A chemist’s approach to biochemical complexity

Abstract

In the past few years, research activity and innovation at the interface between chemistry and biology has grown by leaps and bounds. Chemical biology is an emerging discipline, involving the use of chemical and physical tools to investigate the structure and function of complex biological molecules, pathways and systems. ChemComm is delighted to have secured the services of Barbara Imperiali, who is the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as the journal’s first Associate Editor for Chemical Biology.