This course will help you to develop your knowledge and understanding of how drugs and medicines are discovered, the steps and the technology involved. In addition to these, some research methods are also dealt with, which are key to understanding modern drug discovery and development. Attendees not only get to learn about the major aspects of the drug discovery process, starting with target selection, to compound screening to designing lead candidates, but also can increase their understanding of the various drug discovery tools and methods that are used for finding, identifying and designing a new drug.
Drug companies are always aiming to attract and recruit the best scientists.
What they look for is a solid university track record, good publications, evidence of good communication, team, and leadership skills, and most importantly, sound knowledge of the subject and the recent updates in the related area.
If you are looking at making a career in this field, then you will definitely benefited by this course.
One of the major focus of drug discovery in recent years has been the generation of more physiologically relevant models, which could provide better correlation to the clinical setting and thereby reduce candidate drug attrition.
CRISPR/Cas9, as discussed in this course, represents a significant opportunity in this area, which is used to efficiently and precisely edit a cell’s DNA to generate both in vitro and in vivo models.
CRISPR/Cas9 technology is soon going to become an indispensable part of genome editing. These nature’s very own tools are creating wonders when it comes to gene cutting, nicking, knockin, knockout as well as expression activation and inhibition. Attendees taking up a basic and an advanced course in this technology will be able to understand the importance of this technology in Drug discovery. This course bridges the gap between these two processes and points out the precise genome editing applications in various steps of drug development such as in animal model creation and in precision medicine.
Eligibility :
- Students in their B.Sc / B.Tech / M.Sc / M.Tech / PhD who aspire to work on cutting-edge research technologies used in drug discovery.
- Aspiring scientists who look forward to innovating novel methods to develop new drugs with advanced technologies.
- Science enthusiasts who like to stay updated about the recent research updates using the most talked about processes.
- Any candidate who is looking for a career in the pharmaceutical industry