Chemical Biology

	Symposium Organizer Anthony C. Bishop Assistant Professor of Chemistry Amherst College Contact

The term "chemical biology" encompasses any of the various sub-disciplines that arise when the scientific questions, hypotheses, and techniques of the chemical sciences interface with those of molecular and cellular biology. Bio-organic chemists have historically been the chemists most likely to see their research as part of the chemical-biology enterprise, but this will soon change: the rise of biological nanotechnology and the interdisciplinary "-omic" sciences, as well as the ever-increasing importance of biological spectroscopy, have made it crystal clear that the future of the chemistry/biology interface will be critically shaped by scientists trained in all of the chemical disciplines.

• Small-molecule and nano-scale probes for studying cellular biology
• Macromolecule/small-molecule interactions
• Design and engineering of novel proteins, nucleic-acids, and carbohydrates
• Natural-product biosynthesis and biosynthetic-pathway engineering
• Chemical genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics

Technical Program

Monday am: Chemical Biology Posters
Tuesday am: Chemical Biology I
Tuesday evening: Chemical Biology II

Invited Speakers

	Alkaloid Biosynthesis Sarah E. O'Connor MIT		Chemistry of Peptide Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways Steven D. Bruner Boston College
	Chemical Probes for the Study of NAD-Metabolizing Enzymes Hening Lin Cornell		Chemical Inhibition of the AI-2 Bacterial Quorum Sensing System. Scott Ulrich Ithaca College
	Protein-Septanose Interactions: Principles and Applications. Mark W. Peczuh University of Connecticut