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| The last twenty years have witnessed explosive advances in biology as well as chemistry among other scientific disciplines. While traditional chemistry was seeking new fields to interface with, new developments in biology offered a myriad of opportunities for chemists. This mutual attraction between the two fields has helped to blur the boundary that separated chemists from biologists, with a few notable exceptions, for decades. As the ultimate description of biology has to necessarily be written in the language of chemistry, new tools and techniques in chemistry have been applied to address important problems in biology. It is also through chemistry, particularly medicinal chemistry, that new knowledge in biology can be eventually translated into clinical medicine. The efforts made by chemists and biologists alike have culminated in the emergence and acceptance of the interdisciplinary field of chemical biology. In this talk, I will provide an overview of some of the interesting developments in chemical biology from a personal vantage point. |
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Progress of Chinese-Americans in Academia
8:40 AM-12:00 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 Sheraton Boston -- Back Bay Blrm C, Oral
Division of Professional Relations |