The Gordon Research Conference on Bioorganic Chemistry was founded in 1992 to bring together scientists from a range of disciplines to present and discuss cutting-edge research at the interface between chemistry and biology. Both fundamental and applied research relevant to academia and industry are highlighted. To maintain a balance between these areas, the conference is organized by two co-chairs, one from academia and one from industry. We emphasize the presentation of techniques or approaches that are broadly applicable across multiple areas of chemical and biological research. Traditionally, small molecules that probe, modulate, or mimic cellular components or processes as well as studies of biology at the molecular level have been of particular interest.

In this 16th year of the meeting, the conference will be held at Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire during the week of June 10-15, 2007. This venue was chosen to facilitate the free and open exchange of ideas in a friendly and informal environment. We will continue the tradition of emphasizing hard-hitting interdisciplinary research that draws from the areas of organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, biotechnology, biophysics, biochemistry, and molecular / cellular biology. Both the seminars and poster presentations should, to the greatest possible extent, emphasize unpublished work. All conferees are encouraged to present posters.