PHSC 5450 — Contemporary Approaches to Drug Design
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springBostonTraditional
Introduces current and emerging trends and concepts in drug discovery in the context of targeted disease therapy and structure-based drug design. Reviews and discusses topics on target selection and validation, computational drug design tools, kinase inhibitors, proteolysis targeting chimeras and molecular glues, covalent drugs, cannabinoid receptors, RNA-targeting small molecule agents, and protein-protein interaction modulators. Exemplifies the applications of general medicinal chemistry and pharmacology principles to real-world drug discovery and development.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 21% | 38.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 23% | 37.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 10% | 43.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 42% · F 38%
Common patterns: R (42% of sections), F (38% of sections), S (19% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Zhihui Qin (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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