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Hot springs and cool natural products

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Natural products have played a unique role in providing new tools and insights in chemical biology. The tremendous value of natural products was highlighted by scientists from Korea and Japan at the 4th Korea-Japan Chemical Biology symposium.

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The meeting was supported by Keio University and the Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology. The organizers of both countries are grateful for the great contribution of all participants, which made the symposium incredibly successful.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Ho Jeong Kwon is in the Chemical Genomics Laboratory, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea. kwonhj@yonsei.ac.kr,

    Ho Jeong Kwon

  2. Choong Hwan Lee is in the Division of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, 11-1, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea.,

    Choong Hwan Lee

  3. Hiroyuki Osada is in the Chemical Biology Department, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,

    Hiroyuki Osada

  4. Minoru Yoshida is in the Chemical Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.,

    Minoru Yoshida

  5. Masaya Imoto is in the Department of Bioscience and Informatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 223-8522, Japan imoto@bio.keio.ac.jp,

    Masaya Imoto

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