Manifesting chemical biology in Manila.

The article offers information on the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Asian Chemical Biology Initiative (ACBI) that was held on January 25-26, 2014 in Manila, Philippines. Topics discussed include importance of the membrane proteins curvature, involvement of calpain in the DNA repair and design of cell permeable inhibitors of protein interactions for anti cancer activity. Also discussed is the quantitative structure?activity relationship used for the protein for drug-resistance mutation.