Chemical biology continues to grow and blur the theoretical and empirical boundaries between chemistry and biology. Federal funding agencies, including the US National Science Foundation, will be essential to support the development of interdisciplinary research fields.
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We thank C. Liarakos, B. Miller, L. Echegoyen and C. Gabriel (National Science Foundation) for their valuable input to this commentary. We also thank A. Kinzig (Arizona State University) for her contributions to the development of Figure 1, and E. Velo (National Science Foundation) for her invaluable assistance in providing the data depicted in Figure 2.
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Colón, W., Chitnis, P., Collins, J. et al. Chemical biology at the US National Science Foundation. Nat Chem Biol 4, 511–514 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0908-511
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