Biotechnology and its Applications
Using Cells to Change the World
- 2nd Edition - April 20, 2021
- Latest edition
- Author: W.T. Godbey
- Language: English
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Biotechnology and its Applications: Using Cells to Change the World, Second Edition introduces students to the world of biotechnology in a way that runs deeper than a mere surv… Read more
Biotechnology and its Applications: Using Cells to Change the World, Second Edition introduces students to the world of biotechnology in a way that runs deeper than a mere survey. Sections cover basic science, introduce cells, explain how they behave, what they are made of, demonstrate the biotechnological application of scientific principles in the laboratory, and present biotechnologies “in the real world.” Examples include recombinant proteins available to millions of patients, plants that have been engineered to produce food for people around the world, and regenerative medicine that may someday allow patients to receive organs that have been grown from their own cells.
The updated edition has been expanded with the most current information available, with new chapters on gene editing, bioremediation, vaccines and immunotherapy, and processing and manufacturing, thus resulting in a modern, robust, yet highly readable applications-oriented introduction to biotechnology.
- Takes an integrated approach from first principles, integrating cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and health science
- Presents side topics of interest throughout (“gee whiz” topics) to give students quick mental breaks while still extending their knowledge in a practical sense
- Contains a greatly improved, robust teaching pedagogy to aid student learning
- Features new chapter learning objectives, chapter summaries, highlighted key terms, more end-of-chapter questions, and a new glossary
First- or second-year undergraduate biology students taking an introductory course in biotechnology
Unit I – The Cell
1. An introduction to biotechnology
1.1 An agreement with the student
1.2 Misconceptions about biotechnology
1.3 Biotechnology is broad and still expanding
1. An introduction to biotechnology
1.1 An agreement with the student
1.2 Misconceptions about biotechnology
1.3 Biotechnology is broad and still expanding
2. Voyage into the cell
2.1 Membranes
2.2 Cellular Transport
3. Proteins
3.1 Amino Acids
3.2 Protein Structure
3.3 The hydrophobic effect
3.4 A return to membranes
4. Genes – The Blueprints for Proteins
4.1 Nucleotides and nucleic acids
4.2 From genes to proteins
5. Cell Growth
5.1 The eukaryotic cell cycle
5.2 Growth curves and their phases
5.3 Mathematics of the growth curve
5.4 Counting cell numbers
5.5 Counting cell mass
5.6 Scale-up
Unit II – Biotechnology in the laboratory
6. Microbial killing
6.1 The Gram stain
6.2 Microbial resistance to killing
6.3 Sterilization, disinfection, and sanitization
6.4 Microbial cell death
7. Cell Culture and the eukaryotic cells used in biotechnology
7.1 Adherent cells versus non-adherent cells
7.2 Primary cells, cancer cells, cell lines
7.3 Care and feeding
8. Fluorescence
8.1 Stokes’s experiments
8.2 Fluorophore properties
8.3 Fluorescence detection
8.4 Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
9. Agarose Gels
9.1 Technical considerations
9.2 Application of agarose gels: gel shift
9.3 Application of agarose gels: DNA footprinting
10. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
10.1 Melt
10.2 Anneal
10.3 Extend
10.4 PCR Loops
10.5 An application of traditional PCR
10.6 Traditional versus real-time PCR
10.7 Real-time PCR
11. Genetic Engineering
11.1 Plasmid architecture
11.2 Molecular cloning
11.3 A single plasmid is not enough
11.4 Spectrophotometry
Unit III – Biotechnology in the real world
12. Gene delivery
12.1 Gene delivery vehicles: an overview
12.2 Viral delivery methods
12.3 Physical delivery methods
12.4 Chemical delivery methods
12.5 Preparation of nonviral gene delivery complexes
12.6 What is gene therapy, anyway?
13. RNAi
13.1 Co-suppression
13.2 RNA interference
13.3 miRNA
14. Genome editing
14.1 Targetable nucleases
14.2 Other genome manipulation tools
14.3 Delivery cargo
15. DNA fingerprinting
15.1 Older DNA fingerprinting uses RFLPs
15.2 Newer DNA fingerprinting uses STRs
16. Fermentation, beer, and biofuels
16.1 Glycolysis
16.2 Fermentation
16.3 The production of beer
16.4 Fermentation to produce biofuels
17. Stem cells, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine
17.1 Stem cells
17.2 Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
18. Transgenics and genetically modified organisms in agriculture
18.1 Ice-minus bacteria
18.2 Bt plants
18.3 Herbicide resistance
18.4 Tomatoes
18.5 Rice
19. Patents and licenses
19.1 Types of patents
19.2 Licenses
19.3 After a license is granted
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: April 20, 2021
- Language: English
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W.T. Godbey
W. T. Godbey is the Paul H. and Donna D. Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering at Tulane University. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University in 1988. After a successful period that involved starting his own software design and development company in Dallas, Texas, he joined the fields of science and engineering and earned his PhD as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow from the Institute for Biosciences and Bioengineering at Rice University in 2000. From 2000-2003 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Childrens Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School. He joined the Tulane University faculty in 2003.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USARead Biotechnology and its Applications on ScienceDirect