Decode Life hosts drug-discovery workshop May 17

Decode Life has opened a one-month online workshop on computational drug discovery, according to the group’s website and a separate event listing. The program runs from May 16 to June 10, 2026, and is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. India time on listed session days. The course page describes the program as a “One Month International Comprehensive Workshop” focused on docking, molecular dynamics and QM/MM approaches. A third-party listing says registration remains open and gives fees of 1,300 rupees for participants in India and $30 for international participants. ### When does the workshop start, and what is happening on May 17? May 16, 2026, is listed as the start date on Decode Life’s website, with the first session covering an introduction to the Linux environment. May 17, 2026, is listed as the second day of the program, with “Advanced Linux commands” scheduled for Sunday. The drug-discovery module itself begins on May 18 with an introduction to the drug discovery pipeline, targets, ligands, binding affinity, and structure-based versus ligand-based design. (decodelife.co.in) The schedule matters because the workshop described in social posts as a computational drug-discovery program is structured as a broader training sequence. The website shows the first two days as Linux instruction before the course moves into drug discovery, molecular data, docking, molecular dynamics and quantum chemistry topics. ### What subjects does Decode Life say the course will cover? (decodelife.co.in) May 21 and May 22 are assigned to docking topics, according to the posted schedule. Decode Life lists binding-site identification, grid-box setup, docking principles, AutoDock Vina workflow, binding-energy interpretation, protein-ligand interactions, visualization and validation among the modules. May 25 through May 27 are assigned to molecular dynamics. (decodelife.co.in) The website lists force fields including CHARMM and AMBER, simulation steps such as minimization, equilibration and production, and GROMACS system setup and analysis, including RMSD, RMSF, radius of gyration, SASA and hydrogen-bond analysis. May 28 onward shifts to quantum chemistry and QM/MM-related material. The posted outline includes foundations of quantum chemistry and density functional theory, functionals and basis sets, ORCA runs, HOMO-LUMO analysis, charge distribution, and later applications in drug discovery. (decodelife.co.in) The course title on Decode Life’s site explicitly includes “QM/MM Approaches.” ### Who is listed as teaching the workshop? (decodelife.co.in) Decode Life’s website names four trainers on the course page. They are Dr. Avinash Mishra, identified there as CEO at Growdea Technologies Pvt Ltd and an Indo-Australian Gold Fellow at Griffith University, Australia; Dr. Salman, identified as a postdoctoral research fellow at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York; Shivangi Agarwal, identified as a former postdoctoral associate at the University of Illinois Chicago; and Akshat Jha, identified as a machine learning engineer at Growdea Technologies Pvt Ltd. (decodelife.co.in) The course page also says instructors and participants will come from “different corners of the world” and describes the trainers as “global instructors.” That language appears on the event page alongside the schedule and registration prompt. ### Where can participants register, and what does it cost? Decode Life directs visitors to “Book here” on its website, where the workshop is promoted on the homepage. (decodelife.co.in) A separate HelpBiotech listing points readers to Decode Life’s website for registration and says the fee is 1,300 rupees for Indian participants and $30 for international participants. Reuters could not independently verify payment terms beyond that listing from the material reviewed. The website says workshop material and video recordings of each session will be provided. It also describes the program as an upskilling workshop aimed at core bioinformatics skills for research. ### What comes next in the schedule after the opening weekend? May 18 is the first date on the schedule devoted directly to drug discovery, with an introductory session on the pipeline and computational drug design. (decodelife.co.in) May 21 and May 22 are the first docking-specific sessions, and May 25 begins the molecular-dynamics block, according to the posted calendar. The workshop is scheduled to continue through June 10, 2026, on Decode Life’s website.