Aims and Scope
CBM covers a broad range of research areas involving chemistry–biology interactions and molecular sciences, including, but not limited to:
- Chemical Biology
- Chemical approaches to biological questions
- Small-molecule probes and chemical tools
- Molecular recognition and interactions
- Chemical modulation of biological pathways
- Bioorthogonal chemistry
- Molecular mechanisms of biological processes
- Chemical control of cellular functions
- Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Drug discovery and development
- Structure–activity relationship studies
- Molecular design and optimization
- Lead identification and optimization
- Pharmacologically active molecules
- Molecular targets and ligand interactions
- Computational approaches to drug discovery
- Drug repurposing and emerging therapeutic strategies
- Biomolecules and Molecular Biology
- Proteins and peptides
- Nucleic acids and nucleic-acid-based systems
- Carbohydrates and glycoconjugates
- Lipids and lipid-mediated processes
- Enzymes and enzyme mechanisms
- Biomolecular structure and function
- Protein–protein, protein–DNA, and protein–RNA interactions
- Molecular Biotechnology
- Enzyme engineering
- Protein engineering
- Synthetic biology
- Molecular biotechnology
- Metabolic engineering
- Biocatalysis
- Recombinant biomolecules
- Biotechnology-based molecular applications
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Molecular genetics
- Functional genomics
- Molecular mechanisms of gene regulation
- Epigenetic mechanisms
- Genome engineering
- Gene editing technologies
- Genomics and molecular disease mechanisms
- Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
- Molecular and macromolecular structures
- Structure–function relationships
- Molecular dynamics
- Protein folding and stability
- Biomolecular interactions
- Spectroscopic and biophysical approaches
- Computational structural biology
- Bioorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
- Bioorganic chemistry
- Natural and synthetic biomolecules
- Metal ions in biological systems
- Metalloproteins and metalloenzymes
- Metal–biomolecule interactions
- Bioinorganic mechanisms
- Molecular aspects of inorganic compounds in biological systems
- Molecular Medicine and Disease Biology
- Molecular mechanisms of disease
- Cancer biology
- Infectious diseases
- Neurodegenerative and neurological disorders
- Metabolic and cardiovascular disorders
- Molecular biomarkers
- Molecular diagnostics
- Targeted and precision medicine
- Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials
- Nanomaterials for biological and biomedical applications
- Molecularly engineered materials
- Nanomedicine
- Drug-delivery systems
- Biomaterials
- Biofunctional surfaces
- Molecular self-assembly
- Smart and responsive molecular systems
- Bioconjugation and Molecular Engineering
- Bioconjugate chemistry
- Chemical modification of biomolecules
- Antibody–drug conjugates
- Peptide and protein conjugates
- Molecular labeling and imaging
- Functionalization of biomolecules
- Molecular engineering for therapeutic and diagnostic applications
- Bioanalytical and Molecular Analytical Science
- Molecular detection and characterization
- Biosensors
- Biomolecular assays
- Chemical and molecular imaging
- Mass spectrometry
- Chromatographic and spectroscopic methods
- Analytical methods for biological and biomedical systems
- Natural Products and Bioactive Molecules
- Bioactive natural products
- Natural-product chemistry
- Isolation and structural characterization
- Molecular mechanisms of bioactivity
- Natural-product-derived therapeutics
- Structure–activity relationships of natural compounds
- Computational and AI-Assisted Molecular Science
- Molecular modelling and simulation
- Cheminformatics
- Bioinformatics
- Molecular docking and virtual screening
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence in molecular research
- Predictive molecular modelling
- AI-assisted drug discovery and molecular design
- Emerging and Interdisciplinary Molecular Sciences
CBM also welcomes emerging research that connects chemistry and biology with materials science, biotechnology, medicine, computational science, nanotechnology, environmental science, and other related disciplines, provided that the work has a clear molecular or chemical–biological component.
