SECTION	SCOPE
Agriculture & biotechnology	GM food issues Novel applications Systems approaches in functional genomics Technical advances that impact biotechnology Trait development
Applied microbiology	Biotransformation Cosmetics/eyecare Fermentation Food microbiology Microbial products Micro-organisms as expression systems Production & biosynthesis of antimicrobials
Biocatalysis	Biocatalysis Enzyme complexes Enzyme engineering Enzyme mechanisms Metabolic engineering Metabolic pathways Natural products biosynthesis Novel enzyme cofactors Radicals Regulation
Chemical biology of the cell	Cell surface engineering Chemical genetics Intracellular monitoring Metabolic pathway engineering Modulation of signal transduction Protein-protein interactions Receptor-ligand interactions Sensors & imaging Single cell metabolite assays Transcriptional regulation & control
Drug discovery & design	Combinatorial chemistry Drug approval & regulatory aspects High-throughput screening In-silico drug design Medicinal chemistry Pharmacoeconomics Structure-activity relationships Target discovery & validation
Environmental microbiology	Biofilms Bioremediation Exploitation Extremophiles Green chemistry Microbial communities Microbial ecology Plant/microbe interactions
Genomics	Computational analysis Expression analysis General genomics expertise High-throughput genome technology Mapping and sequencing Proteomics
Medical genetics	Complex & simple gene mapping Gene therapy Genetic basis of diseases Pre-/post-natal diagnosis
Pharmacogenomics	Comparative (evolutionary) pharmacology Genetic factors influencing pharmacodynamics Genetic factors influencing pharmacokinetics Genetically identified drug targets (e.g. orphan receptors) Genetic screening Tailoring drugs to individuals/populations
Protein chemistry & proteomics	Analysis of protein-protein interactions Folding Modification Novel drug targets Protein arrays Protein design Protein expression & secretion Protein expression mapping Protein separation & identification
Small molecule chemistry	Combinatorial chemistry Discovery of natural products Lead optimisation Natural product biosynthesis Novel enzyme co-factors & mechanistic probes Screening technologies Structure based drug design
Structural genomics	Crystallization & structure determination by x-ray crystallography Database infrastructure Functional annotation of protein structures NMR spectroscopy: protein structures & innovations in HTP methods Protein production (cloning, expression, purification, biochemical characterization) Protein sequence & structure comparisons/families Target selection

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