With our increased understanding of the role epigenetics play in various diseases, finding small molecule inhibitors is proving vital in our probing of the complex epigenetic regulation networks. I am looking at using in silico free energy calculations to direct inhibitor optimisation. This methodology will be applied to various bromodomains within family VII, to investigate how the method can be used to increase affinity and selectivity of known binders. This project will also find me in the lab, making the computationally optimised compounds as a means of validating the technique and hopefully developing novel inhibitors.