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Machine Learning in Discovery Research - The Ugly Duckling (PD Series – Part 2, 2025)

Presented by Drs. Johan Gabrielsson and Bernd Wendt - 21 May 2025

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Webinar Overview

This webinar demonstrates how Machine Learning (ML) accelerates drug discovery by replacing manual trial-and-error with systematic, automated model selection.

  • The Case Study: Researchers modeled a CNS disease pathway, successfully correlating in vitro binding data with in vivo efficacy to identify a lead clinical candidate.

  • The ML Advantage: Unlike traditional sequential modeling, the ML engine scans an entire "landscape" of candidate models and covariates in parallel, identifying the most efficient mathematical structure to explain the data.

  • Balancing Accuracy & Stability: To prevent overfitting, the team used penalty functions and external validation. This ensures the model isn't just "matching noise" but is robust enough to predict outcomes for new compounds.

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