Prof. Doytchinova has >20 years of experience in the field of drug design and bioinformatics. Author of >160 scientific papers cited >8000 (h-index 36). She has supervised 6 PhD students and led several national and internation projects. Her research is focused on the design of novel biologically active molecules and on the development of innovative bioinformatic approaches for protein immunogenicity prediction and peptide binding prediction to MHC proteins. These models are implemented in freely accessible web applications (https://www.ddg-pharmfac.net) widely used by vaccine developers. She is awarded the Panacea prize (2011) of the Medical University of Sofia for contributions to biomedical sciences and the Pythagoras prize (2016) of the Ministry of Education and Science for achievements in biomedical sciences.    

Projects:

1. Establishing a network of research universities. Contract: BG-RRP-2.004-0004-C01, Ministry of Education and Science. WP 3.1.11. SMART DESIGN – Small Molecules for Antineoplastic Therapy – Design, Synthesis, Testing and In silico Analysis. PI: Prof. Irini Doytchinova
2. Centre of Excellence for Informatics and ICT. Contract BG16RFPR002-1.014-0018-C01, Ministry of Education and Science. WP 9. In silico methods in drug design and bioinformatics; PI of the group from MU-Sofia: Prof. Irini Doytchinova
3. National Centre for High-performance and Distributed Computing. Contract D01-98/26.06.2025, Ministry of Education and Science. WP 9. In silico methods in drug design and bioinformatics; PI of the group from MU-Sofia: Prof. Irini Doytchinova

Links:

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603753801

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/ABG-3962-2020

https://ras.nacid.bg/dissertation-preview/3073