"Insect Biotechnology" provides a fascinating overview of sophisticated developments in applied entomology that are powered by molecular biology. The text explores the economic potential of this new discipline, which uses insect model organisms and insect-derived molecules in medical research and plant protection measures.
"Insect Biotechnology" provides a fascinating overview of sophisticated developments in applied entomology that are powered by molecular biology. The ...
This book is a collection of experimental studies demonstrating structure-function relationships in various biological systems having particular surface specialization to increase/decrease friction and adhesion. Studies on snake skin, adhesive pads, wing-interlocking devices and sticky mouthparts of insects as well as anti-adhesive and adhesive surfaces of plants are included in the volume containing four main subsections: (1) adhesion, (2) friction, (3) attachment-devices, (4) attachment-related behavior. Numerous experimental methods for characterizing tribological properties of biological...
This book is a collection of experimental studies demonstrating structure-function relationships in various biological systems having particular surfa...
This is the second monograph by the author on biological materials of marine origin. The initial book is dedicated to the biological materials of marine invertebrates. This work is a source of modern knowledge on biomineralization, biomimetics and materials science with respect to marine vertebrates. For the first time in scientific literature the author gives the most coherent analysis of the nature, origin and evolution of biocomposites and biopolymers isolated from and observed in the broad variety of marine vertebrate organisms (fish, reptilian, birds and mammals) and within their unique...
This is the second monograph by the author on biological materials of marine origin. The initial book is dedicated to the biological materials of mari...
The book provides a fascinating overview about current and sophisticated developments in applied entomology that are powered by molecular biology and that can be summarized under a novel term: insect biotechnology. By analogy with the application of powerful molecular biological tools in medicine (red biotechnology), plant protection (green biotechnology) and industrial processing (white biotechnology), insect biotechnology (yellow biotechnology) provides novel tools and strategies for human welfare and nutrition. Insect Biotechnology has emerged as a prospering discipline with considerable...
The book provides a fascinating overview about current and sophisticated developments in applied entomology that are powered by molecular biology and ...
This book offers a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry. It includes recent advances in research on both spider and insect silks.
This book offers a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in...
This volume contains studies on the evolution and function of lightweight constructions of planktonic and other organisms, and examples of how they can be used to create new solutions for radical innovations of lightweight constructions for technological application. The principles and underlying processes responsible for evolution and biodiversity of marine plankton organisms are highly relevant and largely unresolved issues in the field of marine science. Amongst the most promising objects for the study of evolution of stable lightweight constructions are marine organisms such as diatoms or...
This volume contains studies on the evolution and function of lightweight constructions of planktonic and other organisms, and examples of how they ca...
This book explores biological systems with surface specializations which increase or decrease friction and adhesion. Studies examine snake skin and adhesive pads in animals, as well as anti-adhesive and adhesive surfaces of plants, among many other examples.
This book explores biological systems with surface specializations which increase or decrease friction and adhesion. Studies examine snake skin and ad...
This book offers a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry. It includes recent advances in research on both spider and insect silks.
This book offers a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in...
This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structure, properties, and function in the context of evolutionary trends, and biomimetic potential. Topics comprise mechanical attachment devices, such as clamps, claws, hooks, spines and wraps, as well as hairy and smooth adhesive pads, nano-fibrils, suction cups, and viscid and solidifying adhesives. Attachment is one of the major types of interactions between an organism and its environment. There are numerous studies that deal with this phenomenon...
This book surveys attachment structures and adhesive secretions occurring in this class of animals and discusses the relationships between structur...
This book comprises a first survey of the Collaborative Research Center SFB-TRR 141 'Biological Design and Integrative Structures - Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture', funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft since October 2014. The SFB-TRR 141 provides a collaborative framework for architects and engineers from the University of Stuttgart, biologists and physicists from the University of Freiburg and geoscientists and evolutionary biologists from the University of Tubingen. The programm is conceptualized as a dialogue between the disciplines and is based on the...
This book comprises a first survey of the Collaborative Research Center SFB-TRR 141 'Biological Design and Integrative Structures - Analysis, Simul...
