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Books in Life sciences

  • The Sounds of Science

    Orchestrating Stewardship in the Seafood Industry
    • 1st Edition
    • July 26, 2023
    • Henrik Österblom
    • English
    The Sounds of Science provides a comprehensive account of a large-scale scientific experiment with globally operating seafood corporations headquartered in North America, Europe, and Asia. It describes how scientists worked to identify these, world’s largest seafood companies, and how their disproportionate powers were mobilized in a coalition of companies called SeaBOS (Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship), aiming to provide global and science-based industry leadership on ocean stewardship. As invoked by the cover art (Flow, 2020) by world-renowned creative director, Kashiwa Sato, the experiment is creating a small wave of change that sits within a larger wave, supporting and generating larger movements towards improved stewardship of the planet. A new direction for the private sector is emerging, and new priorities are flourishing. The book explores how corporations, guided by science, can be part of the solution to the biosphere challenges. Written in collaboration with international experts on sustainability, ocean ecosystems, fisheries policy, and corporations, this book explores the mechanisms leading to the evolution of cooperation, and the barriers to address in order to engage in collaborative learning, corporate change and novel science. It offers tangible advice to scientists on how to work with the private sector for a better, more sustainable world. The Sounds of Science is an important resource for scientists interested in engaging with the private sector. Corporate leaders and policy makers will find this book useful for understanding, collaborating, and working with the planet to reach global sustainability goals.
  • Advances in Microbial Physiology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 83
    • July 26, 2023
    • English
    Advances in Microbial Physiology, Volume 83 in this ongoing serial, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. Topics of interest in this update include RidA paradigm, Targeting the cell envelope to overcome antimicrobial resistance, Biosynthesis and function of microbial methylmenaquinones, Antibiotic efficacy, Role of central metabolism/bacterial physiology on tolerance to cell wall-acting antibiotics, and Physiology of diazotrophs.
  • Rhizobiome

    Ecology, Management and Application
    • 1st Edition
    • July 26, 2023
    • Javid A. Parray + 3 more
    • English
    Rhizosphere: Ecology, Management and Application highlights the use of the rhizosphere microbiome to improve plant and soil health, including strengthening stress resistance and remediating negatively impacted soils. The book focuses on current developments and applications of related low input management strategies in high-value crops as well as non-food plants. Further sections provide insights into the ecology and functions of these interactions, including evidence that plant microbiota is vital for plant growth and stress resilience and health. It highlights fundamental microbiome research to help readers better understand the dynamics within microbial communities and their interactions with various plant hosts and the environment. Microbial-root associations are essential to assist plants under abiotic and biotic stresses and are necessary and beneficial to enhancing agricultural crop production. Numerous studies have enhanced our vision of the complex interactions between the plant, the associated microbial communities, and the environment. Further, microbe – microbe interactions allow the simulation microbial community interactions naturally, and is one of the many modern methods for the development of novel and effective metabolites.
  • 4-Membered Heterocycle Synthesis

    • 1st Edition
    • July 26, 2023
    • Navjeet Kaur
    • English
    Four-Membered Heterocycle Synthesis offers a comprehensive approach to these unstable organic compounds, providing a systematic introduction to the synthesis and reactions of all common four-membered heterocycles and illustrating different methods to prepare specific four-membered heterocycles. Four-membered heterocyclic compounds are known as a class of unstable organic compounds because of their strain characteristics, which make them very beneficial as precursors for the formation of a broad range of complex heterocyclic molecules and for synthetic elaboration.
  • Modifications and targeting of protein termini Part B

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 686
    • July 25, 2023
    • English
    Modifications and Targeting of Protein Termini, Part B, Volume 686 in the Methods in Enzymology serial, highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including In vitro production of N-degron fused proteins and its application, Identification of N-degrons and N-recognins using peptide pull-downs combined with quantitative mass spectrometry-based proteomics, Monitoring ADO-dependent proteolysis in cells using fluorescent reporter proteins, Monitoring the interactions between N-degrons and N-recognins of the Arg/N-degron pathway, Characterization and chemical modulation of p62/SQSTM1/Sequestos... as an autophagic N-recognin of the Arg/N-degron pathway. Other chapters cover Analysis of higher plant N-degron pathway components and substrates via expression in S. cerevisiae, Building libraries to dissect terminal degrons with fluorescent timers, Affinity isolation and biochemical characterization of N-degron ligands using the N-recognin, ClpS, Probing the effects of N-terminal acetylation on α-synuclein structure, aggregation and toxicity, Increasing the coverage of the N-terminome with Lys-N Amino Terminal enrichment (LATE), and more.
  • Advances in Agronomy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 181
    • July 25, 2023
    • Donald L. Sparks
    • English
    Advances in Agronomy, Volume 181, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each chapter written by an international board of authors.
  • Imaging in Virus Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 116
    • July 25, 2023
    • English
    Imaging in Virus Research, Volume 116 in the Advances in Virus Research series highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Topics of interest in this release include Recent developments of advanced fluorescence microscopy methods for biological applications, Fluorescence microscopy to image virus entry: Probing different angles, RSV and cytoplasmic inclusion bodies, Advanced Imaging of HIV-1 fusion and virus-host lipid interactions, Spatiotemporal orchestration of virus morphogenesis, Imaging applied to study interactions between poxviruses and their host cells, Viral capsid structures, Tissue Clearing and 3D-Imaging of Virus Infections, and much more.
  • Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 52-3
    • July 25, 2023
    • Joseph M. Pappachan + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Sherouk Fouda and Joseph M. Pappachan bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease. Top experts address the various ways metabolic associated fatty liver disease is related to other conditions such as diabetes, sarcopenia, PCOS, and more, as well as the management of MAFLD and cardiovascular implications.
  • Advances in Parasitology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 121
    • July 24, 2023
    • David Rollinson + 1 more
    • English
    Advances in Parasitology, Volume 121, the latest release in this ongoing series, includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, along with reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy and life history. Specific sections in this new release focus on Cryptosporidiosis.
  • Myconanotechnology and Application of Nanoparticles in Biology

    Fundamental Concepts, Mechanism and Industrial Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • July 22, 2023
    • Mohammed Kuddus + 2 more
    • English
    Myconanotechnology and Application of Nanoparticles in Biology: Fundamental Concepts, Mechanism and Industrial Applications focuses on the emergence of myconanotechnology as a new science for the synthesis of nanoparticles using fungi and considering future applications and challenges. The book demonstrates why mycology should be regarded as a megascience: A subject requiring international collaboration to overcome barriers that need to be confronted in the interests of global security and human well-being. This reference provides a good source of knowledge and guidelines for advanced graduate students and will be of significant interest to scientists working on the basic issues surrounding applications of myconanotechnology.