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Biotechnology 101: (Science 101)

Biotechnology 101: (Science 101)


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What should the average person know about science? Because science is so central to life in the 21st century, science educators and other leaders of the scientific community believe that it is essential that everyone understand the basic concepts of the most vital and far-reaching disciplines. Biotechnology 101 does exactly that. This accessible volume provides readers - whether students new to the field or just interested members of the lay public - with the essential ideas of biotechnology using a minimum of jargon and mathematics. Concepts are introduced in a progressive order so that more complicated ideas build on simpler ones, and each is discussed in small, bite-sized segments so that they can be more easily understood.

This short volume will enable students and lay people to understand the basics of one of the most important scientific fields of endeavor for the future.



Table of Contents:

Series Foreword
Preface
1. The Definition of Biotechnology
Introduction
Contemporary Definitions of Biotechnology
Categories of Biotechnology
2. Basic Science of Biotechnology
Chemistry and Physics of Biotechnology
Basic Biology of Biotechnology
3. The Tools of Biotechnology
Introduction
The Tools
Amino Acid Analyzers
Amino Acid Sequencers
Balance
Bioreactor
Blotting Apparatus
Centrifuge
Chromatography
Chromatogram Scanner/Densitometer
Cryopreservation Equipment
Cytometer
DNA Sequencer
Electrophoresis
Electroporation Instrument
Filtration Apparatus
Gel Reader
Gene Gun
Incubator
Isoelectric Focusing Apparatus
LIMS
Lyophilizer
Microarray Technology
Microplate Reader
Microscope
Microtome
Mixer
Nanotechnology
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Instrument
Particle Sizer
pH Meter
Pipette
Polarimeter
Rheometer
Spectrophotometer
Thermocycler
Thermometer Probes
Water Bath
Water Titrator
4. Biotechnology Innovations
The Creation of Innovations
History of Biotechnology Innovations
Biotechnology Innovations
Genomic Analysis Techniques
Genomic Expression Techniques
Proteomics Techniques
Metabolomics
Production of Genetically Modified Organisms
Cloning
5. Principal People of Biotechnology
Introduction
Contributors to Biotechnology
Al-Kindi
W. French Anderson
Werner Arber
Oswald T. Avery
David Baltimore
George W. Beadle
William James Beal
Paul Berg
Herbert Boyer
Sydney Brenner
Pat Brown
George Washington Carver
Erwin Chargaff
Martha Chase
Stanley Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen
Francis S. Collins
Gerty and Carl Cori
Francis Crick
Charles Darwin
Félix d'Herelle
Max Delbrück
Hugo de Vries
Renato Dulbecco
Paul Ehrlich
Alexander Fleming
Rosalind Franklin
Galen
Archibald Garrod
Walter Gilbert
Frederick Griffith
Henry Harris
Alfred Hershey
David Ho
Leroy Hood
Robert Hooke
John Hunter
François Jacob
Zacharias Janssen
Alec Jeffreys
Edward Jenner
Ernest Everett Just
Har Gobind Khorana
Shibasaburo Kitasato
Robert Koch
Arthur Kornberg
Philip Leder
Joshua Lederberg
Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Salvador Luria
André Lwoff
Barbara McClintock
Ilya Mechnikov
Gregor Mendel
Johann Friedrich Miescher
César Milstein
Jacques Monod
Thomas Morgan
Hermann Muller
Kary Mullis
Daniel Nathans
Marshall Nirenberg
Severo Ochoa
Reiji and Tsuneko Okazaki
Richard Palmiter
Louis Pasteur
Linus Pauling
Max Perutz
Stanley Prusiner
Steven Rosenberg
Pierre Paul Emile Roux
Robert Rushmer
Frederick Sanger
Matthias Schleiden
Theodor Schwann
Maxine Singer
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Hermann Staudinger
Nettie Stevens
Alfred Henry Sturtevant
Walter Sutton
Waclaw Szybalski
Howard Temin
Arne Tiselius
Alexander Todd
Harold Varmus
Craig Venter
Rudolf Virchow
James Watson
Maurice Wilkins
Ian Wilmut
Glossary
References and Resources
Print
Web
Index



About the Author :
Brian Robert Shmaefsky is a professor of biology at Kingwood College in Texas. He was an industrial chemist in the biotechnology industry before becoming a college professor who teaches biology and biotechnology. Dr. Shmaefsky studied at Brooklyn College in New York and did his graduate work at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. He continues to consult in the biotechnology industry and trains teachers to perform biotechnology in their classrooms.

Review :
Shmaefsky addresses basic principles along with techniques, applications, and tools used in the science of biotechnology. He provides a historical overview of the origins of biotechnology and innovations used relating to agriculture, commercial manufacturing, consumer products, and medicine. Included is a selective but extensive listing of a diverse group of scientists, with each one's brief biography and role in contributing to the principles and development of biotechnology. Also provided is a glossary of terms, an annotated bibliography of print resources for books and references to articles, and Web sites on or relating to biotechnology. This book will interest those in all areas of the sciences, as well as engineering, legal, health, and medical professions. Biotechnology 101 is a volume in the series Science 101, which provides a concise but easy understanding of the concepts of scientific research. Recommended. All levels. Editor's Choice Biotechnology 101is just what it ought to be: It sounds like a broad introduction to a complex field of study, that that's just what the reader gets. For introductory students and, perhaps even more importantly journalists and policy makers, the book provides a quick, concise introduction to the science, methods, potential, and history of this important field….[t]he explanations are clear, the issues carefully laid out, and the illustrations simple, yet very useful. In a relatively short space of time, the book should allow a person with little background in biology to understand the fundamental concepts that underlie problems in modern biotechnology. For students and general readers, Shmaefsky, a former industrial chemist in the biotechnology industry, presents an introduction to biotechnology, its definition and basic science, with primary focus on tools, innovations, and key figures. The volume devotes about a quarter of its text to this last section, providing brief biographies of figures such as Charles Darwin, James Watson, Louis Pasteur, Maxine Singer, Gregor Mendel, Alec Jeffreys, and many others. The list of references and other resources is annotated.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780313335280
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood Press
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Science 101
  • ISBN-10: 0313335281
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2006
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 272


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