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Hiroaki Suga’s research has made substantial contributions to the development of artificial ribozymes and their application in mRNA display libraries. In 2006, Professor Suga help found the biopharmaceutical company PeptiDream Inc. He spoke to Nature Chemical Biology about the future of mRNA display libraries and the advantages they offer.
Byong-Hun Jeon works in the Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering at Hanyang University, South Korea. His research is focused on biodegradation of environmental contaminants. Nature Chemical Biology spoke to Byong-Hun about the chemical biology of phytoremediation and phycoremediation, and the opportunities that they offer.
We asked a collection of chemical biologists: “What is the most exciting frontier area in chemical biology, and what key technology is needed to advance knowledge and applications at this frontier?”
We asked a collection of chemical biologists: “What would you say have been the most important historical contributions of chemical biology to broader areas of science”?
Agreeing on a precise definition of chemical biology has been a persistent challenge for the field. We asked a diverse group of scientists to “define chemical biology” and present a selection of responses.
