Biotec Visions September 2009

News: Fighting iron deficiency – Measuring cellular forces – Better photobioreactor design for hydrogen production – Artificial nerve cell – After GFP: Infrared IFP – Predictable transfection – RNAi for improved protein production – 3D protein map – Self-irrigating rhubarb – Cool plasma to fight biofilms – Pus elasticity – Plants surviving the frost Special Issues: Imaging host-pathogen interactions – Plant in vitro technologies – Biodiesel WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology: Drug-eluting stent coatings – Particle fabrication for diagnostic imaging and drug delivery Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences: Antiprotozoan drugs – Autoimmune disease: Treatment Opinion: A Korean vision on Green Growth Most Read Metagenomics Tips and Tricks: Increase your protein solubility – Printing viable cells Writing tips: The title impact In short: Cell cloning in micropallet array – Bioprocesses for air pollution control – Cells surviving the frost – Oil spilling onto seafloor sediments Test your Knowledge Briefs     

BiotecVisions 2010, March–April

News: Attraction of adipose tissue – Swine flu vaccine from insectcells – MicroRNA in multiple sclerosis – Proteomic detection of adenoma – Systematic engineering for arsenic removal – Bacterial cellulose to make blood vessels – The recipe for primordial soup: acid or bitter, hot or warm – Increased O₂ in hollow fiber bioreactors – Eye stem cells to treat immune disease – Super-strong collagen – Designing functional metalloproteins – Higher oil content in tobacco leaves – Alternative metabolic routes – New compass point blot helps find hTERT factors – Extracellular signals – doomed cells in the bacterial community Journal Highlights : Oils and fats for the chemical industry – Molecular Nutrition Reviews New from the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: EM analysis of protein structure Opinion: Ethics body asks: How green are new biofuels? Most Cited in 2009 Tips and tricks: Storing bacterial strains Award: Garden Award 2010 Funding News: Euro 400.000 for new malaria drug – Cardiovascular biomarker research – Support to cholera surveillance Industry News: Human genome sequencing projects – Fighting Huntington's disease – Multiple sclerosis collaboration Book Highlights: AIDS and tuberculosis – Perinatal stem cells Test your knowledge: Do you recognize this? Meeting Preview: The 9th Annual Biological Production Forum 2010     

Next issue (December 2007): Energy Production

Edited by Dr. Stefan Nordhoff, Marl, Germany Highlight articles: – Sustainable production of biofuels – Coupled production in biorefineries – Biodegradation of fuel oil hydrocarbons – Biobutanol: an attractive biofuel – Sustainable biobased energy, fuels and materials – Renewable resources in the chemical industry – breaking away from oil? – Using waste from olive oil industry for fuel production – Economic impacts of bio-refinery and resource cascading systems – Agricultural raw materials – energy or food? ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Next issue (September 2007): Talking Biotech with the Public – including a special FREE podcast!

Edited by Dr. Kristina Sinemus, Darmstadt, Germany Highlight articles: – Public perceptions of biotechnology – Future societal issues in industrial biotechnology – The co-existence debate in Europe – The Co-Extra website – Bioethics, GM crops and intellectual property – Patent scenarios for the future – Experiences in implementation of biosafety systems – Transparent communication strategy on GMOs – Options for a rational dialogue on the acceptance of biotechnology – Attitudes that predict acceptance of genetic engineering in Australia – Biotechnology: the language of multiple views in Maori communities – Science – or not? The scientific status of biotechnology ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Biotech News

Awards: Smoluchowski Award for Suwan Jayasinghe – EMBO recognizes talented young group leaders in Europe New on the market: Full automation from library samples to assay plates with “Calli-L” – New bottles for laboratory use From our sister journals: – Estrogen activity biosensor – Two-photon polymerization for tissue scaffolds – Algae, do not shear this time! – Plant based Plasmodium vaccine – The Global HIV Vaccine Research Cryorepository – Bioreactor for tissue engineered arteries – Nano-magnetic bacteria separation – Predictive biodegradation models – Most read in BTJ: Gene targeting from laboratory to livestock BioEssays highlights: What doesn't kill me... – Time for adaptive radiation to move on? – Looking again (carefully) at thalidomide     

