Cofactor engineering for advancing chemical biotechnology

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 ...

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...

Advancing cardiovascular tissue engineering

Cardiovascular tissue engineering offers the promise of biologically based repair of injured and damaged blood vessels, valves, and cardiac tissue. Major advances in cardiovascular tissue engineering over the past few years involve improved methods to promote the establishment and differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), scaffolds from decellularized tissue that may produce mo...

Engineering Cell Adhesion for Applications in Biotechnology

The ability to control the placement of mammalian cells is important for many commercial and research applications. Any attempt to constrain normal mammalian cells will have functional consequences and will require an understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying adhesion between cells and their underlying substratum. We describe the current model of cell adhesion and the use of micropattern...