Caleb Thomas
Caleb Thomas is a PhD student enrolled in the School of Biomedical Sciences (UWA) and based at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. He has experience working in a wide range of technical fields, including previous roles in biomedical engineering and bioinformatics.

The primary aim of Caleb's project is to create an accurate and efficient method for predicting the binding affinity constant of an arbitrary protein-ligand pair in silico, through the use of modern deep learning techniques. Protein-ligand binding refers to the formation of a complex between a protein and a small organic molecule, and is an extremely important process in biochemistry, pharmacology, and countless other domains of biological science. If successful, this computational method will have great practical utility toward drug development, in particular, virtual screening for drug repurposing.
Supervisors
Prof. Kevin Pfleger , Dr. Liz Johnstone, Prof. Charles Bond, Prof. Amitava Datta
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Keywords: Protein-ligand binding | Pharmacology | Computational biology | Deep learning