SECTION	SCOPE
Biocatalysis	Biocatalysis Enzyme complexes Enzyme engineering Enzyme mechanisms Metabolic engineering Metabolic pathways Natural products biosynthesis Novel enzyme cofactors Radicals Regulation
Bioinorganic Chemistry	Biominerals & biomineralization Chemistry of NO Electron transport & oxygen metabolism Hydrolytic & water chemistry Metal ion uptake, storage, & metabolism Metal-dependent sensors/regulators Metalloenzymes with radical intermediates Metal-nucleic acid chemistry Metals & medicine Molybdenum & tungsten Nitrogen, sulfur, hydrogen, & carbon metabolism
Biomimetic Chemistry	Artificial catalysts Chemical models for biological processes Cofactor models & surrogates Dendrimers Designed complexes & arrays Micelles, liposomes, membranes Molecular computing Molecular devices & sensors Reaction networks Receptors & recognition Transport & channel design
Chemical Biology of the Cell	Cell surface engineering Chemical genetics Intracellular monitoring Metabolic pathway engineering Modulation of signal transduction Protein-protein interactions Receptor-ligand interactions Sensors & imaging Single cell metabolite assays Transcriptional regulation & control
Directed Molecular Evolution	Aptamers Bioprospecting & enzyme discovery Catalytic antibodies Combinatorial biosynthesis Directed evolution Generation of diversity In vitro selection Molecular ecology Phage/ribosome display Theoretical foundations of molecular evolution
Drug Discovery & Design	Combinatorial chemistry Drug approval & regulatory aspects High-throughput screening In-silico drug design Medicinal chemistry Pharmacoeconomics Structure-activity relationships Target discovery & validation
Macromolecular Chemistry	Carbohydrates (including glycosaminoglycans & polysaccharides) Chemical synthesis of natural & non-natural proteins Glycoproteins & glycolipids Lipids, liposomes, membranes Macromolecular arrays, synthesis & analysis of macromolecular arrays (AFM, SPR, etc., new patterning methods, etc.) Macromolecular conjugates Microarrays Non-natural biologically active polymers Non-natural glycoconjugates & glycoprotein analogs Nucleic acid analogs Nucleic acid catalysis Protein modification RNA/DNA folding
Protein Chemistry & Proteomics	Analysis of protein-protein interactions Folding Modification Novel drug targets Protein arrays Protein design Protein expression & secretion Protein expression mapping Protein separation & identification
Small Molecule Chemistry	Combinatorial chemistry Discovery of natural products Lead optimisation Natural product biosynthesis Novel enzyme co-factors & mechanistic probes Screening technologies Structure based drug design

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