Biotechnology Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

A romance of the three kingdoms : biotechnology clusters in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong province, China / Petr Hanel, Jie He, Jingyan Fu, Susan Reid, Jorge E. Niosi -- Entrepreneurial approach to biotechnology policies and development in India / Neeta Baporikar -- Institutions as enablers of science-based industries : the case of biotechnology in Mexico / Marcia Villasana -- The Turkish biotechnology system : functioning or malfunctioning? / Dilek Cetindamar -- Is China catching up? : health-related applications of biotechnology / Petr Hanel -- Biotechnology and wealth creation from plant with healing properties / E. William Ebomoyi -- Biotechnology of microbial xylanase: overview / Hooi Ling Ho -- Collaboration, innovation, and funding as survival factors for Canadian biotechnology SMEs / Catherine Beaudry, Joël Levasseur -- Influence of star bioscientists on obtaining venture capital for Canadian dedicated biotechnology firms / Johanne Queenton, Sophie Veilleux -- Is collaboration important at all stages of the biotechnology product development process? / Catherine Beaudry -- What influences the growth of Canadian biotechnology firms? / Catherine Beaudry, Joël Levasseur -- Advances in the reduction of the costs inherent to fossil fuels' biodesulfurization towards its potential industrial application / Susana M. Paixão, Tiago P. Silva, Bruno F. Arez, Luís Alves -- Bioinformatics : the convergence between biotechnology and ITC impacts on the productive sector / Jorge E. Niosi -- Fighting ecomafias : the role of biotech networks in achieving sustainability / Nadia Di Paola, Rosanna Spanò, Adele Caldarelli, Roberto Vona -- Industrial enzyme technology : potential applications / Michael Bamitale Osho -- Appropriate and sustainable plant biotechnology applications for food security in developing economies / Vidya de Gannes, Carlos G. Borroto -- Engineering of microbes for heavy metal tolerance: an approach for bio remediation technology / Megha D. Bhatt, Deepesh Bhatt -- Importance of biotechnology in the development of functional foods in emerging countries : the case of Chile / Carolina Alejandra Oliu -- Smart device clickers : learning basic sciences and biotechnology / Érika Bertozzi de Aquino Mattos, Isabelle Mazza Guimarães, Alexander Gonçalves da Silva, Claudia Marcia Borges Barreto, Gerlinde Agate Platais Brasil Teixeira -- Genetically engineered microorganisms for bioremediation processes : gems for bioremediaton / Stephen Rathinaraj Benjamin, Fabio de Lima, Ashok K. Rathoure -- Microbial degradation of azo dyes : the role of azoreductase to initiate degradation / Dirk Tischler, Jingxian Qi, Anna Christina R. Ngo, Michael Schlömann.