LiveDesign

Your complete digital molecular design and discovery lab

Life Science: LiveDesign

Digitally design, predict, analyze, and collaborate in a single platform

LiveDesign is a flexible, cloud-native working environment for your entire discovery team — spanning both small and large molecule research. Streamline workflows with centralized access to all project data (experiment and in silico predictions), cutting-edge computational modeling tools, and collaborative decision-making technology — all in a single interface.

The digital platform for modern drug discovery teams

Bridge the gap between your real and virtual data

Break data silos and gain real-time access to all project data — in silico and experimental — in a single centralized platform

Drive fewer, faster design cycles

Empower creativity and capture your best ideas with powerful predictive modeling workflows at your fingertips

Centralize collaboration and decision-making

Crowdsource ideas and interactively revise design strategies with your colleagues — anytime, anywhere

Accelerate discovery for a broad range of therapeutic modalities

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Empower digital discovery across entire project teams

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Perform full in silico DMTA cycles

  • Capture design ideas and hypotheses
  • Utilize powerful cheminformatics and predictive modeling to digitally test ideas and prioritize synthesis decisions
  • Track compound progression with live data updates
  • Build rich dashboards to analyze whole project data or individual molecules
  • Leverage integrated ML/AI technologies for iterative improvement on predictive models

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Expand the impact of predictive modeling

  • Increase the impact of computational methods to drive discovery outcomes
  • Easily share validated models for self-service use across the entire project team
  • Outsource routine computational tasks and spend more time working on challenging modeling problems

BIOTHERAPEUTICS DISCOVERY
Power your biologics discovery workflows

  • Combine all of your data — from sequence to structure to experiment
  • Streamline workflows such as candidate analysis and lead selection, candidate optimization and ideation, and collaborative data transitions
  • Track decisions and communication across all stages of common biologics discovery workflows
  • Flexibly develop and explore emerging AI/ML technologies with an agnostic snap-in/snap-out API framework

LEADERSHIP & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Streamline discovery processes and team collaboration

  • Track and visualize key project metrics
  • Utilize customizable dashboards for project monitoring and support team efforts
  • Standardize discovery workflows across programs and teams

EXTERNAL PARTNER MANAGERS
Share and track data with CRO partners

  • Dynamically manage and view Make and Test queues
  • Create custom workflows for progression of compound synthesis and testing
  • Utilize live data systems to eliminate communication through spreadsheets and timezone constraints — data is available as soon as it’s loaded

RESEARCH IT
Easily integrate any corporate data source

  • Snap-in web-based or in-house developed technologies via a connected API
  • Centralize design technologies into a single platform and data system
  • Reduce your integration and support burden by using a single SaaS platform
Featured Product

LiveDesign ML

Your complete solution for rapid AI/ML molecular property predictions. Train and deploy state-of-the-art AI/ML models for small molecule drug discovery and easily integrate models into team decision-making and design workflows via a centralized collaborative platform.

Documentation & Tutorials

Get answers to common questions and learn best practices for using Schrödinger’s software.

Life Science Documentation

Formula Column Examples

Explore formula column examples that allow you to calculate, analyze, and transform data using custom expressions and built-in functions.

Life Science Tutorial

Ligand Designer Configurations

Learn how to set up Ligand Designer for use in structurally-enabled projects.

Life Science Tutorial

Exploring Forms View in LiveDesign

Learn how to create new Forms and visualize data in new ways.

Life Science Tutorial

Analyzing Data in LiveDesign

Explore SAR Analysis and Multi-Parameter Optimizations to analyze data and drive compound progression.

Life Science Tutorial

Advanced Techniques with LiveDesign

Learn how to create formulas, perform regression analysis, save a template, set up an MPO, and push information to Maestro.

Life Science Tutorial

Building and Configuring Docking Models for LiveDesign

You will learn how to build, configure, and export docking models from Maestro to LiveDesign, as well as prepare ligand and protein structures.

Life Science Tutorial

Building LiveReports in LiveDesign

Learn how to create new LiveReports and add compounds, data, plots, and more.

