Innovations and Implementations of Computer Aided Drug Discovery Strategies in Rational Drug Design

Chapter 1. CADD: Some success stories from Sanjeevini and the way forward.- Chapter 2. Virtual Screening: practical application of docking, consensus scoring and rescoring using binding free energy.- Chapter 3. Aspects Of Protein Structure, Function And Dynamics In Rational Drug Designing.- Chapter 4. Role of advanced computing in the drug discovery process.- Chapter 5. Protein structure, dynamics and assembly: Implications for drug discovery.- Chapter 6. Recent trends in computer-aided drug design.- Chapter 7. Predicting Protein Folding and Protein Stability by Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Computational Drug Discovery.- Chapter 8. Magnitude and advancements of CADD in identifying therapeutic intervention against Flaviviruses.- Chapter 9. Elucidating protein-ligand interactions using high throughput biophysical techniques.- Chapter 10. In silico approach in drug design and drug discovery: An update.- Chapter 11. Biological Implications of Polyethylene Glycoland PEGylation: Therapautic Approaches Based on Biophysical Studies and Protein Structure-Based Drug Design Tools.- Chapter 12. Molecular Dynamics Simulation in Drug Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges.- Chapter 13. Theoretical characterization of intrinsically disordered proteins and relevant forcefields for them.

Dr. Singh is currently Professor at Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi (TN), India. He received his graduation, post graduation and Doctoral degree in Theoretical chemistry from the CSJM University, Kanpur. Before joining Alagappa, he worked as scientist in NIPER, Mohali, Punjab and Assistant Professor, Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu. Prof. Singh possess extensive exposure and achieved a distinct landmark in the area of Drug Discovery and development on specific therapeutic targets of Viruses, Bacterial pathogens and Cancer. He has received ＂ICMR Lala RAM Chand Kandhari Award and Fellow of BRSI Award＂. He is the Secretary General of Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery Society (BIDDS), and MNASc, Member of ＂The National Academy of Sciences＂, India and published more than 130 research articles in highly reputed journals.