Nowadays, almost all new drugs are discovered by rational drug design approaches. Interdisciplinary research combined with computational techniques has the potential to lead the researchers to successful discovery of new drugs.
The first “Workshop on Computer-Aided Drug Design and Development
(WCADD-1)", organized between 02-05 February 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey, attracted many scientists from the University and Industrial settings. The main topic of WCADD-1 was Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR). This time Molecular Modeling in Computer Aided Drug Design will be the major topic of the workshop.
The content of this workshop is intended to be useful for all researchers hoping to conduct computer-aided drug design work focusing on molecular modeling. The approach will be hands-on using a computer lab and a set of workshop sessions led by distinguished scientists using advanced drug discovery software.
Our goal is to foster an open and friendly workshop atmosphere, where new ideas grow and multidisciplinary collaborations are initiated. The workshop format will allow a great deal of dialogue between participants and lecturers as well.