Synthetic Biology : A Primer (Record no. 295550)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781848168633 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 660.6 BAL-S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Geoff Baldwin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Synthetic Biology : A Primer |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Imperial College Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Introduction to biology -- 2. Basic concepts in engineering -- 3. Foundational technologies -- 4. Minimal cells and synthetic life -- 5. Parts. devices and systems -- 6. Modelling synthetic biology systems -- 7. Applications of designed biological systems -- 8. iGEM -- 9. The societal impact of synthetic biology. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | A Primer gives a broad overview of the emerging field of synthetic biology and the foundational concepts on which it is built. It will be of interest to final year undergraduates, postgraduates and established researchers who are interested in learning about this exciting new field. The book introduces readers to fundamental concepts in molecular biology and engineering and then explores the two major themes for synthetic biology, namely \'bottom-up\' and \'top-down\' engineering approaches. \'Top-down\' engineering utilises a conceptual framework of engineering and systematic design to build new biological systems by integrating robustly characterised biological parts into an existing system through the use of extensive mathematical modelling. The \'bottom-up\' approach involves the design and building of synthetic protocells using basic chemical and biochemical building blocks from scratch. Exemplars of cutting-edge applications designed using synthetic biology principles are presented, including the production of novel biofuels from renewable feedstocks, microbial synthesis of pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, and the design and implementation of biosensors to detect infections and environmental waste. The book also uses the Internationally Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition to illustrate the power of synthetic biology as an innovative research and training science. Finally, the primer includes a chapter on the ethical, legal and societal issues surrounding synthetic biology, illustrating the integration of social sciences in synthetic biology research. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Synthetic biology. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Geoff Baldwin [and others] |
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| Koha item type | Book |
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| Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/09/2015 | 2 | 660.6 BAL-S | DCB2376 | 08/05/2018 | 05/04/2018 | 19/07/2019 | Book |