Omics Technologies and Bio-Engineering: Volume 1: Towards Improving Quality of Life

ISBN-13: 9780128046593 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 618 str.

Debmalya Barh

Opis

Omics Technologies and Bio-Engineering: Towards Improving Quality of Life is a unique reference that brings together multiple perspectives on omics research, providing in-depth analysis and insights from an international team of authors. The book delivers pivotal information that will inform and improve medical and biological research by helping readers gain more direct access to analytic data, an increased understanding on data evaluation, and a comprehensive picture on how to use omics data in molecular biology, biotechnology and human health care.

• Covers various aspects of biotechnology and bio-engineering using omics technologies
• Focuses on the latest developments in the field, including biofuel technologies
• Provides key insights into omics approaches in personalized and precision medicine
• Provides a complete picture on how one can utilize omics data in molecular biology, biotechnology and human health care

Spis treści

EMERGING FIELDS1. Biotechnological Innovations in Agriculture, Health and Industry shaping our present and future2. Overview and general principles of omics technologies in biotechnology3. Omics approaches in pharmacogenomics and personalized/ precision medicine4. Omics approaches in marine biotechnology5. Nanobiotechnology in Bio-Engineering6. Synthetic Biology7. Reverse engineering8. Omics approaches in Forensic biotechnology9. Biotechnology in Astrobiology10. Computational techniques in data integration and big-data handling in omics11. Bioinformatics and Systems biology in bio-engineering

ANIMAL AND MEDICAL BT12. Techniques for nucleic acid engineering 13. Techniques for Protein engineering14. Animal cell and tissue culture15. Bio and gene banking16. Gene and whole organism cloning17. Biotechnology for improved animal productivity and quality18. Medical biotechnology19. Techniques for candidate and disease gene identification20. Engineered animal model for biomedical research21. Therapeutic aspects of stem cell engineering 22. Tissue engineering23. Gene therapy and molecular medicine24. Biotechnology for Biomarkers25. Omics approaches in Immunotechnology26. Engineering monoclonal antibodies: Production and applications27. Omics approaches in In-vitro fertilization28. Safety and Ethics in biotechnology and bio-engineering

MICROBIAL, PLANT AND AGRI BT29. Omics approaches in Microbial biotechnology30. Omics approaches in Viral biotechnology31. Omics approaches in Algal and fungal biotechnology32. Omics approaches in Plant tissue engineering33. Genetic engineering for plant Transgenesis34. Agricultural biotechnology 35. Biotechnology for improved crop productivity and quality36. Genetic engineering for Functional food 37. Omics approaches in Molecular farming and engineering for Edible Vaccines38. Omics approaches in Plant metabolic engineering 39. Biotechnology for Biofertilizer40. Biocontrol Technology: An eco-friendly approach for sustainable agriculture41. Omics approaches and engineering against Superbug

INDUSTRY AND ENV42. Techniques for industrial bio-engineering43. Omics approaches in Industrial and Bioprocess technology44. Omics approaches in Dairy and food process technology 45. Omics approaches and Bio-engineering for Enzyme 45. Cell-free Biosystems and Biomanufacturing46. Omics approaches in Pharmaceutical biotechnology47. Omics approaches in Biofuel Technologies48. Omics approaches in Environmental biotechnology and bioremediation

O autorze

Debmalya Barh, PhD, holds Master's and PhD's degree on Biotechnology and Post-Doc on Bioinformatics. He is honorary Principal Scientist at Centre for Genomics and Applied Gene Technology, Institute of Integrative Omics and Applied Biotechnology, a global platform of multidisciplinary research and advocacy. He has experience with both academic and industrial research and has more than 12 years on bioinformatics and personalized diagnostic/medicine industry experience, with focus on translating academic research into high value commercial products. He has published more than 150 articles in reputed international journals and has edited 15 cutting-edge biotechnology related reference books. He has also co-authored 30+ book chapters. Due to his significant contribution in the field, he has been recognized by Who's Who in the World and Limca Book of Records. Vasco Azevedo is a full professor, CNPq researcher 1A, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Commander of the Order of Scientific Merit of the MCTI, of the Genetics advisory committee and the public policy working group on Biotechnology and Genetic resources of COBRG / CNPq, coordinator of the Associated International Laboratory Bact-infl from INRA and UFMG, and vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (AB3C). He holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the School of Veterinary Medicine of the Federal University of Bahia (1986), a master's degree (1989), and a doctorate (1993) in Genetics of Microorganisms from the Institut National Agronomique Paris Grignon. Post-doctorate from the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (the USA, 1994). Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (2004) and Ph.D. in Bioinformatics at UFMG (2017). He has experience in Genetics and Bioinformatics, emphasizing Molecular and Microorganism Genetics, acting mainly on the following topics: Genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics, metabolomics; Functional analysis of genes; Virulence and pathogenicity study, Molecular Biotechnology and Biosafety. He works on vaccine development, diagnostics, and the development of next-generation probiotics.