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𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 I am delighted to share our latest publication, "Prediction of Threonine-Tyrosine Kinase Receptor-Ligand Unbinding Kinetics with Multiscale Milestoning and Metadynamics" in the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Access the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/e7cXaJTS 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 1. 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡: We enhanced our existing Simulation-Enabled Estimation of Kinetics Rates (SEEKR) approach by integrating metadynamics (metaD) simulations to predict drug residence times for threonine-tyrosine kinase (TTK) inhibitors. 2. 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Our method accurately predicts absolute and rank-ordered ligand residence times and binding free energies for long-residence-time inhibitors, essential for drug development strategies. 3. 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠: By comparing steered molecular dynamics (SMD) and metadynamics (metaD) simulations, we demonstrated that metaD provides superior simulation initial structures, leading to better convergence and more accurate results. 4. 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Our work advances the understanding of TTK inhibitors, a promising target for breast cancer treatment, and sets a new benchmark for computational predictions of protein-ligand interactions. 5. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: metaD within SEEKR produced better unbinding rate constants than traditional SMD, showing significant improvement in accuracy and reliability. 6. 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲: Our approach resulted in a precise ranking of absolute unbinding kinetics, a notable achievement in the field. 7. 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬: SEEKR2 and SEEKRTOOLS are available on GitHub: https://lnkd.in/eriFhpf5, enabling broader adoption and further research advancements. Our work integrates advanced computational methods to enhance drug discovery and development. Great work from the SEEKR team, especially Lane Votapka, and incredible mentorship from Rommie. Excited to see where this leads next. #drugkinetics #drugdiscovery #cancerresearch #metadynamics #SEEKR #moleculardynamics #residencetimes

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How cool! 💯 A "mostly" #computationally #driven molecule gets into #clinic !💯 👉 Schrödinger 'sMALT1 Inhibitor Showcases the Potential of its Computational Platform and Becomes Its First In-House Clinical Compound: 👉👉https://lnkd.in/dScJETsg SGR-1505, the first in-house clinical compound developed at Schrödinger, is an oral, allosteric MALT1 inhibitor currently in the clinic for the treatment of mature B cell malignancies. The discovery effort, disclosed at the ACS Spring 2024 meeting, was completed in an impressive 10 months starting from a published Novartis scaffold. Over eight billion compound designs were assessed using Schrödinger’s in-house computational MPO chemistry suite, of which only 129 were synthesized. SGR-1505 demonstrated preclinical single-agent and combination activity in B cell malignancies and showed the ability to resensitize drug-resistant tumors to BTK and BCL-2 inhibitors. The compound has completed Ph. I studies in healthy volunteers and has progressed into a Ph. I trial in patients with mature B cell malignancies. #drugdiscovery #malt1 #schrodinger #inhibitor #drug #btk #phaseI #tumor #cancer #compound #computational #docking #MPO #2024

📍 VIBRANT: spectral profiling for single-cell drug responses Liu et al. presented a new high-content spectral profiling method named vibrational painting (VIBRANT), integrating mid-infrared vibrational imaging, multiplexed vibrational probes and an optimized data analysis pipeline for measuring single-cell drug responses.   Key points 🔹 Three infrared-active vibrational probes designed to measure distinct essential metabolic activities in human cancer cells 🔹 Collection of more than 20,000 single-cell drug responses, corresponding to 23 drug treatments 🔹 A machine learning classifier to accurately predict drug mechanism of action at single-cell level with minimal batch effects 🔹 An algorithm to discover drug candidates with new mechanisms of action and evaluate drug combinations. ➡ More details: https://lnkd.in/eS3ev2TH #columbiauniversity  #spatialomics #spatialbiology #singlecellanalysis #singlecell

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