Instruct-ERIC Events

Practical Course on Virtual Drug Screening

Meeting

Date: 10-Nov-2026 to 12-Nov-2026

Instruct Partner

Earlier this year, Instruct-ES (I2PC, Madrid) launched a new Structure-Based Virtual Drug Screening service, now officially available through the Instruct-ERIC platform.

Accessible both remotely and on-site, this Scipion-Chem pipeline allows you to use 3D atomic structures (Cryo-EM, X-ray, NMR) to:

• Find Druggable Pockets: Automatically detect and analyze potential binding sites.
• Predict Drug Binding: Run docking campaigns using your molecules libraries or our different curated datasets of compounds.

To help you integrate this new infrastructure into your research, we are hosting a Practical Course on Virtual Drug Screening (VDS) designed for researchers at any stage of their career who are interested in incorporating VDS and Drug Discovery into their research.

When: November 10 -12, 2026

Where: National Center for Biotechnology CNB-CSIC, Madrid (In-person)

Key Topics: The course will focus on covering screening pipelines, ligand filtering, lead optimization, and Molecular Dynamics using programs such as AutoDock, P2Rank, and OpenMM.

You can view the course details & fees here.

The online registration will be open in September 2026. Seats are limited.