Opportunities For Environmental Applications Of Marine Biotechnology

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Ocean Studies Board,Board on Biology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309171465

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Opportunities for Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Ocean Studies Board,Board on Biology Pdf

This 2-day workshop is the culmination of a study of the status and future of marine biotechnology. The overall goal of this workshop is to examine what was initially called "Opportunities for Marine Biotechnology in the United States," to consider where we are now in this field of "Environmental Marine Biotechnology," to envision the field in the future, and to discuss any impediments that might be encountered along the way. Opportunities for Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology: Proceedings of the October 5-6, 1999, Workshop addresses the question of where the federal government should invest its limited funds and what future initiatives should be planned.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309169714

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Marine Biotechnology in the Twenty-First Century by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products Pdf

Dramatic developments in understanding the fundamental underpinnings of life have provided exciting opportunities to make marine bioproducts an important part of the U.S. economy. Several marine based pharmaceuticals are under active commercial development, ecosystem health is high on the public's list of concerns, and aquaculture is providing an ever greater proportion of the seafood on our tables. Nevertheless, marine biotechnology has not yet caught the public's, or investor's, attention. Two workshops, held in October 1999 and November 2001 at the National Academies, were successful in highlighting new developments and opportunities in environmental and biomedical applications of marine biotechnology, and also in identifying factors that are impeding commercial exploitation of these products. This report includes a synthesis of the 2001 sessions addressing drug discovery and development, applications of genomics and proteomics to marine biotechnology, biomaterials and bioengineering, and public policy and essays contributed by the workshop speakers.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264194243

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Marine Biotechnology Enabling Solutions for Ocean Productivity and Sustainability by OECD Pdf

This report considers the potential of marine biotechnology to contribute to economic and social prosperity by making use of recent advances in science and technology.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Aquaculture
ISBN : LOC:00183585836

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Future Application of Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology to the Nation's Estuaries and Coastal Waters by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and Environment Pdf

Author : Muhammad Dawood Shah,Julian Ransangan,Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789819906246

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Marine Biotechnology: Applications in Food, Drugs and Energy by Muhammad Dawood Shah,Julian Ransangan,Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran Pdf

This contributed volume covers the applications of marine biotechnology for food, drugs and energy production using marine resources. It introduces many aspects of marine biotechnology, including bioenergy, pharmaceutical development, food security from mariculture, pollution handling, legal issues and conflicts. Information in the book is accompanied by clear images, flow charts, quantitative and qualitative data. Marine biotechnology is essential for realizing the previously untapped potential of marine bio-resources. These resources are used to develop innovative goods and procedures that aid in the global management of food, energy, and disease management. The development of innovative tools and solutions for more sustainable marine environmental management is another important section of this title. This reference book is of interest to teachers, researchers, and climate change scientists. It serves as an additional reading material for college, undergraduate, and graduate students of marine science and aquaculture. This is also a good research guide for food and fishing industry scientists.

Author : Raymond A. Zilinskas,Peter J. Balint
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461554318

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Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms by Raymond A. Zilinskas,Peter J. Balint Pdf

Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the environmental, economic, and regulatory implications of advances in marine biotechnology. The book has been specifically designed to bridge the gap between the rapidly advancing marine biotechnology industry and the government agencies that are responsible for risk assessment and regulation. Editors Raymond Zilinskas and Peter Balint have brought together experts in risk assessment, marine ecology, biotechnology, economics, and the law, to provide a unique way of examining complex issues in marine biotechnology. The contributors present innovative and challenging recommendations for protecting public health and the environment, while encouraging the development of beneficial new products in the field of marine biotechnology. As an added feature, each chapter includes a comprehensive, up-to-date bibliography. Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits will prove invaluable to students, researchers and public employees involved with risk assessment. The book will appeal to industry personnel involved with the preparation of marine biotechnology products; scientists and administrators involved with applied research in marine biotechnology; policy analysts concerned with the economics of marine fisheries; and university personnel who focus on the interaction of risk, technology, and public policy.

