Biotech paper watch

Biotech paper watch: From our sister journals Special issue on Lipidomics Most accessed in BTJ: IgCAM neuronal cell adhesion molecules BioEssays Other publications     

Next issue (August 2007): Role of Kinases in Neuronal Function

Edited by Professor Marc Blondel, Brest, France Highlight articles: Role and regulation of Cdk5 in – neurofibrillary degeneration and neuronal death: the missing link to cell cycle reactivation – neuronal signaling, plasticity, and drug abuse – dendrite and synapse development – Cerebral ischemia, cell cycle elements ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Biotechnology Journal 3/2008

Cover illustration: Spectral karyotype of chromosomes. The BTJ special issue on Methods and Advances in Biotech is not only covering DNA-based methods but also exciting highlights in the fields of imaging, bioluminescent screening methods, plant transformation assays, stem cell differentiation on chips and much more. Image copyright USA Federal Government. http://www.genome.gov , http://doi.wiley.com/biot.200800042     

Biotech News

Biotech news: News on Biofuels Most read in BTJ: HIV host cell RNAi screening platform News from industry: Respiratory disease treatment – German biotech sees light at the end of the tunnel in 2010 – Funding photonics – Analyzing tumor cell heterogeneity – Product news Meeting highlight: Systems Biology of Microorganisms 22–24 March 2010, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France News from academia: How to shoot the messenger – Soybean genome sequence – Canna plant cleans stormwater runoff     

Cover Picture: Biotechnology Journal 4/2016

This regular issue of BTJ includes articles on cell culture, tissue engineering, antibodies and biocatalysis. The cover is inspired by two articles. One article is describing the recombinant protein expression in tobacco cell culture and the other article the detection of tobacco host cell proteins with polyclonal antibodies. © zbg2 – Fotolia.com     

Biotech Reviews

Cover illustration: Biotech Reviews. This issue of BTJ features six expert reviews in different fields of biotechnology, selected by BTJ Reviews Editor Sophia Hober (Stockholm, Sweden). Highlights include model organism C. elegans, synthetic biology, tissue engineering, biofuels, biofilms and glycobiotechnology. Image: Confocal micrograph of human primary fibroblasts growing on recombinant spider silk fibers (4RepCT). Provided by Dr. Hedhammar, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. The fibers are shown in red, nuclei in bright red and filamentous actin in green. Original magnification: 20x.     

Paper & market watch

From our sister journals BTJ highlight April 2007: Cell-based assays in GPCR drug discovery New on the market     

Upcoming articles in BTJ

Next issue: RNA-assisted Protein Folding The July 2008 issue of BTJ is devoted to RNA-assisted Protein Folding, edited by Professor Marc Blondel (Brest, France). BTJ will be featuring articles on: – Role of ribosomes in protein folding – Tools for the study of Ribosome-borne Protein Folding Activity (RPFA) – RNA-driven cyclin-dependent kinase regulation – The presence of rRNA sequences in polyadenylated RNAs and its potential functions – Non-coding RNAs in neurodegeneration and stress response – Folding at the rhythm of the rare codon beat Many of these exciting articles are already available online under “Early View”! A sneak preview of other content can be found under “News”. http://www.biotechnology-journal.com     

Cover Picture: Biotechnology Journal 5/2016

This regular issue of BTJ includes articles on biocatalysis, biomaterials, and industrial biotechnology. The cover picture shows several aspects of bacteriophage therapy, including phages adsorbing to bacterial cell surfaces, commercial preparations Pyo‐ and Intesi‐phages that are currently produced and used in Georgia, and administration of phages by medical staff to a patient. Image is provided by Aleksandre Ujmajuridze, Jon Caplin, Nino Chanishvili, and Aidan Coffey authors of ”Silk route to the acceptance and re‐implementation of bacteriophage therapy“ ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201600023 ).     

