The promise and peril of chemical probes

Authors: C.H. Arrowsmith, James E. Audia, Christopher P. Austin, Jonathan B. Baell, Jonathan P. Bennett, Julian Blagg, C. Bountra, Paul E. Brennan, Peter J. Brown, Mark E. Bunnage, Carolyn Buser‐Doepner, Robert M Campbell, Adrian J. Carter, Philip Cohen, Robert A. Copeland, Ben Cravatt, Jayme L. Dahlin, Dashyant Dhanak, A.M. Edwards, Mathias Frederiksen, Stephen V. Frye, Nathanael S. Gray, Charles E. Grimshaw, David Hepworth, Trevor Howe, K. Huber, Jian Jin, Stefan Knapp, Joanne Kotz, Ryan G. Kruger, Derek Lowe, Mary M. Mader, Brian D. Marsden, Anke Mueller‐Fahrnow, Susanne Müller, Rónán C. O’Hagan, John P. Overington, Dafydd R. Owen, Saul H. Rosenberg, Ruth A. Ross, Bryan L. Roth, Matthieu Schapira, Stuart L. Schreiber, Brian K. Shoichet, M. Sundström, Giulio Superti-Furga, Jack Taunton, Leticia Toledo‐Sherman, Chris Walpole, Michael A. Walters, Timothy M. Willson, Paul Workman, Robert N. Young, William J. Zuercher - Nature Chemical Biology 2015 cited by 850

Chemical probes are powerful reagents with increasing impacts on biomedical research. However, probes of poor quality or that are used incorrectly generate misleading results. To help address these shortcomings, we will create a community-driven wiki resource to improve quality and convey current best practice.