Drug Discovery in Real Life: An Online Learning Activity for Bioinformatics Students

During COVID-19 lockdowns, online learning activities had to be developed for the Undergraduate and Masters Therefore, we designed an integrative, industry-based research assignment, which guided the students through a drug discovery project from target identification to lead optimization. The students were able to utilize this real-life scenario to apply multiple diverse but complementary bioinformatic principles to analyze biological and chemical data leading to meaningful predictions. This activity was utilized as a final assessment of the students' knowledge.

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During the COVID-19 lockdowns, online learning activities were developed for undergraduate and master's students. An integrative, industry-based research assignment was designed to guide students through a drug discovery project. This assignment allowed students to apply diverse bioinformatic principles to analyze biological and chemical data and make meaningful predictions. It served as the final assessment of the students' knowledge.