Chemical Biology and Novel Tools in Pharmacology Organizer(s): Laura L. Kiessling, Kevan M. Shokat and Jason E. Gestwicki Date: February 12 - 16, 2012
Location: Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza Hotel, Santa Fe, NM, USAThe best solutions to the most important problems in biomedical science have come from multi-disciplinary research. The discovery of new chemical probes and therapeutics requires cross-cutting expertise and the innovative application of new technologies. Scientific forums have become increasingly specialized and narrow in their scope. The specific purpose of the Keystone Symposia meeting on Chemical Biology and Novel Tools in Pharmacology is to initiate and foster active discussions between academic and industrial researchers in the broader area of pharmacological tools. Rather than focus on a specific disease, model system or technical method, this meeting will bring together a variety of experts whose primary, common trait is their innovative use of chemical and biological approaches to solve important problems in biology. From this organizing principle, the specific aims of this meeting are: (a) to assemble chemists and biologists who may not normally interact with each other; (b) to make new connections between chemists and biologists, academics and industrial scientists; and (c) to provide a forum for an open discourse of modern, cross-platform ideas. An unintended consequence of increasingly specialized forums for scientific discussion is the lack of mechanisms for dissemination of novel ideas, platforms and methodologies. The major innovation of this meeting is that it is designed to encourage and inspire researchers to explore and implement inter-disciplinary, emerging methods in chemical biology and pharmacology to their specific biological questions. Scholarship Deadline: October 12 2011 Discounted Abstract Deadline: October 12 2011 Abstract Deadline: November 11 2011 Discounted Registration Deadline: December 12 2011 We gratefully acknowledge additional support for this conference from: ACS Chemical Biology  Laura L. Kiessling, Ronald T. Raines We appreciate the organizations that provide Keystone Symposia with additional support, such as marketing and advertising:  We gratefully acknowledge the generous grant for this conference provided by: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)Grant No. 1R13GM100628-01 The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. |