title: Chemical biology 2012: from drug targets to biological systems and back.
abstract: Multiple sites sharing a common target: This year's EMBO conference on chemical biology encouraged over 340 researchers to come to Heidelberg, Germany, and discuss the use of diverse chemical strategies and tools to investigate biological questions and better understand cellular processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. esocher@mit.edu
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Socher
authors.forename: Tom N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Grossmann
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology; D002621:Chemistry; D057225:Data Mining; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D058990:Molecular Targeted Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011506:Proteins