2nd RSC symposium on Chemical Biology for Drug Discovery

Topics: Biochemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Keywords: see below

Date: /20/21/ March 2012, Macclesfield, United Kingdom, Europe

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Introduction

This symposium covers progress in the interdisciplinary field of Chemical Biology in enhancing our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of human biology in health and disease.

Topics will include discovery and use of chemical probes, chemical modification of biological molecules, in-cell protein labelling, carbohydrate therapeutics and biomarkers, and the study of protein-protein interactions.

Who should attend?

This meeting is aimed at chemists and biologists from across the academic and industrial sectors interested in harnessing chemical science to answer fundamental questions in biology.

Confirmed Speakers (see website for full programme)

James Baker (University College London)
Mark Bunnage (Pfizer)
Ben Davis (Oxford University)
Sheng Ding (Scripps)
Sabine Flitsch (University of Manchester)
Matt Fuchter (Imperial College London)
Rob Liskamp (Utrecht University)
Ralph Mazitschek (Harvard University)
Adam Nelson (Leeds University)
Herman Overkleeft (Leiden University)
Nigel Ramsden (Cellzome)
Alan Spivey (Imperial College London)
Richard Storer (Summit)
Ed Tate (Imperial College London)
Andrew Wilson (Leeds University)
Bill Zuercher (GlaxoSmithKline)