V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Researchers Presented a Report on Molecular Docking at TNMU

The war in Ukraine changed the normal course of life, including the educational process – distance learning, relocation from areas where hostilities are taking place, and so on. In these difficult conditions, teachers continue teaching both in their higher education institutions and share their experience with teachers and students of other higher education establishments. Thus, teachers and students of the Faculty of Pharmacy of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National University had an opportunity to listen to the scientific report of Doctor of Chemistry, Professor of Organic Chemistry Department at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KhNU), Head of Physical and Organic Chemistry Department at Research Institute of Chemistry  Oleksandr Vasyliovych Kyrychenko. The lecture was delivered using the program Microsoft Teams.

Oleksandr Kyrychenko in an interesting and accessible form revealed the secrets of computer methods for finding new biologically active drugs using the possibilities of molecular docking,

Professor also talked about popular software packages for molecular docking:

The speaker also presented the results of research of KhNU Department of Organic Chemistry team on molecular docking of antiviral drugs that have been used in the fight against coronavirus COVID-19.