Author : Pabulo H. Rampelotto,Antonio Trincone
Publisher : Springer
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319690759

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Grand Challenges in Marine Biotechnology by Pabulo H. Rampelotto,Antonio Trincone Pdf

This book serves as essential reading for research scientists and biotechnologists from both academia and industry working in marine biotechnology and related disciplines. The book discusses recent advances and challenges in terms of science, technology, innovation, and policy for the development of the field; and how marine biotechnology may provide new solutions to some of the grand challenges faced by our society. Written in an accessible language, the book is also recommended as a reference text for decision-makers in government and non-governmental organizations in their efforts to foster the development of a global blue economy. With less than 5 % of the vast and rich marine environment explored, our seas and oceans represent a virtually unexplored resource for the discovery of novel product, processes, and development of bio-inspired synthetic drugs with biotechnological potential. As such, the marine environment has been considered Earth's last frontier of exploration. Recent advances in molecular techniques are providing the necessary tools to access on a larger scale the still-untapped ocean resources and, consequently, unveil the promise of the blue biotechnology. Governments are recognizing the potential of marine biotechnology to provide solutions to some of the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century such as sustainable energy and food sources, identification of novel drugs for improved health treatments, and providing new industrial materials and processes. For this reason, advances in marine biotechnology may foster the much-needed source of innovation and economic growth in many countries, and pave the way towards the development of a global blue economy, i.e. a new economic model based on the sustainable exploration of our ocean ecosystems.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : LOC:00183658013

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Marine Biotechnology by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf Pdf

Author : Ana Rotter,Susana P. Gaudêncio,Marlen Ines Vasquez,Arita Dubnika
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889747351

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Marine Biotechnology, Revealing an Ocean of Opportunities by Ana Rotter,Susana P. Gaudêncio,Marlen Ines Vasquez,Arita Dubnika Pdf

Author : Telma Encarnação,Alberto Canelas Pais
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031172267

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Marine Organisms: A Solution to Environmental Pollution? by Telma Encarnação,Alberto Canelas Pais Pdf

Marine environments represent an underexplored source for numerous biotechnological applications. Of particular interest are organisms that can provide various valuable molecules and are potential candidates for bioremediation strategies. Fungi, algae, bacteria, yeasts, and sponges are some unique resources in marine ecosystems. But these must be preserved and protected from irreversible damage. Sustainable exploitation through farming systems is the alternative to prevent pressure on harvesting wild marine organisms. Written by an international team of experts, this book provides a broad overview of the possible approaches and technologies that can be applied in bioremediation processes and the possibilities to add value to the biomass produced. It provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art of current research and practice in bioremediation technology and bio-based materials. New processing technologies, and recent technical advances in molecular biology such as gene mining, omics techniques, and metabolic engineering are highlighted. The exciting possibilities that artificial intelligence can bring to the future of the biotechnology industry are also approached. The multidisciplinary nature of this book makes it of interest to a wide range of readers, including researchers, students, consulting professionals, engineers, governmental entities, and institutions working in environmental biotechnology, pollution control and prevention, and chemical processes.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : LOC:00184031358

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Opportunities for Growth in Marine Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology Industries by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment Pdf

Author : Raymond A. Zilinskas
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Marine biotechnology
ISBN : UCSD:31822023035793

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The Global Challenge of Marine Biotechnology by Raymond A. Zilinskas Pdf

In 1966 Congress passed the National Sea Grant College Program Act to promote marine research, education, and extension services in institutions along the nation's ocean and Great Lakes coasts. In Maryland a Sea Grant Program -- a partnership among federal and state governments, universities, and industries -- began in 1977, and in 1982 the University of Maryland was named the nation's seventeenth Sea Grant College.The Maryland Sea Grant College focuses its efforts on the Chesapeake Bay, with emphasis on the marine concerns of fisheries, seafood technology, and environmental quality.This report addresses the emerging science and developing technologies encompassed by marine biotechnology. It contains a broad overview of marine biotechnology, sets forth industrial realities, and assesses the future potential of this new field of biotechnology.The report has eight chapters. The first contains a wide range of major scientific achievements in marine biotechnology. The subjects encompassed within marine biotechnology are grouped within six areas: aquaculture, marine animal health, marine natural health, marine natural products, biofilm and bioadhesion in the marine environment, bioremediation, and marine ecology and biological oceanography. The remaining chapters detail an extensive survey and status report on marine biotechnology in the United States, Japan, Australia, and Norway.

