Virtual Workshop: Introduction to Pharmacophore Searching Using CSD-CrossMiner
If you are working in the field of drug discovery and want to learn how to perform pharmacophore searches to uncover new ligands, then this free, 90-minute, hands-on workshop is for you!
Pharmacophore searching is a key component in many drug discovery efforts and represents an effective mechanism of virtual screening, for example. In this approach, a pharmacophore query is created to describe features that are essential for the molecule to carry out its function. The query is then used to identify new possible lead compounds by searching a three-dimensional structural database.