Biochemical engineering

Vitamins and related growth factors belong to the few chemicals with a positive appeal to most people; the name evokes health, vitality, fitness, strength .

This volume contains the papers and reports presented at the First International Conference on Dye-Protein Interaction, held 24-28 July 1988 at the University of Compiegne, France.

The challenge of bioseparations is to isolate and purify identified products from the dilute product broth produced from cell culture.

Biotechnology is now one of the major growth areas in science and engineering and within this broad discipline enzyme technology is one of the areas earmarked for special and significant developments.

Biotechnology has been labelled as one of the key technologies of the last two decades of the 20th Century, offering boundless solutions to problems ranging from food and agricultural production to pharmaceutical and medical applications, as well as environmental and bioremediation problems.

Since the late 1970s there has been an explosion of industrial and academic interest in circulating fluidized beds.

The application of ionic liquids to biomass for producing biofuels and chemicals will be one of the hot research areas during the next decade due to the fascinating properties of these versatile group of solvents that allow them to dissolve lignocellulosic materials.

Our lives and well being intimately depend on the exploitation of the plant genetic resources available to our breeding programs.

Over the past century, the majority of chemical and energy needs of our industrial society has originated from fossilized carbon sources (coal, crude oil, natural gas).

-barrel outer membrane channel proteins (OMP) are useful as robust and flexible models or components in nanotechnology.

Plant innate immunity is a potential surveillance system of plants and is the first line of defense against invading pathogens.

This book is a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry.

This book intends to be an easy and concise introduction to the field of nuclear magnetic resonance or NMR, which has revolutionized life sciences in the last twenty years.

This book presents and summarizes the new thoughts, new methods and new achievements that have emerged in the biotechnology of lignocellulose in recent years.

The book provides an overview of current trends in biotechnology and medicinal plant sciences.

This book is a major update of novel targets in angiogenesis modulation, including pro- and anti-angiogenesis.

Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease and its conventional treatments' side effects.

"e;Cereal Genomics"e; published in 2004 served the purpose of collecting all information on cereal genomics at one place and was well received by the cereal workers through-out the world.

Biological disease management tactics have emerged as potential alternative to chemical application for containing crop diseases.

Biological management of diseases of crops is influenced by the nature of interactions between the pathogens and other organisms and the plants.

"e;Modern Solid State Fermentation: Theory and Practice"e; covers state-of-the-art studies in the field of solid state fermentation (SSF).

This volume details the exploration, collection, characterization, evaluation and conservation of microbes for sustainable utilization in the development of the global as well as national economies, e.

The existence of life at high temperatures is quiet fascinating.

"e;Diagnostics in Plant Breeding"e; is systematically organizing cutting-edge research reviews on the development and application of molecular tools for the prediction of plant performance.

"e;Applied Computational Genomics"e; focuses on an in-depth review of statistical development and application in the area of human genomics including candidate gene mapping, linkage analysis, population-based, genome-wide association, exon sequencing and whole genome sequencing analysis.

Forest tree breeding has been ongoing for more than 70 years across Europe.

Iron is essential for the growth of most bacteria because it serves as a cofactor for vital enzymes and for the components of the electron transport chain.

The application of methodological approaches and mathematical formalisms proper to Physics and Engineering to investigate and describe biological processes and design biological structures has led to the development of many disciplines in the context of computational biology and biotechnology.

Functions of Natural Organic Matter in Changing Environment presents contributions from the 16th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS 16) held in Hangzhou, China on September 9-14, 2012.

This important reference is the first comprehensive resource worldwide that reflects research achievements in neglected and underutilized crop biotechnology, documenting research events during the last three decades, current status, and future outlook.

Focused manuscript on the potential use/role of miRNAs in bioprocessing, specifically the production of complex proteins in mammalian cells.

This volume, The Science of Algal Fuels (volume 25 of COLE), contains 26 chapters dealing with biofuels contributed by experts from numerous countries and covers several aspects of algal products, one being "e;oilgae from algae,"e; mainly oils and fuels for engines.

Iron plays a key role in biology as essential cofactor of numerous proteins.

Metabolic engineering has been developed over the past 20 years to become an important tool for the rational engineering of industrial microorganisms.

NMR spectroscopy has undergone a revolution in recent years with the advent of several new methods overcoming the problems of sensitivity and resolution.

This ASI brought together a diverse group of experts who span virology, biology, biophysics, chemistry, physics and engineering.

The book is about the seed development in the model and crop plants.

From the 4th - 8th of September 2011, the Eucarpia Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section, held its 29th Meeting in the surroundings of Dublin Castle in Ireland.

Prevention of infectious diseases by vaccination is one of the most significant achievements of modern medicine.

Systems Metabolic Engineering is changing the way microbial cell factories are designed and optimized for industrial production.

The post-genomic era has brought new challenges and opportunities in all fields of the biology.

The rapidly developing field of systems biology is influencing many aspects of biological research and is expected to transform biomedicine.

Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever, a zoonotic disease found worldwide.

Bacterial infections cause substantial morbidity and mortality in cancer patients.

Ion-exchange Technology II: Applications presents an overview of the numerous industrial applications of ion-exchange materials.

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as a biopesticide in agriculture, forestry and mosquito control because of its advantages of specific toxicity against target insects, lack of polluting residues and safety to non-target organisms.

The US is currently well ahead of the rest of the world in the development and application of SB and its principles especially as they pertain to basic medical research and development.

This is a solitary attempt to streamline all the possible information related to citrus nutrition, with emphasis on diagnosis and management of nutrient constraints, employing a variety of state-of-art techniques evolved globally over the years .

Although interactions between nanoparticles and microorganisms in the environment are unavoidable and commonplace, it is still not clear what potential effects they may have.