Author : Y. Le Gal,H.O. Halvorson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475759839

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New Developments in Marine Biotechnology by Y. Le Gal,H.O. Halvorson Pdf

Past efforts to colonize the environment and domesticate living species, coupled with scientific research, have resulted in the possession (but not always the real control) by humans of any available terrestrial space. However, oceans, which represent up to two thirds of the surface of the planet, had not been really approached until the middle of this century. As oceanographic science develops, the picture of a rich, diverse, complex and also, in many respects, specific marine life, is coming into view. In a broad sense, marine biotechnologies can be understood as the various means or techniques of managing marine living systems for the benefit of mankind. The first goal we have is for marine life to provide biomass for food. However, today it is not certain that a significant increase of total world fisheries' catches will be possible in the future. There are several ways to address this. First, we need to generate better, more complete, or different uses of the biomass actually fished. This is mainly a matter of upgrading fish and fish wastes. Second, we need to artificially grow the living species. This falls within the scope of cell cultivation and of aquaculture. Both approaches have to be appreciated si multaneously in terms of biology, ecology, and economy. In both approaches, profit improvements are linked to the introduction of biotechnological methods and to the use of biotechnological processes.

Author : Stephane La Barre,Stephen S. Bates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527801725

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Blue Biotechnology by Stephane La Barre,Stephen S. Bates Pdf

With its integral treatment of ecosystem and resource management, this is the only overview of the field to address current thinking and future trends. All contributions have been written with the novice in mind, explaining the basics and highlighting recent developments and achievements. Unmatched in scope, this two-volume reference covers both traditional and well-established areas of marine biotechnology, such as biomass production, alongside such novel ones as biofuels, biological protection of structures and bioinspired materials. In so doing, it ties together information usually only found in widely dispersed sources to assemble a grand unified view of the current state of and prospects for this multi-faceted discipline. The combination of the breadth of topics and the focus on modern ideas make this introductory book especially suitable for teaching purposes and for guiding newcomers to the many possibilities offered by this booming field.

Author : Se-Kwon Kim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1517 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642539718

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Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology by Se-Kwon Kim Pdf

This Springer Handbook provides, for the first time, a complete and consistent overview over the methods, applications, and products in the field of marine biotechnology. A large portion of the surface of the earth (ca. 70%) is covered by the oceans. More than 80% of the living organisms on the earth are found in aquatic ecosystems. The aquatic systems thus constitute a rich reservoir for various chemical materials and (bio-)chemical processes. Edited by a renowned expert with a longstanding experience, and including over 60 contributions from leading international scientists, the Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology is a major authoritative desk reference for everyone interested or working in the field of marine biotechnology and bioprocessing - from undergraduate and graduate students, over scientists and teachers, to professionals. Marine biotechnology is concerned with the study of biochemical materials and processes from marine sources, that play a vital role in the isolation of novel drugs, and to bring them to industrial and pharmaceutical development. Today, a multitude of bioprocess techniques is employed to isolate and produce marine natural compounds, novel biomaterials, or proteins and enzymes from marine organisms, and to bring them to applications as pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals or nutraceuticals, or for the production of bioenergy from marine sources. All these topics are addressed by the Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology. The book is divided into ten parts. Each part is consistently organized, so that the handbook provides a sound introduction to marine biotechnology - from historical backgrounds and the fundamentals, over the description of the methods and technology, to their applications - but it can also be used as a reference work. Key topics include: - Marine flora and fauna - Tools and methods in marine biotechnology - Marine genomics - Marine microbiology - Bioenergy and biofuels - Marine bioproducts in industrial applications - Marine bioproducts in medical and pharmaceutical applications - and many more...