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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Provides an introduction to various areas of biotechnology! covering such topics as: a history of the science behind biotechnology; the tools of biotechnology; innovations; biotechnology in everyday life; and ethical issues of biotechnology. This book helps understand the basics of one of the most important scientific fields of endeavour. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Jenn...
