Elements

A pioneer in proteostasis is changing the way we think about organismal biology and human disease.

Ryan Mehl is on a mission to make unnatural amino acids part of the natural order at the Unnatural Protein Facility.

A polymer scientist explores and exploits the heterogeneity of natural biopolymers.

A passion for novel chemistry and experimental surprises has led Perry Frey through 40 years of inspiring enzymology research.

Scientific principles and practices come together in a unique program for future scientists.

A taste of the research at the Monell Center reveals an increased understanding of how we perceive and integrate chemical cues.

European Research Area (ERA)-Chemistry is a network of funding agencies that supports international collaborative approaches to chemical research and facilitates the flow of ideas from scientists to funding institutions.

A new web portal helps connect scientists and coordinate scientific efforts to address the challenges of the developing world.

Building on his contributions to NMR methodologies for studying metalloproteins, Bertini has been instrumental in bringing together inorganic chemists and biologists interested in metals in biology.

As an international competition that places a premium on creative thinking and the development of a research community of all ages, iGEM is helping synthetic biology grow.

By questioning the very nature of how ion channels, brains and societies form and function, Nobel laureate Jean-Marie Lehn has changed our understanding of the chemical basis of self-organization.

The Sustainable Sciences Institute is building the capacity of scientists in the developing world to address local problems.

A continual commitment to exploring new scientific territory has led Pamela Silver on an oscillating path from physics and engineering to molecular biology and now to the development of engineering principles in the creation of cellular metrics.

The world's first synthetic biology department at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is using a bottom-up approach to form a foundation of design rules and models to understand cellular function.

A new division of The Scripps Research Institute that is dedicated to biomedical research and drug discovery is taking shape on the shores of southern Florida.

Understanding the creation, induction and function of natural products that are important for microbial communication are central aims for scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute.

The newly formed European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences is bridging national cultures to bring European chemists together.

The Broad Institute was founded with the vision of creating a truly collaborative biomedical research environment, and small molecules are a central focus.

By highlighting the central importance of molecules in life and technology, Molecular Frontiers seeks to increase the interest of young people in science and to identify the potential roles of chemistry and other molecular sciences in addressing global challenges.

Nestled in an atmosphere that resembles a national park, the Center for Molecular Biology of RNA at the University of California, Santa Cruz is fulfilling Harry Noller's vision of bringing together multidisciplinary researchers to solve problems that range from finding obscure RNAs to understanding the origin of life.