CEPRA 2016: Creation of Inter-University Network for the study and design of computers-assisted drugs and biopharmaceutical

The National Development Plan and Good Living, raises the use of biodiversity and ancestral knowledge to generate new compounds that have medicinal properties. The identification of phytochimics and conversation n medications from natural extracts is an expensive, slow and little effective process. In the last three decades, pharmaceutical companies have directed their attention to the search for new drugs through computational methods, which produce biochemical information, key in the development of new pharmaceutical compounds. In Ecuador, phytochimic experimental studies have produced results away from becoming new medications. The research groups dedicated to the discovery of drugs using communication tools are few, and their efforts have been isolated. To remedy this situation, this project proposes the creation of a network for the study and design of computer -assisted drugs. In its first phase, it will be trained at an advanced level on chemical, mathematical and computer foundations, which generate modeling and prediction program in quiminformatica. At the end of the project, participants will be able to clearly understand the algorithms and methods used in computational programs aimed at research on compounds with biological activity. For phase II, it is anticipated to have the participation of a diverse group of researchers, to focus concrete goals on the study systems that cause greater impact nationwide, attracting students who contribute to generate new knowledge and give sustainability to the network.

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