Molecular Docking with Open Access Software: Development of an Online Laboratory Handbook and Remote Workflow for Chemistry and Pharmacy Master’s Students to Undertake Computer-Aided Drug Design

In response to the closure of many
university laboratories due
to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, a handbook and remote webinar approach
designed to support students in the use of software tools for computer-aided
drug design has been developed. Specifically, the course has been
designed for chemistry and pharmacy students who have little or no
experience of computational techniques and can use open-source software
on their own machines. In this way a flexible and relevant course,
giving a rigorous academic experience, could be delivered even in
the most challenging of circumstances. We believe that this laboratory
protocol will help to “democratize” the scientific process
in this field.