We view the emerging field of Chemical Biology as the study, design and use of new chemical tools to study biological problems. At the University of Massachusetts Amherst, we have a team of investigators from the Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Polymer Science & Engineering who focus on building and exploiting chemical probes of biological function. Graduate students in Chemical  Biology may join graduate programs in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Science & Engineering Molecular or Cellular Biology (MCB).