Life Science Tutorial

Creating an Automated Series Tagger

Use the formula functions in LiveDesign to create a column that automatically tags new ideas with a series label.

Life Science Tutorial

Limited Assay Columns in LiveDesign

Learn how to display different assay data in the LiveReport.

Life Science Documentation

Freeform Column Examples

Explore Freeform column examples that empower flexible workflows, and real-time collaboration.

You’re in good company

“The ability to collaborate through LiveDesign was key — it meant that no matter when or where inspiration might strike, we had a platform to capture and share ideas.”
Matt BursavichVP, Head of Chemical Sciences, Morphic Therapeutic
“In Schrödinger’s LiveDesign we could consolidate best-of-breed scientific capabilities in a single interface, so that chemists can run standard modeling workflows in just a few clicks.”
Miriam Lopez-RamosComputational Chemistry Group Leader, Galapagos
“Seeing the ways in which different people on your team think can really open up new possibilities. We are often in meetings with LiveDesign open in front of us, editing in real time, presenting ideas, and making decisions about the best designs.”
Gloria Hernandez Torres & Daniel CarneySenior Scientists, Gastrointestinal & Inflammation (GI) Chemistry, Takeda

Case studies & webinars

Discover how Schrödinger technology is being used to solve real-world research challenges.

Life Science Webinar

Building a biotech: Enabling a successful digital drug discovery program with a connected platform

Join us to see how this powerful solution can accelerate your DMTA cycles and enable your teams – this isn’t about complex simulations, it’s about giving your team the tools they need to make better decisions, faster.

Life Science Webinar

Schrödinger デジタル創薬セミナー: Into the Clinic~計算化学がもたらす創薬プロセスの変貌~第16回

APR 16, 2025 | Accelerating protein degrader discovery: Computational strategies for degrader design and optimization

Life Science Webinar

Accelerating protein degrader discovery: Computational strategies for degrader design and optimization

Join us to explore how these workflows can accelerate the design of protein degraders—from predicting ternary complexes to optimizing linker properties—and can empower real-time collaboration through Schrödinger’s LiveDesign platform.

Life Science Webinar

Schrödinger デジタル創薬セミナー: Into the Clinic~計算化学がもたらす創薬プロセスの変貌~第12回

Accelerated In silico Discovery of SGR-1505: a Potent MALT1 Allosteric Inhibitor for the Treatment of Mature B-cell Malignancies

Life Science Webinar

Empowering scientists with integrated AI/ML modeling for rapid molecular property predictions

In this webinar, we present LiveDesign ML, a new module in Schrödinger’s LiveDesign collaborative enterprise informatics platform, for training and deploying state-of-the-art AI/ML models with minimal manual intervention.

Life Science Case Study

Design of a highly selective, allosteric, picomolar TYK2 inhibitor using novel FEP+ strategies

Life Science Webinar

The Predict-First Paradigm: How Digital Chemistry is Shaping the Future of Drug Discovery 预测优先范式: 数字化学如何塑造药物发现的未来

Life Science Webinar

LiveDesign for Biologics: Improving and expediting biologics discovery with a centralized, collaborative informatics platform

In this webinar, we explore LiveDesign, Schrödinger’s collaborative enterprise informatics platform.

Life Science Webinar

Schrödinger デジタル創薬セミナー: Impacting drug discovery programs with large-scale de novo design

高品質な化学物質の創製をより包括的かつ効果的に可能にする技術の開発は、薬物探索の長年の目標でした。

Life Science Webinar

Impacting Drug Discovery Programs with Large-Scale De Novo Design

Developing technologies to more comprehensively and effectively enable de novo design of high-quality chemical matter has been a long-standing goal of drug discovery.

Training & Resources

Online certification courses

Level up your skill set with hands-on, online molecular modeling courses. These self-paced courses cover a range of scientific topics and include access to Schrödinger software and support.

Tutorials

Learn how to deploy the technology and best practices of Schrödinger software for your project success. Find training resources, tutorials, quick start guides, videos, and more.