Presentation
The workshop will introduce participants to the field of Drug Discovery with a special focus on High-Throughput Screening (HTS). It will review the basic concepts of Drug Discovery and HTS and the routine and specialized technologies and instrumentation used. Notions of HTS screening cascades and analysis will also be covered.
Speakers:
- Israel Ramos - Drug Screening Platform Coordinator and Technology Transfer Consultant
- Maria Caballero - Research Officer at the Drug Screening Platform
Date:
• 1 June: 9:00 - 13:30 h
• 4 June: 9:00 - 16:00 h
Place: Fèlix Serratosa room (Parc Científic de Barcelona)
Audience: All IRB Barcelona members are welcome (previous registration requested).
Registration: To register, please fill out the following Google form. Registration is based on first come first served.
If you are registered to participate and finally cannot attend, please send an e-mail to academicoffice@irbbarcelona.org.
Programme
DAY 1
9:00 – 11:00
- Welcome
- Drug Discovery
- Drug Screening Platform overview
- HTS: Phases, strategy definition and technologies
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:30
- HTS: Compound library
- HTS: Case study. Viability assay
- HTS: Case study. Protein-Protein interaction
- HTS: Case study. Enzymatic activity
DAY 2
9:00 – 11:00
- Welcome
- Drug Screening Platform instrumentation
- Drug Screening Platform services
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 13:30
- HTS: How to work with us. Flow chart
- Compound handling and printing
- Standalone instrumentation. How to work with us
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00 Tour