Molecular and Cellular Biology Approaches and Applications in Modern Drug Discovery

Mithun Rudrapal, PhD, FIC, FICS, CChem (India), is Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research (Deemed to be University), Guntur, India. Dr. Rudrapal has been actively engaged in teaching and research in the field of Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences for more than 13 years. He has over a hundred publications in peer-reviewed international journals to his credit and has filed a number of Indian and International patents. In addition, Dr. Rudrapal is the author of dozen published or forthcoming books. Dr. Rudrapal works in the areas of Medicinal Chemistry, CADD, Drug Repurposing, Phytochemistry, Herbal Drugs and Dietary Polyphenols.Chukwuebuka Egbuna (PhD) is a chartered chemist and academic researcher. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON), the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (United Kingdom). Dr. Egbuna is the founder and editor of the Elsevier book series on Drug Discovery Update. The series includes books, monographs, and edited collections from all areas of drug discovery including emerging therapeutic claims for the treatment of diseases. He has published research articles in many international journals of repute and is ranked among the top 500 Nigerian scientists in SciVal/SCOPUS. He has edited more than 25 books with Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. His most recent book is the three volume Coronavirus Drug Discovery, published by Elsevier. Dr. Egbuna is the founder and the publishing director of IPS Intelligentsia Publishing Services.

• 1. Application and recent developments of molecular biology tools in drug discovery2. Multi-omics approaches and their applications in molecular biology3. Applications of biomarkers to molecular biology and drug discovery4. Biophysical techniques and their applications in molecular biology5. Genetic engineering, gene cloning and gene therapy6. Cell cycle and tumor biology7. Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine8. Developmental biology and regenerative medicine9. Immunity in infectious diseases and drug discovery10. Immunity in inflammatory diseases and drug discovery11. Immunity in cancer and drug discovery12. Molecular immunology and vaccine development13. Molecular diagnostics14. Biomedical engineering15. Chemical biology and drug discovery16. Drug target identification, validation and discovery17. Databases and bioinformatics18. Structural and computational biology19. Systems biology and network pharmacology20. Molecular toxicology in drug discovery21. Epigenetics and epigenomics22. Microbiome and host-microbe interactions23. Neurobiology and neuropharmacology24. RNA biology and therapeutics25. Metabolomics/ lipidomics and metabolic regulation26. Nanomedicine and nanotechnology27. Single-cell biology and analysis28. AI-powered molecular and cellular biology in drug discovery