Biochemical engineering IX—interdisciplinary foundations for creating new biotechnology: I

Biotechnology and Biochemical Weapons

Dr. Mark Wheelis is Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at the University of California (UC), Davis, where he has been teaching in the field since 1970 and is also Director of the Program in Nature and Culture. He has authored numerous pieces on the history of biological warfare and the control of biological weapons, including two chapters on biological warfare in Biological and Toxin Weapons: Rese...

Engineering microbial consortia for biotechnology

Engineering and analyzing multi-cellular systems http://www.springer.com/chemistry/biotechnology/book/ 978-1-4939-0553-9 This e-book provides an engineering view of using mixed prokaryotic species for carrying out industrially relevant processes. Design of microbial consortia for industrial biotechnology http://yoric.mit.edu/design-microbial-consortia-industrial -biotechnology This report from ...

Biotechnology and genetic engineering in the new drug development. Part I. DNA technology and recombinant proteins.

Pharmaceutical biotechnology has a long tradition and is rooted in the last century, first exemplified by penicillin and streptomycin as low molecular weight biosynthetic compounds. Today, pharmaceutical biotechnology still has its fundamentals in fermentation and bioprocessing, but the paradigmatic change affected by biotechnology and pharmaceutical sciences has led to an updated definition. T...

Special Issue: Progress in Membrane Engineering for Food and Biotechnology Industries

Biosafety Issues in Biotechnology and Engineering of Microorganisms

Currently much debate, attention and concern surrounds the use of genetically modified plants or animals. But there has not been much concern about microorganisms, although we all are aware of the place of microorganisms in the circle of life, their abundance and diversity. There are many examples regarding the application of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs), however, like other hig...