310160 (v.1) Drug Discovery and Development 631
| Area: | School of Biomedical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Tuition Patterns: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Practical: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | The process of drug discovery and development is complicated and requires scientific knowledge from the molecular to the systemic level. This unit will hence cover a broad range of topics: protein structure, intermolecular forces, molecular modelling and visualisation, drug-protein interactions, structural biology, computer-aided drug design, drug discovery, lead identification and turning a lead into a drug, pre-clinical and clinical phases of drug development, the importance of pharmacokinetics in drug development and intellectual property issues in drug discovery. The unit will include lectures from university- and industry-based scientists who are actively engaged in various aspects of drug discovery and development. Specialist tutorials of case studies will highlight many of the issues entailed in the drug discovery and development pathways. |
| Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Field of Education: | 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping) |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
