MSTG0453-2 : Training : medicinal chemistry

Study Programmes 2016-2017

MSTG0453-2

Training : medicinal chemistry

Duration :

300h Internship

Number of credits :

Master in pharmacy (120 ECTS)		10

Lecturer :

Bernard Pirotte

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

The students of the fifth year pharmaceutical sciences course have the choice, during quadrimester 9, between a training in a laboratory of the Department of Pharmacy or a stay in a foreign country as Erasmus students.
The training at the laboratory of medicinal chemistry, like in the other laboratories of the Department, takes place 5 days a week, from early october to mid december.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

The training aims at familiarizing the student with research in medicinal chemistry.
The student will be integrated in a research projet developed at the laboratory of medicinal chemistry.

Main themes:
- Synthesis of original molecules with therapeutic potentials.
- Search of new biological targets for drugs.
- Study of the structure-activity relationships and determination of physico-chemical constants used in the design of new drugs.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Medicinal chemistry

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

From early october to mid december (quadrimester 9), 5 days a week.