Structural Bioinformatics & HPC · UCAM

HPC-driven drug discovery, from molecule to clinic.

Twenty-five years building computational methods on supercomputers — delivering patented compounds, licensed assets and ongoing clinical studies. We partner with pharma, biotech, agri-food and academic groups worldwide.

25+
Years
200+
Papers
12
In-house tools
12
Drug programs
9
Validated targets
8
Patents
2
Clinical studies

What we do

Methods

We develop novel structural bioinformatics, AI and machine-learning methods for drug discovery, target characterisation and compound optimisation.

HPC

We implement them on supercomputers and on freely accessible web servers, enabling large-scale virtual screening and molecular dynamics campaigns.

Translation

Compounds discovered with our pipeline are patented, licensed and progressing into clinical studies — Murcia 2022 (colorectal cancer) and Murcia 2023 (weight-loss).

What we offer

Computational drug discovery

Structure-based virtual screening, molecular docking, molecular dynamics, pharmacophore modelling and consensus methods, applied to academic, biotech and pharma targets.

HPC capacity & SaaS access

Private HPC deployments, dedicated cluster scheduling and on-premise installations of our tools for partners who require scale, throughput or full data confidentiality.

AI on HPC

Custom interpretable machine-learning models (ADMET, QSAR, target prediction, image analysis and time-series forecasting) trained and deployed on supercomputing resources.

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Featured case

Imipramine → Fascin — colorectal cancer metastasis

Structure-based discovery of an FDA-approved antidepressant as a potent Fascin1 inhibitor that blocks invasion of colorectal tumour cells in vitro and in vivo. Patent licensed (2023). Clinical study started in Murcia (2022).

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Partner with us

We are actively seeking biotech and pharmaceutical partners across three tracks:

Licensing

Patents available for licensing or sub-licensing across multiple targets and indications.

Co-development

Joint pre-clinical and clinical development of novel chemical entities with nanomolar activities.

Clinical-trial investment

Investment opportunities for ongoing clinical studies in colorectal cancer and weight-loss.

Contact: Prof. Horacio Pérez-Sánchez · hperez@ucam.edu

Inmolnova — a UCAM spin-off currently being established to channel commercial services. Until then, all contracts are handled through UCAM’s Technology Transfer Office (OTRI).

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