Scaffold-free cell-based systems

Cover illustration Scaffold-free cell-based systems. This issue of BTJ, edited by Umut Gurkan (Harvard Medical School, MA, USA) and Feng Xu (Xi' an Jiaotong University, China) highlights several applications of scaffold-free systems such as cell therapies for tissue regeneration, in vitro functional tissue and disease models for drug sensitivity testing, cell-based biosensors, and drug delivery. Cover image: Confocal image of a microtissue generated from human colorectal carcinoma cell line, HCT-116, stained for integrin, 1 (green), cytoskeleton (red) and nuclei (blue). Image: Irina Agarkova (InSphero AG, Zurich, Switzerland). See the article by Drewitz et al., http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201100290     

Cover Picture: Biotechnology Journal 9/2015

The cover of this regular issue of BTJ is inspired by several articles in which Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were used. These articles include metabolite profiling in CHO cells, the one‐step generation of a triple knockout line using CRISPR‐Cas technology and analysis of antibody glycosylation patterns in different CHO cell lines. © asolo79 – Fotolia.com     

Biotech paper – market watch

Biotech paper watch: From our sister journals Other publications Most accessed in BTJ: Micro RNA BioEssays: Targeted gene repair by intrinsic cellular processes ES cell-derived biological pacemaker Zebrafish as a model for pancreas development and function New on the market: Wyatt Technology's protein analysis tool Agilent Technologies' HPLCchip for proteomics research     

Cover Picture: Biotechnology Journal 9/2016

This regular issue of BTJ includes articles on bioprocess engineering and biochemical engineering. Also it contains two special articles to the topic ‘Eukaryotic Synthetic Biology’. The cover shows mouse embryonic stem cells proliferating in a microfluidic culture device capable of monitoring specific oxygen uptake rates in real time. Monitoring occurs without disruption of the cell culture and label‐free. Image is provided by Alexandre Super, Nicolas Jaccard, Marco Paulo Cardoso Marques, Rhys Jarred Macown, Lewis D. Griffin, Farlan Singh Veraitch and Nicolas Szita authors of ‘Real‐time monitoring of specific oxygen uptake rates of embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic cell culture device’ ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201500479 ).     

Cover Picture: Biotechnology Journal 2/2017

The cover of this regular issue of BTJ shows fluorescence microscopy images of bacteria along with their processed counterparts after CellShape analysis. While the former are simple raw images, the latter reveal important quantitative information e.g. intensity contours and spots. Altogether, they form a complete dataset from which we can accurately interpret cellular fluorescent signals. The cover is prepared by ρngel Goñi‐Moreno, Juhyun Kim and Víctor de Lorenzo authors of the article ”CellShape: A user‐friendly image analysis tool for quantitative visualization of bacterial cell factories inside“. ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/biot.201600323 ).     

Next issue (November 2007): Singapore Biotech Crossroads

Edited by Dr. Michael Entzeroth, Singapore Highlight articles: – Singapore's biomedical sciences landscape – Re-starting malaria research at NITD – CombinatoRx moves its molecular speed-dating to Singapore – UK-Singapore relationships in life sciences – AMRI and Singapore: Driving discovery in Asia – Function of SIRT1 Deacetylase in Oncology – The chakragati mouse: rapid in vivo antipsychotic drug screening – Neuroscience drug discovery in Singapore ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Cell and Protein Manipulation

Cover illustration Cell and Protein Manipulation. This second BTJ special issue on “Methods and Advances” features articles on cell manipulation (e.g. lysis methods for miniaturized high-throughput assays) or protein processing (e.g. plasma-free manufacturing of therapeutics or an inkjet printing method for manufacturing immuoassays). Image liquid nitrogen tank to store cells or proteins, © Baxter.     

Next issue (October 2007): Multi-enzyme Systems for the Synthesis of Complex Natural Compounds

Edited by Dr. Stefan Martens, Marburg, Germany Highlight articles: – Flavonoids and other phenylpropanoid-derived natural products – Glucosylation of phenolic compounds using cultured plant cells – Ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in tobacco – Microbial production of natural raspberry ketone – A factorial approach to lactone production in yeast – Fermentative production of methylated stilbens – Biosynthesis of deoxyflavanones ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Focus: Nutrigenomics

Cover illustration: Nutrigenomics aims to identify the genes that influence the risk of diet-related diseases on a genomewide scale, and to understand the mechanisms that underlie these genetic predispositions. This BTJ special issue edited by Taesun Park features articles uncovering ‘dietary signatures’ associated with obesity and metabolic diseases. Images copyright: Yellow, green, and red bell peppers. © Photodisc, Microarray; © http://genomics.energy.gov     

Biotech paper watch

From our sister journals Most accessed in BTJ November 2008 Best cover in 2008 BioEssays Other publications     

Biotech Crossroads: Singapore

Cover illustration: Singapore Biotech Crossroads, a BTJ special issue edited by Dr. Michael Entzeroth, Pharma Resources Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore. Highlights include articles about Singapore's biomedical sciences landscape, UK-Singapore relationships in life sciences, oncology and drug discovery, bioprocessing technology and much more. Image©Photodisc Inc.