3rd Nature Chemical Biology Symposium: Chemical Biology in Drug Discovery

Topics: Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Keywords: Drug Discovery

Date: /19/20/ September 2009, Cambridge (MA), USA, North America

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Scientists in both industry and academia seek new approaches for finding the next generation of therapeutics. The 2009 symposium will explore how chemical biology is opening up new avenues for identifying therapeutic targets and discovering small molecule drugs. This two-day meeting will address the following topics, across a range of diseases:

• Cell-based screening and target deconvolution
• Targeting pathways and systems
• Expanding druggable chemical space
• Expanding druggable targets