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The Synthetic and Biological Chemistry B [SBCB] study section reviews applications in the areas of chemical synthesis and chemical biology research that may contribute to advances in biology and medicine, either at a fundamental or applied level. Areas reviewed by SBCB include synthetic methodology development, natural product synthesis and biosynthesis, peptide and protein chemistry, as well as the design and discovery of small molecules with potential biological or pharmaceutical activity. Specific areas covered by SBCB:

• Synthetic methodology and target-oriented synthesis: Discovery and development of synthetic strategies, methodologies, reactions, reagents, and catalysts for use in chemical synthesis. This includes the synthesis of complex natural products and biologically-relevant, small molecule targets of defined structure.
• Chemical biology: Design and synthesis of bioactive small molecules to probe biological systems, including enzyme inhibitors and other protein ligands.
• Peptide and protein chemistry: Chemical synthesis or engineering of natural and unnatural peptides/proteins. Designed systems in which chemical manipulation of protein structure is used to interrogate functional biological interactions. 
• Natural product biosynthesis and discovery: Elucidation and engineering of biosynthetic pathways by which natural products are constructed in host organisms, including the biosynthesis of unnatural small molecules via genetic manipulation. Isolation and characterization of bioactive chemical compounds from natural sources.

Study sections with most closely related area of similar science listed in rank order are:

Synthetic and Biological Chemistry A [SBCA]
Macromolecular Structure and Function E [MSFE]
Drug Discovery and Molecular Pharmacology [DMP]
Drug Discovery and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance [DDR]
Neural Drug Discovery Special Emphasis Panel