Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Concordia University
$120,000.00
Computational Physics/Biophysics
FY 2024-25
Summary
The drug discovery industry is facing a sharp decline in productivity because of a dwindling of
easily-identifiable new drug classes. For many therapeutic applications, it is urgent to find
innovative ways of designing novel compounds. The proposed highly interdisciplinary research
program will use physical principles to direct cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques to
understand biophysical processes and identify unique design rules for molecules and short proteins
for such therapeutic applications as combating antimicrobial resistance and reducing chronic pain.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2020-00225
Name nom
Mansbach, Rachael
Department département
Physics - Concordia University
Organization id
70
Institution établissement
Concordia University
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2024
Competition year année de concours
2020
Award amount
120000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10407
Field of research list names en
Computational and theoretical chemistry
Field of research list names fr
Chimie computationnelle et théorique
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Not available
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Non disponible
Application title
Computational Physics/Biophysics
Keywords
molecular dynamics; statistical physics; deep learning; drug ; discovery; unsupervised learning; semi-supervised learning; ; dimensionality reduction; multi-scale modeling
Application summary
The drug discovery industry is facing a sharp decline in productivity because of a dwindling of
easily-identifiable new drug classes. For many therapeutic applications, it is urgent to find
innovative ways of designing novel compounds. The proposed highly interdisciplinary research
program will use physical principles to direct cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques to
understand biophysical processes and identify unique design rules for molecules and short proteins
for such therapeutic applications as combating antimicrobial resistance and reducing chronic pain.
