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Understanding the chemical mechanisms of life

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Understanding the biological, medical and ecological pathways of complex transformations will be greatly aided by the chemist's molecular approach. The 2nd European Conference on Chemistry for Life Sciences brought together these diverse disciplines to consider where we are and where we will go.

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Figure 1: A unified view of some of the types of structures that can be formed by polypeptide chains.
Figure 2: Bioimaging with nanodots.

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  1. Barbara Nawrot is in the Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Lodz, Poland. bnawrot@bio.cbmm.lodz.pl,

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  2. Elena Gaggelli is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, via A. Moro 2, 53100, Siena, Italy. gaggelli@unisi.it,

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