Teaching/Mentoring

Classes Taught and Training Sessions Organized by Dr. S. Ravichandran 

Hood College, Frederick, MD (Adjunct Faculty in Biology and Computer Science)

• Introduction to BioComputing [CS599F] (2010)

• Nucleic Acid Seq Analysis/Protein Modeling [BIFX-550] (2015 Fall)

• Nucleic Acid Seq Analysis/Protein Modeling [BIFX-550] (2016 Fall)   

• Nucleic Acid Seq Analysis/Protein Modeling (BIFX-550) (2017 Summer)

• Nucleic Acid Seq Analysis/Protein Modeling (BIFX-550) (2018 Spring)

• Computational Functional Genomics: Sequence Analysis and Structural Bioinformatics (BIFX-550; 2021)

• Advanced Molecular Biology for Bioinformatics (BIFX-504; Prof. Miranda Darby and Dr. S. Ravichandran; Fall 2022)

• Computational Functional Genomics: Sequence Analysis and Structural Bioinformatics (BIFX-550)

  •  2022 (Spring and Fall)

  • 2023 (Spring and Fall)

  • 2024 (Spring and Fall)

• Class-related repository,

  • https://github.com/ravichas/bioinformatics 

Frederick National Lab (FNL) Workshops: 

NCI Data Science Learning Exchange Drug Discovery Hands-on Tutorials

• • https://github.com/ravichas/ML-predict-drugclass  (Machine Learning)

  • https://github.com/ravichas/ML-TC1   (AI/ML; Convolutional Neural Network)

  • https://github.com/ravichas/AMPL-workshop-1   (Machine Learning)

  • https://github.com/ravichas/AMPL-workshop-2  (Machine Learning; drug discovery)

  • https://github.com/ATOMScience-org/AMPL/blob/master/atomsci/ddm/examples/tutorials/AMPL_FNL_Wrshp2_1.ipynb (Drug Discovery using AMPL software)

  • https://github.com/ATOMScience-org/AMPL/blob/master/atomsci/ddm/examples/tutorials/AMPL_FNL_Wrshp2_2.ipynb (Drug Discovery using AMPL software)

  • https://github.com/ATOMScience-org/AMPL/blob/master/atomsci/ddm/examples/tutorials/AMPL_FNL_Wrshp2_3.ipynb (Drug Discovery using AMPL software)

FNL-Columbia Partnership program (lead mentor): 

Note: All the projects were carried out in collaboration with Prof. Michael Robbins, Columbia University. 

• Summer (2020)

• Summer (2021) 

• Spring (2021) 

Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD [from 2003]

Offered short courses in the following areas:

Statistics at Lunch (Seminar Series) 

• Exploratory Data Analysis: A Swiss-Army Knife for Scrutinizing the Data! 
  (NCI-Frederick, Bldg 549 Auditorium; Aug 11, 2016) 

• Pivoting works not only during election cycle: The deadly story of Rofecoxib
  (NCI-Frederick, Bldg 549 Auditorium, Jan 12, 2017)

• Statistics for Biologists, BTEP Workshop for training NCI-Frederick Scientists
  (NIH, May 16, 2017)

• Data Tidying: The Preliminary First/Last Step(s) for Data Modeling?
  (NCI-Frederick, Bldg 549 Auditorium; Feb 26, 2018)

• Data Tidying (hands-on using R software)
  (NCI-Frederick Library training room, March 14, 12-2 PM 2018)

Introduction to Molecular Modeling and Computer Simulation

• • 2003: 03/20, 03/26, 09/10, 09/30, 11/18    

  • 2004: 05/18 

  • 2005: 06/10, 05/17, 10/06    

  • 2006: 06/08 

  • 2007: 03/14 

QSAR and Drug Design

• • 2003: 04/23 

  • 2004: 05/27 

  • 2005: 05/24 

  • 2006: 06/19

Homology Modeling: Methods and Protocols

• 2003: 04/17, 09/24, 11/20     

• 2004: 05/20, 10/20     

• 2005: 05/24     

• 2006: 06/14

Protein-Ligand binding using AutoDock 

• • 2003: 04/23 

  • 2004: 05/25, 10/28 

  • 2005: 06/07, 10/27 

  • 2006: 06/21

Introduction to Molecular Modeling in the Art of Drug Design and Discovery course held in NCI-Frederick

• 2005: 03/22

• 2004: 03/

• 2007: 03/14

• 2009: 03/04

• 2011: 03/02

Introduction to molecular modeling using DS Viewer Pro, What DS Viewer can do for me? ABCC, NCI-Frederick, MD

• • 06/10/05 (Click here to view the presentation slides)

Software installation in /opt/nasapps by example, D. Foley and S. Ravichandran, Lecture & Hands-on session Offered to the Bioinformatics Group at ABCC, NCI-Frederick, MD.

• • 29/10/08 Click here to view the presentation slides)

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Computational Biology Course (BIOC 5260), Spring 2001 Computational Molecular Biology course (Spring 2002)

Organized and taught a workshop on Molecular Modeling for NJMS Science, Math And Related Topics Health Career Pipeline Initiative for Pre-College Students, UMDNJ, NJ,

• 2001: 07/10, 07/12, 07/17, 07/19, 07/24, 07/26      

Duquese University, Pittsburgh, PA

Taught Thermodynamics (Properties of gases and First law concepts and applications) for the course CHEM 321 Physical Chemistry I (Fall 1999)

Training Classes Organized at the Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, NCI-Frederick, MD 21702

Introduction to Genomics Suite (Apr 2-3, 2008)

InsightII to Discovery Studio 2.0 Migration (Mar 26, 2008)

Introduction to Discovery Studio 2.0 (Mar 25, 2008)

Pharmacophore Modeling with Discovery Studio 1.7 (June 11-12, 2007)

Pharmacophore Modeing and Database Searching using Catalyst (Dec 13-14, 2005)

Introduction to Accelrys Discovery Modeling (Jan 26, 2005)

Introduction to Accelrys Discovery Modeling 1.6 (Oct 18, 2006)

Introduction to Accelrys Discovery Modeling 1.6 (Oct 19, 2006)

Protein Modeling in Discovery Modeling 1.6 (Oct 20, 2006)