BICOB-2020

Invited Keynote Speakers

	Dr. Ron O. Dror, Associate Professor Dept. of Computer Science Stanford University San Francisco, California USA E-mail: ron DOT dror AT stanford DOT edu DrorLab: http://drorlab.stanford.edu/contact.html CS at Stanford: https://profiles.stanford.edu/ron-dror
Bio: Ron Dror is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Structural Biology at Stanford University. Dr. Dror leads a group that employs a broad range of computational methods to study the structure and dynamics of biomolecules and drugs. Before joining Stanford, Dr. Dror served as second-in-command of D. E. Shaw Research. Dr. Dror earned a PhD at MIT and an MPhil as a Churchill Scholar at the University of Cambridge. ~~~~~~
Molecular simulation and learning for the design of finely tuned drugs Ron O. Dror - Stanford University The vision of structure-based drug design has long been to predict how drug candidates will influence the function of target proteins. This has historically proven challenging, but it is beginning to become a reality thanks to advances in computational methods and technologies. I will present recent studies in which we used molecular dynamics simulations to determine detailed mechanisms of drug action and protein function for a number of drug targets. I will also demonstrate machine learning approaches to structural prediction of intermolecular interactions. Time: 9:00AM Monday March 23 2020