Mass Spectroscopy in Chemical Biology

Dear Collegues,

Mass spectrometry has been a major contributor to the advancement of all life science disciplines in the past two decades. This is particularly true for the young discipline of ‘chemical biology’, dedicated to deciphering cell biology with small molecule probes, and to translate those insights to novel therapeutic innovations. Mass spectrometry is a core technology to map molecular interactions in the cell, e.g., to elucidating the cellular targets of small molecules in chemoproteomic experiments, to map protein-protein interaction networks, to detect supramolecular complexes in their native state, or to capture enzymatic activity. Furthermore, quantitiative mass spectrometry is perfectly suited to capture global effects of external or internal stimuli on the cell in proteomics, primary and secondary metabolomics or lipidomics studies—with high temporal and spacial resolution. In this Special Issue, we would like to give an overview on the tremendous versatility and power of mass spectrometry to advance chemical biology. We seek for research studies reporting methodological advances, as well as applications of mass spectrometry, to solve chemical and biological problems.

Prof. Dr. Mark Mark Brönstrup
Guest Editor

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