Medicinal chemistry is a chemistry field devoted to find new, better and safer medicines i.e. drugs. It is a field that is constantly growing. Main stages in drug development include finding new lead compounds for the desired targets (in silico search, molecular modeling and synthesis), pharmacological evaluation both in vitro and in vivo, pharmacokinetic studies, preclinical and clinical studies. Many years are needed for development of just one drug, however it is necessary to do it for the sake of humanity.
Computational chemistry is an important tool for the early stages of drug development.
As a part of the IRS 2019, which will be held in Kaluga region, in respect to their massive pharmaceutical industry, our project will be dedicated to designing and calculating the potential efficacy of new structures towards the selected disease targets.
If you are motivated to perform a research at boundaries of medicinal chemistry, willing to learn new aspects of chemistry on the computer, ambitious as we are, and have basic chemistry knowledge, come, join with us, in our enthusiastic attempt. A lot of fun, and hopefully great results are waiting for all of us!