Getting Started
Using StarDrop via a web browser
Our cloud deployment offers StarDrop as a fully hosted solution, accessible through any web browser. We handle all the infrastructure, maintenance, and updates, so you can focus entirely on your research without worrying about IT overhead.
This setup is ideal for teams wanting to start quickly as there is no installation or server setup required – you can simply log in and begin working. Additionally, cloud users receive the latest StarDrop features and improvements automatically as they’re released, ensuring everyone has access to the most current capabilities.
This short video provides all the information you need to start using StarDrop via a web browser.
Visualising Data
Creating charts and visualisations
Creating and customising interactive charts in StarDrop makes it easy to visualise and interpret complex data. You can use your pre-loaded dataset to follow along with this short video.
There are many different visualisation features available to you in StarDrop – and it’s one of the many things people enjoy about using it. After you’ve watched this video, we recommend working through the rest of the videos in this data visualisation series.
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View compounds and data your way with Card View®
Card View® breaks free from restrictive spreadsheets, providing a flexible and intuitive way to view compounds and identify key structure-activity relationships. Interactive cards can be organised in a way that mirrors your thought processes, making it easy to make evidence-based decisions and prioritise the right compounds.
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Learn how to customise Card View layout
Follow step-by-step tutorials
All the files required for the following worked examples have been pre-loaded for you. Therefore, you can skip any steps that ask you to load the workspace and model files.
To open a workspace file, go to File → Open and select Project Files from the list on the left. Next, navigate to the folder named after the worked example you wish to follow, select the workspace file, and click Open.
The additional models can be found under the Custom branch of the model tree in the Models area.
After completing the steps in the worked examples, if you wish to save your results, please select File → Save As and type the file name before clicking Save. Note that it is not possible to overwrite the original file.
If you would like to try out these capabilities on proprietary compounds, please reach out to support@optibrium.com, and we can advise on how to set this up.
Compound prioritisation and optimisation
Multi-parameter scoring profiles enable you to prioritise compounds that meet your specific project objectives.
By using StarDrop’s probabilistic scoring, data visualisation and selection tools, you can select a diverse set of compounds with balanced properties and view these within a chemical space visualisation. The predictive models used in this tutorial are part of the ADME QSAR module.
Follow the step-by-step tutorial
Generate new compound ideas with Nova
Once you’ve identified promising hits, you’ll often need to explore new chemistry to improve key properties. But focusing on a single property in isolation risks introducing liabilities elsewhere.
StarDrop’s Nova module helps you generate fresh compound ideas that improve potency while maintaining the balance of other critical properties, reducing risk and accelerating your optimisation.
Follow the step-by-step tutorial
Explore optimisation strategies with Inspyra
Expert chemistry knowledge combined with the speed and exploratory power of generative chemistry can accelerate your search for optimal compounds with the right physicochemical properties.
Inspyra generates new compound ideas in the background while dynamically learning from your interactions. Your responses to its suggestions guide the generative algorithms to explore the most relevant chemical spaces—focusing on optimisation strategies most likely to succeed for your specific project goals.
Follow the step-by-step tutorial
Collaborative Design
Introducing real-time collaboration
StarDrop 8 introduces brand new real-time collaboration capabilities, developed in direct response to feedback from our medicinal chemistry user community.
This keeps discovery teams aligned by providing shared access to compounds, data and visualisations. With a single source of truth for your project and intuitive workspaces that adapt to each team member’s needs, you can streamline decision-making and ensure no opportunity is ever missed. Centralised idea tracking captures every design and decision throughout the discovery process, so your team can progress faster together.
If you’d like to experience it for yourself, simply email info@optibrium.com or complete this form.
Getting Support
If you have any questions or need any further support, drop us a line using the form. We look forward to hearing from you!