Mission Statement

Research at Chemogenomics lab is done at the interface between chemistry, biology, and informatics, which requires a multidisciplinary team of skilled individuals in different fields. The ultimate aim is to develop and apply novel integrative biochemoinformatics tools for the systematic annotation of molecules to entire target families of therapeutic relevance. This information can then be used either upstream to identify chemical probes for target validation or downstream to identify novel hits for lead generation in the drug discovery process.

The Chemogenomics Laboratory was established in September 2003 with the incorporation of Dr. Jordi Mestres at the GRIB after a 7-year experience in pharmaceutical industry (1 year at Pharmacia&Upjohn in USA and 6 years at Organon in the Netherlands and UK).

In terms of scientific production, within the period 2004-2007, the lab has published 17 articles in ISI journals and 2 book chapters.