Meeting highlight: BioVision

With 125 speakers, 30 thematic debates, 8 debate dinners and over 3000 participants, BioVision 2009 (March 8–11, 2009, Lyon, France) offered ample food for thoughts for scientists and policy makers alike. BioVision fosters the dialogue between scientists, civil society, industrialists and policy makers for concrete solutions concerning major issues in Life Sciences.     

Editorial: Advances in biotech

As Biotechnology Journal is entering its third volume, its shape and branding become more defined. After the success of last year's “Methods and Advances in Biotech” issue, I would like to quickly glance back at BTJ 2007 content (Table 1), and consider a frame for future directions to take in 2008.     

Waste biotech

US market for environmental biotech products for waste treatment worth $261.3 M by 2013 Marine pharmacognosy Recent patents related to biowaste and bioactive compounds Project profile: Concentration and separation of bioactives in food science Microbial-based motor fuels Dairy fermentation, cell factories and bioactive peptides Earliest genetic material: Waste from the stars? Marine bacteria use carbon dioxide     

New biotech books

The 60th Frankfurt Book Fair takes place in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, from October 15-19, 2008. The Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest of its kind in the world and is also the place to get to know and browse through the newest scientific books and journals published all around the globe. As not all our readers will be able visit the Wiley-Blackwell booth, we would like to seize the occasion to present here new book publications in the field of biotech, most of which are already available or soon to come.