tested per unit time. Over recent years, more and more drug design is coordinated with available literature and modern databases containing overwhelming amounts of information. To identify new potential drug molecules, automation has become essential to narrow the field before embarking on a biological screening process. Three hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week. Offered Spring semester, annually.