Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Foundations of Biotechnology and Bioengineering

by Ashok Pandey, Jose Antonio Couto Teixeira

Overview

Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Foundations of Biotechnology and Bioengineering is a package of nine books that compile the latest ideas from across the entire arena of biotechnology and bioengineering. This volume focuses on the underlying principles of biochemistry, microbiology, fermentation technology, and chemical engineering as interdisciplinary themes, constructing the foundation of biotechnology and bioengineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444636683
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	09/23/2016
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.

José Teixeira ( Laboratório Associado - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological Engineering, Universidade of Minho, Campus de Gualtar

4710-057, Braga - Portugal, E-mail: [e-mail])

is a Full Professor and currently the Head of Biological Engineering Research Center (CEB) of the Engineering School of Minho University. CEB is responsible for scientific research and advanced formation in Biological and Chemical Engineering. He got a Chemical Engineering degree from University of Porto in 1980, place where he also obtained his PhD in 1988. Jose Teixeira research activities have been focused on two main topics: bioprocess development - bioreactor development and characterization; yeast physiology and bio-separation processes, bio-surfactants production for biomedical and MEOR applications; and food technology. He was scientific coordinator in 32 research projects, 7 of them EU financed, He was also the supervisor of 31 PhDs and 16 pos-doc researcher. He has authored 350 peer reviewed papers and is co-editor of the books “Reactores Biológicos-Fundamentos e Aplicações” (in Portuguese) and Engineering Aspects of Milk and Dairy Products.

Table of Contents

1. Basic Microbiology

2. Basic Biochemistry

3. Fundamentals of Molecular Biology

4. Principles of Genetic Engineering

5. Principles of Metabolic Engineering

6. Fundamentals of Bio-reaction Engineering

7. Fundamentals of Biological Separation Processes

8. Synthetic Biology: Perspectives in Industrial Biotechnology

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Provides the principles and foundations of biotechnology and bioengineering for researchers in the area of industrial biotechnology