Biophysics

The acclaimed International Review of Cytology series presents current advances and reviews in cell biology, both plant and animal.

Mechanisms of Eukaryotic DNA Recombination is a collection of papers that discusses advances in eukaryotic genetic recombination.

Collection of articles on the impact of nonlinear science on biology.

This book has a two-fold purpose:(1) An introduction to the computer-based modeling of influenza, a continuing major worldwide communicable disease.

The papers published in this Volume are the fruits of a symposium held in Regensburg in April 1987.

Two-Dimensional Optical Spectroscopy discusses the principles and applications of newly emerging two-dimensional vibrational and optical spectroscopy techniques.

Optical probes, particularly the fluorescent varieties, enable researchers to observe cellular events in real time and with great spatial resolution.

Solid state NMR is rapidly emerging as a universally applicable method for the characterization of ordered structures that cannot be studied with solution methods or diffraction techniques.

From a geometric perspective, this book reviews and analyzes the structural principals of proteins with the goal of revealing the underlying regularities in their construction.

International Union of Biochemistry, Volume 19: Haematin Enzymes, Part 1 provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of hematin enzymes.

An update on current knowledge is given for surgeons and researchers involved in implant surgery and the development of implant arthroplasty.

This book covers the basic structural, thermodynamic and kinetic principles are covered and molecular strategies for the adaptation to high temperatures revealed by structure analysis are delineated.

Protein Targeting reviews different aspects of protein targeting, including similarities and differences in the pathways involved.

Nanoscience is not physics, chemistry, engineering or biology.

Cutting-Edge Techniques to Better Analyze and Predict Complex Physical PhenomenaGeometric Modeling and Mesh Generation from Scanned Images shows how to integrate image processing, geometric modeling, and mesh generation with the finite element method (FEM) to solve problems in computational biology, medicine, materials science, and engineering.

This book will fulfill the needs of time-domain spectroscopists who wish to deepen their understanding of both the theoretical and experimental features of this cutting-edge spectroscopy technique.

This book describes the manipulation of molecular properties, such as orientation, structure, and dynamics, of small molecules and molecular clusters isolated in cold inert matrices by using unprecedentedly strong external electrostatic fields.

Molecular recognition, also known as biorecognition, is the heart of all biological interactions.

This interdisciplinary thesis introduces a systems biology approach to study the cell fate decision mediated by autophagy.

Most researchers agree that biological confocal microscopy was jump-started by the confocal design first published by White and Amos in 1985 in the Journal of Cell Biology.

Solid Biomechanics is the first book to comprehensively review the mechanical design of organisms.

Electrons are involved in all electrical phenomena, and living cells cannot be an exception.

This textbook presents a broad overview of topics concerning cellular electrophysiology - covering topics ranging from bioelectric phenomena recognized as far back as ancient Egypt to popular topics on the dangers of electrosmog.

Progress in photosynthesis research is strongly dependent on instrumentation.

As stated in the preface to the first edition, this book is intended to be a review and not a comprehensive textbook of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

This book presents the advances in super-resolution microscopy in physics and biomedical optics for nanoscale imaging.

This volume is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the recent explosion of experimental tools in neuroscience that now make it possible to manipulate, record, and understand neuronal activity within the intact brain, and which are helping us learn how the many neurons that comprise a network act together to control behavior.

This book offers comprehensive information on all aspects of ELISA, starting with the fundamentals of the immune system.

Considering the increased need to test and develop ventilation both for normobaric and hyperbaric use in underwater technology industries (diving equipment, submarines and other underwater facilities), mining, and other relevant industries, this book presents a complete study in the field of normobaric and hyperbaric ventilation.

Covers the basics of medical imaging together with state-of-the-art concepts and theory, relevant clinical applications, and future prospects.

Synchrotron radiation has been a revolutionary and invaluable research tool for a wide range of scientists, including chemists, biologists, physicists, materials scientists, geophysicists.

Imaging from Cells to Animals In Vivo offers an overview of optical imaging techniques developed over the past two decades to investigate biological processes in live cells and tissues.

This book provides an accessible introduction to an exciting new field of life science in which the focus is on small numbers of molecules and minorities within cell populations and their significance for the understanding of biological phenomena.

Fermented Food Beverages in Nutrition presents the proceedings of International Symposium on Fermented Food Beverages in Nutrition convened at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

This contributed volume provides an overview of the recent advances in solid-state nanopore technology, featuring contributions by leading experts in the field.

This cutting-edge reference book compiles standard operating procedures, protocols, and applications of next-generation sequencing (NGS).

An introduction to the fundamental physical principles related to the study of biological phenomena, structured around relevant biological examples.

Among medical imaging modalities, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) stands out for its excellent soft-tissue contrast, anatomical detail, and high sensitivity for disease detection.

Presenting a detailed, hands-on approach to fluorescence spectroscopy, this book describes experiments that cover basic spectroscopy and advanced aspects of fluorescence spectroscopy.

This fully updated edition provides the most recent advances in cancer cell signaling knowledge combined with some discussion of the current challenges and prospects in cancer therapy.

Analysis of Foods and Beverages: Modern Techniques covers the principles and practical applications of selected analytical methodologies in the field of food and beverages.

This book explains the quantitative basis of human life to life science students, with examples drawn from contemporary physiology, genetics and nanobiology.

In this volume the contributions of the 2nd International EBSA (European Biophysical Societies Association) Symposium devoted to the biophysical and biochemical aspects of the structure and interaction of cytoskeletal and extracellular proteins are presented.

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This textbook provides an introduction to theoretical biology using specific topics and explains the main mathematical methods.

Bioenergetics deals with the very first energy transformation steps performed by living cells.

Nonlinear science is by now a well established field of research at the interface of many traditional disciplines and draws on the theoretical concepts developed in physics and mathematics.