Chemistry + Python: Solve chemistry problems with Python
What you'll learn
- A brief review of some concepts of chemistry
- Basic commands and data structures of the programming language Python
- You will learn to develop an algorithmic thinking related to problems of chemistry
- Solve problems of chemistry computationally
- You will learn how to calculate the molecular formula of a compound with Python
- You will learn how to balance a chemical equation with the built-in commands of Python
Requirements
- A basic knowledge of chemistry is recommended, although before the exercises, a contextualization is given
Description
Are you a person with a background in chemistry, engineering, biology, or physical sciences interested in learning a programming language to model problems of chemistry with programming? Or maybe you are someone from a computer science background who is curious about how to model problems of chemistry computationally.
In this course, you'll know how to model different chemistry problems with Python! Through each section, you'll learn (or review) basic concepts of the programming language Python! The following classes are exercises in which I explain some problems of chemistry. After watching these classes, it is expected that you try to solve these problems by yourself. In the following videos, I solve the problems of chemistry step-by-step in the programming language Python.
Each chapter is structured as follows:
Basic lectures about some subjects of Python (variables, data types, loops, etc.
Videos of exercises, in which I explain the problems of chemistry that you must model in Python
Videos of the exercises being solved
Also, there are three projects that you must solve after you watch a certain number of classes. In the first project, you must write code that reads a string of characters representing an organic compound (as SMILES) and generates the name of the compound according to IUPAC rules. In the second project, you must write code that generates the molecular formula of a compound given the elements present in the substance, their molar masses, and their relative amounts in a sample. And finally, in the third project, you must write a program that balances a chemical equation by multiplying the components of the reaction by random coefficients. Each of these projects is cumulative and requires knowledge about the commands and methods that have been seen so far in Python.
Since this course is introductory, we will only use built-in commands and libraries.
Who this course is for:
- Chemists/chemistry students
- Biologists/biology students and related areas such as pharmacy, biotechnology, etc
- People from IT or computer science who want to learn how to problems of chemistry can be solved with Python
Instructor
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English:
Hi, my name is Guilherme, I have a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences, a master's degree in Experimental Biology, and a Ph.D. also in Experimental Biology, both from the Federal University of Rondônia (Brazil). My main research area is the search for compounds that are active against the parasites of malaria and leishmaniasis. I also have been programming for a while, especially in the programming languages Python and R. My main interests are biology, biotechnology, programming, medicinal chemistry, and artificial intelligence. My main goal here in Udemy is therefore spreading the knowledge related to these areas to people around the world.
Português:
Bacharel e licenciado em Ciências Biológicas pela Universidade Federal de Rondônia, mestre em Biologia Experimental pela Universidade Federal de Rondônia e doutor também em Biologia Experimental pela Universidade Federal de Rondônia. Desenvolveu seus trabalhos de iniciação científica e mestrado na busca de moléculas de plantas bioativas contra os parasitas da malária e leishmaniose, tendo trabalhado com fitoquímica e ensaios antiparasitários in vitro. No final do mestrado, começou a se interessar por bioinformática, química medicinal e programação, aplicando alguns programas de bioinformática e quimioinformática para auxiliar na descoberta de drogas antimaláricas. Possui experiência com as linguagens Python e R, e iniciou a programar em Javascript. Seu projeto de doutorado se constitui em avaliar um composto antimalárico já testado durante o mestrado de forma mais aprofundada contra o parasita da malária, realizando análises virtuais, como verificação de características físico-químicas e farmacocinéticas, docking molecular (interação virtual entre ligante e proteína-alvo do parasita) e ensaios em placas de cultura.