Biotechnology Fundamentals, Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9780815370048 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017

Khan, Firdos Alam (Manipal University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Opis

This is a substantial revision of a successful book designed to be used for an introductory course in biotechnology. Each chapter has been updated with better illustrations and an enhanced pedagogy. This second edition includes new problem sets, key words, better alignment with figures/text, additional solutions with problems contained in the text, and an additional test bank.

Recenzje

"Dr. Khan’s Biotechnology Fundamentals serves as a great introduction to the field; presenting the various topics with clear definitions along with real-world examples and applications. In this second edition, Dr. Khan has included an introduction to several new exciting interdisciplinary areas such as biorobotics, biomimetics and epigenetics. These are all relatively new areas in biotechnology that show great promise and are exciting areas to explore."
—Alexandra Gorgevska, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, Florida, USA

Spis treści

Introduction to Biotechnology. Genes and Genomics. Proteins and Proteomics. Recombinant DNA Technology. Microbial Biotechnology. Agricultural Biotechnology. Animal Biotechnology. Environmental Biotechnology. Medical Biotechnology. Nanobiotechnology. Product Development in Biotechnology. Industrial Biotechnology. Ethics in Biotechnology. Careers in Biotechnology. Laboratory Tutorials. References.

O autorze

Firdos Alam Khan is a professor and chairperson of the School of Life Sciences, Manipal University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). He earned his PhD from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, in 1997. He has more than 21 years of research and teaching experience in various domains of biotechnology. His area of expertise includes stem cell technology and neuroscience. He has written numerous articles in various national and international journals in the areas of neuroscience, neuropharmcology, and stem cell biology, and has been an editorial board member of the EC Microbiology and MOJ Immunology scientific journals.