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Category:
Courses
Educational hub:
Target audience:
Students
University:
Palacký University Olomouc

ECTS credits:
4
Mode of delivery:
Blended
Contact name:
Marie Rakova
Contact email:
marie.rakova@upol.cz
Contact name #2:
Karel Berka
Contact email #2:
Language:
English
Study cycle:
Master, PhD
Additional info:
Master / Doctoral / Postdocs

Start date:
2026-01-26
End date:
2025-12-30
Application start:
Application deadline:
2025-12-05

SGD:
SDG3. Good health and well-being, SDG9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Course credit:
Yes
Free course:
Yes
Aurora competence framework:
Only for enrolled students:
Yes
Open for registration to all Aurora Universities:
Yes
Faculty:
Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics
Micro-credential:
No
The 9th Advanced in silico Drug Design Workshop [9ADD] (26.1.2026 – 30.1.2026) is focused on using in silico tools and approaches in drug design. We cover both structure-based drug design (molecular docking, molecular dynamics, structural bioinformatics tools) and ligand-based drug design (QSAR, pharmacophores, deep learning) with lectures and on-hand tutorials.
Invited Lecturers
prof. Thierry Langer (UniVie, Vienna), prof. Alexandre Varnek (Uni Strasbourg), prof. Hanoch Senderowitz (Bar-Ilan University), assoc. prof. Johannes Kirchmair (UniVie, Vienna),  dr. Semen Yesylevskyy (IOCB Prague, KFC UPOL, Receptor.AI), dr. Federica Moraca (UNINA, Napoli), dr. Wim Dehaen (UCT Prague), dr. Martin Šícho (UCT Prague), dr. Martin Lepšík (IOCB Prague), dr. Aleix Gimeno Vives (URV, Tarragona), dr. Peter Ertl (Ertl Molecular), Rowan  Local Organizers doc. Karel Berka (KFC UPOL), dr. Pavel Polishchuk (IMTM UPOL), Guzel Minibaeva (IMTM UPOL), Aleksandra Ivanova (IMTM UPOL), dr. Václav Bazgier (KFC UPOL), Kateřina Storchmannová (KFC UPOL), Dominik Martinát (KFC UPOL), Anna Špačková (UPOL)
Format
The meeting will be in a hybrid format. Lectures and tutorial files will be available online, but the on-hand tutorials will be only on-site. Attendance at the event is free of charge. The workshop room holds up to 36 seats, lecture room holds up to 80 seats. Participants can present their research through an on-site poster session (for students, it is an Exam requirement). Registrations with poster presentations were prioritised.