... 1999 History ofBiotechnologyin Austria149 Advances in Biochemical Engineering/ Biotechnology, Vol. 69Managing Editor: Th. Scheperâ Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000 History ofBiotechnologyin ... World War, in a period of many changes in the economicsituation in Austria, two chemists met by chance in an office in Upper Austria,one of which, Heinrich Ebner, was working in a vinegar plant,whereas ... many centuries,when wine making,brewing,production of vinegar and distilling were importanthuman skills. The historyofbiotechnology as an industry apparently begins in the early 19th century,...
... of the presence of destabilizing signals in toxin coding genes.Elimination of such sequences enhanced the level of expression of toxin poly-peptides. A toxin coding gene (cry 1Ia5) devoid of ... TechnologyIICB Indian Institute of Chemical BiologyIISc Indian Institute of ScienceIIT Indian Institute of TechnologyIMTECH Institute of Microbial TechnologyISBC Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology IVRI ... theseareas, a major initiative involving 13 collaborating institutions was launched onbioprospecting in 1997. Characterizing, inventorying, conserving biodiversity,and prospecting of different ecogeographical...
... showing the players of Nanwang Elemen-tary School jumping in delight after winning the national champion-ship.Like the historyof Taiwan, the historyof Taiwanese baseball has had a number of ... policy that called for the speaking of Mandarin and prohibited the speaking of Holo in public was also intended to compel the Taiwanese to think of themselves as Chinese.1Throughout the 1960s ... Mao on the mainland. The purpose of NOTE ON ROMANIZATION OF CHINESE NAMESThere are four common ways to render Chinese names into English: (1)the Pinyin system used by mainland China; (2) the...
... growing of genetically engineered organisms and their use as foods and feeds. How does genetic engineering differ from traditional biotechnology? In traditional breeding, crosses are made in ... soybean fields without harming the crop. What are the benefits of genetic engineering in agriculture? Everything in life has its benefits and risks, and genetic engineering is no exception. Much ... view of the fundamentals ofbiotechnology and genetic engineering, the processes used in developing transgenic organisms, the types of genetic material used, and the benefits and risks of the...
... heyday of development in the fifties thecinema industry did not seeany new innovations until theseventies. This being mainlydue to the dwindling audiencesand a general apathythroughout the industry.Although ... Cinema Technology July / August 1998The History of Sound in the CinemaA fascinating article by Dion Hanson of DolbyLaboratories, Chairman of the BKSTS CinemaTechnology Committee, based on the ... simultaneously".Looking at diagrams andpictures of his early workcertainly shows the inclusion of a phonograph to deliversound with his pictures.When reading books about thedevelopment of sound in thecinema...
... generations of scientists into continuing the re-warding promises ofbiotechnology after the beginning of the new millenium.Zürich, August 2000 Armin FiechterXPreface classical rotating cylinders ... Institute of Microbiology and Experimental Therapy foractinomycin C, oxytetracyclin, erythromycin, paromomycin, turimycin, griseofulvin, nystatin,and nourseothricin, and in the 1980s for streptokinase, ... again in Sect. 4.2.3.4.1.3StainingAnother technique that has contributed to the structuring of models is the use of staining. This has a very long historyin microbiology, e.g. the Gram stain,...
... crops in storage and in the field and aflatoxin con-tamination of the crops.Insects fight back against infecting bacteria by producing antibacterialproteins [105].These include cecropins,attacins,defensins,lysozyme,diptericins,sarcotoxins, ... similar to that used in develop-ing the amino acid-producing strains. Accumulation of inosine and guanosine in large amounts was achieved by using adenine-requiring mutants of Bacillussubtilis, ... screening of reaction mixtures against nematodes in mice led to the major discovery of the potent activity of the avermectins againsthelminths causing disease in animals and humans. Avermectin’s...
... should disappear in England as it has in France, alldistinctions would thereby be lost. Here Burke avows the central role of masculine heterosexual discipline in creating and maintaining social,political, ... writing exactly the way Pitt’s government wanted it, in effect playing off oneinterest against another so as to keep all elements in a perpetual state of internecine crisis.²² Securing ‘‘the joint ... to the main lines of development of the novel, we shouldfollow the lead of Ina Ferris and Katie Trumpener by investigating thecentral role of ‘‘the regional’’ in the construction of English...
... understanding of the process is gained. This is the field of modern bioreaction engineering.Bioreaction engineering is practised mainly by chemical engineers, becausechemical reaction engineering ... again in Sect. 4.2.3.4.1.3StainingAnother technique that has contributed to the structuring of models is the use of staining. This has a very long historyin microbiology, e.g. the Gram stain, ... stimulate the new generations of scientists into continuing the re-warding promises ofbiotechnology after the beginning of the new millenium.Zürich, August 2000 Armin FiechterXPreface parameters”...
... and creativity by initiating a new strategy of screening, i.e., screening of agents inhibitingenzymes involved in diseases or symptoms. Pepstatin, a specific inhibitor of pepsin and other aspartic ... recombinant E. coli 48T. BeppuIt is interesting to note that the discovery of marked flavor enhancing activity of 5Â-inosinic and guanylic acids was made in 1960 just at the beginning of aminoacid ... Tokyo,was interested in dried kelp, a traditional seasoning material for cooking in Japan, and succeeded in identifying the amino acid as the essence of its flavor.Ajinomoto (meaning Essence of Flavor)...
... measuring of metabolic indices and of theinvolved substrates, intermediate and end products was introduced. The history of the advent of computers inbiotechnology is the subject of a stimulatingarticle ... achair ofBiotechnology (P. Peringer). In the course of a few years, the general restructuring of biology and theinitiative of U. von Stockar as well as of J.P. Krähenbühl from the “Institut ... possible.Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (IFB). The youngest institution in Swiss Bio-technology is the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics (IFB), founded in 1997 in theFrench-speaking part of Switzerland....