A professor of Physical/Computational Chemistry, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji has lamented the declining interest in chemistry despite its vast contributions to daily life, industry and national development.
Prof. Oyebamiji stated this while delivering the inaugural lecture of the University of Ilesa, Osun State, on Tuesday.
Oyebamiji delivered the lecture titled, “Molecular Intuition and Drug Discovery: Odyssey of a Computational Chemist” at the school auditorium.
He suggested that to advance chemistry in drug discovery, the research community must foster interdisciplinary collaboration among computational chemists, biologists and medicinal chemists.
He also urged higher institutions in Nigeria to promote collaborative projects across departments and invest in research that is vital for innovation.
He said, “To advance computational chemistry in drug discovery, the research community should foster interdisciplinary collaboration among computational chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, and medicinal chemists to turn predictions into therapies.
“Universities should promote collaborative projects across departments, invest in high-performance computing and foster participation in research consortiums which are vital for innovation. Promoting entrepreneurship can also drive the commercialisation of new computational drug discovery tools.
“Government can advance computational chemistry in drug discovery by funding research, fostering academia-industry collaboration and investing in high-performance computing. They should create policies for ethical AI use, promote public-private partnership, and support data sharing to improve transparency, reproducibility and real-world application of computational models,” Prof. Oyebamiji stated.
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