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Charting chemical space: finding new tools to explore biology Despite centuries of research into synthetic organic chemistry, our acquaintance with the 'space' defined by multidimensional chemical descriptors is still extremely limited. This meeting brought together a group of internationally renowned researchers working at the interface between chemistry and biology to consider two main questions: what are the best ways to set about the exploration of uncharted chemical space; and how should we direct our efforts to concentrate on finding those molecules of greatest biological benefit? Given that our current selection of biologically active small molecules specifically interact with only a fraction of available macromolecular targets, a related question of central importance that was also considered was how much of unexploited biological space can we hope to successfully target? Background Articles providing an overview of the subjects that were covered at the Symposium, written to provide an introduction to the field for non-specialists. Available now List of participants Details of invitees who attended the Symposium. Available now Programme Details of the sessions at this Symposium. Available now Sessions Introduction to the sessions covered in this Symposium. Available now Key questions The Symposium sessions were based around the key questions in each field. Short descriptions of each question were written by the participants who introduced them at the meeting. Available now Symposium highlights All the highlights from the sessions, written for both the specialist in the field and for those with an outside interest in the subject. Available now Summary Written by the appointed rapporteur for the Symposium, the summary article brings together all the strands from the Symposium and discusses how the field might progress. Available soon Recommended links Websites of interest to the Symposium. Available now

  

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