Chemical Biology of the Genome

Chemical Biology of the Genome provides a comprehensive overview of essential concepts and principles of genomic and epigenomics dynamics as explored through the lens of chemical biology. Key examples and case studies illustrate chemical biology methods for study and analysis of the genome and epigenome, with an emphasis on relevance to physiological and pathophysiological processes and drug discovery. Authors and international leaders in biochemical studies of the genome, Drs. Siddhartha Roy and Tapas Kundu, adopt an integrated, interdisciplinary approach throughout, demonstrating how fast evolving chemical and mass-scale sequencing tools are increasingly used to interpret biochemical processes of the genome. Later sections discuss chemical modifications of the genome, DNA sequence recognition by proteins and gene regulation, GWAS and EpiGWAS studies, 3D architecture of the genome, and functional genome architecture. In-depth, discovery focused chapters examine intervention in gene networks using SiRNA/ShRNA, miRNA, and anti-miR, small molecule modulation of iPS, drug resistance pathways altered DNA methylation as drug targets, anti-miR as therapeutics, and nanodelivery of drugs.

Prof. Siddhartha Roy is a renowned scientist in the field of Chemical Biology. He has made significant contributions in the area of transcription regulation. He was the Director of CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), the first institution dedicated to Chemical Biology, for a decade. He is the Founder-President of Chemical Biology Society, India. Prof. Tapas K. Kundu has made outstanding contributions in the area of Epigenetic regulation of gene expression in humans in the context of disease and therapeutics. He has discovered several small molecule modulators of Epigenetic enzymes.