Tutorials in Chemoinformatics
Alexandre Varnek
30 tutorials and more than 100 exercises in chemoinformatics, supported by online software and data sets
Chemoinformatics is widely used in both academic and industrial chemical and biochemical research worldwide. Yet, until this unique guide, there were no books offering practical exercises in chemoinformatics methods. Tutorials in Chemoinformatics contains more than 100 exercises in 30 tutorials exploring key topics and methods in the field. It takes an applied approach to the subject with a strong emphasis on problem-solving and computational methodologies.
Each tutorial is self-contained and contains exercises for students to work through using a variety of software packages. The ... Read more
Key topics and methods covered in Tutorials in Chemoinformatics include:
- Data curation and standardization
- Development and use of chemical databases
- Structure encoding by molecular descriptors, text strings and binary fingerprints
- The design of diverse and focused libraries
- Chemical data analysis and visualization
- Structure-property/activity modeling (QSAR/QSPR)
- Ensemble modeling approaches, including bagging, boosting, stacking and random subspaces
- 3D pharmacophores modeling and pharmacological profiling using shape analysis
- Protein-ligand docking
- Implementation of algorithms in a high-level programming language
Tutorials in Chemoinformatics is an ideal supplementary text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in chemoinformatics, bioinformatics, computational chemistry, computational biology, medicinal chemistry and biochemistry. It is also a valuable working resource for medicinal chemists, academic researchers and industrial chemists looking to enhance their chemoinformatics skills.
Show LessProduct Details
About Alexandre Varnek
Reviews for Tutorials in Chemoinformatics