10-21-17 Can we repurpose existing drugs to treat new viruses? Learn how students can apply bioinformatics tools like BLAST and Molecule World to address real-world problems and make discoveries.
Your students can use public data to discover new ways to use existing drugs.
In this workshop, you will learn:
- How to find information in the NCBI database about Zika virus and Zika virus reference sequences
- How to find structures from similar viruses, that are binding to drugs
- How to determine if those drugs are likely to bind to Zika virus
Where? WSTA 2017
When? Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 10:40 am - 12:00 noon
Presenter:
Sandra Porter
President/Founder
Digital World Biology, LLC
Reference materials:
The NCBI Virus Variation Resources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/viruses/variation/resources/
Hunting for drugs to treat Zika virus video on YouTube
Molecule World on the iPad
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Drug Discovery and Zika Virus.pptx | 8.44 MB |
 zika_viruses_blast_F2017.pdf | 253.83 KB |
 Zika_virus_notes_2017.docx | 123.29 KB |