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Vincent Zoete
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Vincent Zoete obtained an Engineer’s degree in Chemistry from the ENSCL in 1995, a Master’s degree in Drug Design in 1996, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Lille in 1999. He did his postdoctoral training in molecular modeling in the groups of Martin Karplus in Strasbourg and of Markus Meuwly in Basel. In 2004 he joined the Molecular Modeling Group of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics in Lausanne, where he currently is Group Leader together with Olivier Michielin.
Additionally, he is the scientific director of the Protein Modeling Facility of the University of Lausanne. In 2022, he was appointed Associate Professor in Molecular Modeling in the Department of Oncology UNIL-CHUV, Ludwig Lausanne Branch. His research interests include the development and application of computer-aided approaches for protein engineering and drug design. He contributed to the development of tools like SwissDock, SwissParam, SwissSidechain, SwissTargetPrediction, SwissSimilarity, SwissBioisostere and SwissADME.”