Biochemical engineering

Combining myth, biography, and wit, this is a highly original depiction of cutting-edge science and its profound implications, told through the scientists who are rewriting life on earth.

Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.

The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.

Adverse Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles: A Disease-Oriented Approach provides a systematic evaluation of representative engineered nanomaterial (ENM) of high volume production and of high economic importance.

Synthetic Biology provides a framework to examine key enabling components in the emerging area of synthetic biology.

As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices.

One of the key challenges current biomaterials researchers face is identifying which of the dizzying number of highly specialized characterization tools can be gainfully applied to different materials and biomedical devices.

Genetically Modified Food Sources reports detailed results of studies on the medical and biological safety of 14 species of genetically modified plant-derived organisms (GMOs).

Nanotechnology is considered the next big revolution in medicine and biology.

Synthetic Biology provides a framework to examine key enabling components in the emerging area of synthetic biology.

Preventable dust explosions continue to occur in industry in spite of significant research and practice efforts worldwide over many years.

Chemical Process Equipment is a results-oriented reference for engineers who specify, design, maintain or run chemical and process plants.

Adverse Effects of Engineered Nanoparticles: A Disease-Oriented Approach provides a systematic evaluation of representative engineered nanomaterial (ENM) of high volume production and of high economic importance.

Silicon Carbide (SiC) is a wide-band-gap semiconductor biocompatible material that has the potential to advance advanced biomedical applications.

Global concern for energy security and environmental protection has put great emphasis on the search for alternative energy sources, particularly for the transport sector.

Now available with the most current and relevant journal articles from Cell Press, Biotechnology Academic Cell Update Edition approaches modern biotechnology from a molecular basis, which grew out of the increasing biochemical understanding of physiology.

Signals and Systems for Bioengineers, Second Edition, is the only textbook that relates important electrical engineering concepts to biomedical engineering and biological studies.

As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices.

An accessible undergraduate textbook on the essential math concepts used in the life sciencesThe life sciences deal with a vast array of problems at different spatial, temporal, and organizational scales.

Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update Edition Study Guide aims to help students get a better grasp of important concepts in Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update.

Molecular Biology: Academic Cell Update provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of molecular biology and its applications.

Environmental Biotechnology: A Biosystems Approach introduces a systems approach to environmental biotechnology and its applications to a range of environmental problems.

A one-stop Desk Reference, for Biomedical Engineers involved in the ever expanding and very fast moving area; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf.

Materials from renewable resources are receiving increased attention, as leading industries and manufacturers attempt to replace declining petrochemical-based feedstocks with products derived from natural biomass, such as cereal straws.

The actinomycetes are a group of bacteria well known as producers of antibiotics.

Biological Techniques is a series of volumes aimed at introducing to a wide audience the latest advances in methodology.

Proteins are of fundamental importance in all aspects of cell structure and function.

Exploring the success factors that combine to deliver this performance.

Medical Device Technologies introduces undergraduate engineering students to commonly manufactured medical devices.

Chemical Engineering Design, Second Edition, deals with the application of chemical engineering principles to the design of chemical processes and equipment.

Chemical Engineering Design is one of the best-known and most widely adopted texts available for students of chemical engineering.

Materials from renewable resources are receiving increased attention, as leading industries and manufacturers attempt to replace declining petrochemical-based feedstocks with products derived from natural biomass, such as cereal straws.

Drug discovery increasingly requires a common understanding by researchers of the many and diverse factors that go into the making of new medicines.

Using chips composed of thousands of spots, each with the capability of holding DNA molecules corresponding to a given gene, DNA microarray technology has enabled researchers to measure simultaneously gene expression across the genome.

This welcome new edition discusses bioprocess engineering from the perspective of biology students.

Multi-scale analysis and simulation of chemical processing and reactions have received unprecedented attention in recent years; however, measurement technology focused on multi-scale structures, particularly on meso-scale phenomena, has not been sufficiently addressed.

First developed as an accessible abridgement of the successful Handbook of Stem Cells, Essentials of Stem Cell Biology serves the needs of the evolving population of scientists, researchers, practitioners and students that are embracing the latest advances in stem cells.

Published since 1959,Advances in Applied Microbiology continues to be one of the most widely read and authoritative review sources in microbiology.

In December 1992, the Department of Pure and Applied Biochemistry at the Chemical Center in Lund, Sweden, organized an international meeting, the Mosbach Symposium on Biochemical Technology, to celebrate the 60th birthday of professor Klaus Mosbach, one of the founders of modern biotechnology.

Some of the world's leading scientists in fluoride research have contributed to the 49 research and review papers in this book.

From the Reviews of Previous Volumes"e;This series has consistently presented a well-balanced account of progress in microbial physiology.

This research level review series covers diverse aspects of microbial physiology and biochemistry, including: inositol metabolism in yeasts, bacterial adhesion, organic acids, the bacterial flagellum, mechanical behaviour of bacterial cell walls.

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Established in 1960, Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry is the definitive serial in the area--one of great importance to organic chemists, polymer chemists, and many biological scientists.

Established in 1960, Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry is the definitive serial in the area--one of great importance to organic chemists, polymer chemists, and many biological scientists.

Kurti and Czako have produced an indispensable tool for specialists and non-specialists in organic chemistry.

Bioelectricity (or bioelectromagnetism) relates to the study of biological electrical currents, and bioimpedance deals with the measurement of electrical conductivity.

Optical Biosensors, Second Edition describes the principles of successful systems, examples of applications, and evaluates the advantages and deficiencies of each.

This text provides information on advances in microbiology, covering such topics as: the role of norsolorinic acid in aflatoxin research; flavour compounds in cheese; the role of micro-organisms in soy sauce production; and gene transfer among bacteria in natural environments.