ChEMBL is a database of bioactivity for drugs and drug like compounds. 

This webinar provides an overview of the chemical biology resources at EMBL-EBI focusing on the ChEMBL database. In the first part, the webinar describes the structure of ChEMBL, how data is integrated and curated, and how you can access the information within ChEMBL. In the second part, some worked examples based on drug discovery scenarios have been illustrated. Each worked example will be accompanied by guidance and a demonstration showing how the ChEMBL interface can be used to extract relevant information for drug discovery initiatives. 

Who is this course for?

This webinar is aimed at students and researchers in the biomedical sciences who wish to extract published data on selected drug like compounds and/or biological targets.  

Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to: 

• Describe the ChEMBL database and how the repository can be used in drug discovery and development
• Explore targets and compounds within ChEMBL and extract selected bioactivity data from the web interface 
• Retrieve similar compounds and targets to your starting entity using the interface

DOI: 10.6019/TOL.chembl-workshop-w.2025.00001.1

This webinar was recorded on 5 September 2025. Please click the 'Watch video' button to view the recording.