Biotec Visions 2010, January–February

News: Plastics from E. coli – Looking again (carefully) at thalidomide – Don't kiss the chimps – Imaging microbial interactions – Probiotics prevent intestinal diseases – Drug resistance in cancer stem cell populations – Triple tag technique turns up tight and loose complexes – It pays to have an immune mother – DNA hybridization mechanisms – Chip-based breast tissue analysis – Nutrient support for engineered tissue – Nano-spheres support axon recovery – Bop-a-hepcidin Environmental News: Blueprint for molecular basis of global warming – Environmental biosensors – Predicting the fate of underground carbon Journal Highlights: Focus on Biochips – Neglected tropical diseases – New online portal Opinion: Outwitting evolution: We should pay as much for strategy as technology Most Read Industry News: Life Sciences Industry – Collaboration on forensics – New center for Systems Biology Tips and tricks: Melting your DNA Special Broadcast: Watch 50 years of B&B on YouTube Writing Tips: Get the figures right – Figure or Table? – Figure legend Algae and plants in brief: Plasmid-based methods in mosses – Antibody production in algal chloroplasts – Polysaccharides from foam cultures Test your knowledge: Do you recognize this? WIREs Author Spotlight: Toxicity of Nanomaterials     

BiotecVisions 2010, May–June

News: Ethanol biofuels from orange peels – Targeting leukaemia's gene addiction – Pea-derived solar cells – HIV is a kick in the head – Nano-scale DNA reader – Membrane in black – Cheese improves the immune response of elderly – Synthetic proteins built from standard parts – Therapeutic proteins produced in algae – Biosensor detects 100 mycoplasma cells – Protecting maggots against bacteria – Advanced biofuels from microbes – Fluorescent bacterial uptake – Two disparate stem cell states – Brachypodium genome sequenced Encyclopedia of Life Sciences: Nuclear transfer for cell lines WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology: Nanoparticle detection of respiratory infection Journal Highlights: Biocatalysis – Synthetic Biology In the news: Nanobiotech to detect cancer Most Read Industry News: Biomarker assays for personalized medicine – Bioplastic industry defies economic crisis – SDS-PAGE monitoring of mAB Awards: BTJ Editors elected members of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Meeting highlight Writing tips: Figure preparation made simple – Some useful tutorials on the web Book Highlights: Molecular Biotechnology – Bacterial Signaling – Yeast Test your knowledge: Do you recognize this? WIREs Authors Spotlight: Nanotechnology and orthopedics     

Next issue (March 2007): Textile biotechnology

Edited by Prof. Cavaco-Paolo (Lisbon, Portugal). Highlight articles: – Catalases for cleaner bleaching – Natural retting agents – Decolorization of reactive azo dyes – Wax removal for accelerated cotton scouring – Enzymatic cotton scouring products – Photochemical immobilization on polyethylene – Nitrilases for the surface modification of acrylic fibers – PET hydrolysis by Fusarium esterases – PVA-degrading enzymes in cotton fabric desizing ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Biotec Visions July 2009

News: Mutagenic biodiesel blends – Technicolor cancer imaging – Anticancer nanoparticle – Increased oxygen transfer in baffled microtiter plates – Transgenic barley growing on acid soil – Brain music – Laser light-induced brain waves – First genome sequence of ruminant species Special issues: Cytometry of microbes – Food-borne Mycotoxins Book highlights: Biotech funding trends – Biotechnology in Flavor Production Opinion: Another biofuel blunder? Tips and tricks: Good to know: Gel Electrophoresis Test your knowledge. Do you recognize this? Most read Writing tips Briefs: A hypothetical new model of LDL – Gaden Award – Patenting hES cells in Europe     

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!     

Next issue (June 2007): Molecular Recognition Technologies

Edited by Professor Alois Jungbauer, Vienna, Austria Highlight articles: – High-throughput protein purification under denaturating conditions – Efficient solubilization of inclusion bodies – Affinity precipitation an option for early capture in bioprocessing – IgG-Fc ligands derived from a soluble peptide library – Recombinant glycerol dehydratase from Klebsiella pneumoniae – In vivo glyco-engineered antibody with improved lytic potential – Plasmid adsorption to anion-exchange matrices – Biotransformation and chromatography ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Next issue (January 2008): Methods and Advances in Biotech

Edited by Dr. Barbara Janssens, Managing Editor – Recombinant therapeutic proteins – Technical aspects of biocatalysis – Advances in safe and efficient DNA therapy – SeSaM-Tv: A random mutagenesis method – Bioinformatics: Identifying interacting residues using boolean learning and support vector machines – 3D imaging flow cytometry – Flow cytometry technology responding to HIV-tuberculosis coinfections – Stem cell cultures: Technical aspects Many of these exciting articles are already available online under “Early View”! A sneak preview of other content can be found under “News”.     

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!     

Next issue (July 2007): Biotech in Russia

Edited by Professor Michael Rabinovich, Moscow, Russia Highlight articles: Russia through the prism of the world biopharmaceutical market – Main trends of biosensor development in Russia – Novel Russian monoclonal antibody-based therapeutic agents – Genetic and molecular backgrounds for the novel sustainable agro-technologies – Russian safety assessment of plant GMOs – Biotechnological studies in the Far-Eastern Region of Russia – Preclinical immunological trials of candidate DNA vaccines for HIV – Russian DNA chips ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Next issue (May 2007): Brain-specific Diseases

Edited by Dr. Nektarios Tavernarakis, Heraklion, Greece Highlight articles: – Neuronal death vs neurogenesis after transient ischemia – C. elegans mitochondrial mutants to study human neurodegenerative diseases – Human huntingtin antibody epitope mapping – Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – the tools of the trait – Biosensors for biogenic catecholamine detection – Comprehensive survey of p94/calpain 3 substrates by comparative proteomics – Molecular architecture of juxtaparanodal regions of myelinated fibers – Bio-electrosprays: A novel electrified jetting methodology for the safe handling and deployment of primary living organisms ... and much more: Read the next issue of BTJ!     

Next issue (April 2008): Novel Approaches to Drug Discovery in Signal Transduction

Edited by Lodewijk Dekker, Nottingham, UK – Computational chemistry approaches – Cell-based assays for G-Protein-coupled Receptors – Cell-based label-free technologies Methods and Advances in Biotech – Application of proteomics in biotechnology – Mining marine biological wastes for bioactive molecules – PCR-based strategy to express endogenous protein levels in yeast – Method for tracking nanogel particles – Gene expression studies on bio-electrosprayed primary cardiac myocytes 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     

Mineral content of the fruiting bodies of Pleurotus sajor-caju (FR.) SINGER cultivated on different kinds of biomass

Pleurotus sajor-caju (FR. ) SINGER was cultivated on different organic wastes, namely sericulture waste, Populus deltoides MARSH , and Eupatorium adenophorum SPRENG . Paddy straw was taken as the control and all the data were compared with it. The mineral contents of the fruiting bodies of Pleurotus sajor-caju and the substrates on which the mushroom was grown were analyzed. Among the eight minerals determined (calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sodium, iron, manganese and zinc), the potassium content was highest followed by phosphorus, magnesium and sodium. Analysis of the mineral contents of the substrates before cultivation had also been carried out. The mineral contents of the fruiting bodies of Pleurotus sajor-caju were found to be different on different substrates. It was also observed that the mineral contents of the fruiting bodies of Pleurotus sajor-caju increase when cultivated on substrates with higher mineral contents. The maximum mineral contents per 100 g of the substrates before cultivation were Ca – 347 mg; P – 151 mg; K – 1,805 mg; Na – 127 mg; Mg – 227 mg; Fe – 53 mg; Mn – 10 mg and zn – 3.1 mg. The mineral contents of the fruiting bodies of Pleurotus sajor-caju per 100 g ranged as follows: Ca – 25.1 mg to 35.3 mg; P – 448 mg to 602 mg; K – 2,146 mg to 2350 mg; Na – 139 mg to 229 mg; Mg – 153 mg to 224 mg; Fe – 9.74 mg to 20.75 mg; Mn – 2.5 mg to 4.0 mg and Zn – 2.2 mg to 3.1 mg.     

BTJ future topical issues

Next issue: Biotech in Korea The May 2008 issue of BTJ is devoted to Biotech in Korea. Featuring articles on: – Recent progress in microbial genome projects of Korea – Bio-Vision 2016: the 2nd Base Plan for biotechnology promotion in Korea – Strategies for systems-level metabolic engineering – Cell engineering strategies for improved therapeutic protein production in CHO cells – Development of bioadhesives from marine mussels – Dynamical analysis of the calcium signaling pathway in cardiac myocytes – Systems biology of heart and calcium signaling networks – Non-labeled detection of waterborne pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum – Injectable and sustained delivery of human growth hormone: A new method – Exploring sequence space: Screening for ω-aminotransferases 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