Nano/Micro Biotechnology, 2010 Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology Series, Vol. 119

Part I The Nano-Scale Biological Systems in Nature; Molecular bio-motors in living cells ? by T. Nishizaka; The form designed by viral genome ? by K. Onodera; Part II Detection and Characterization Technology; Atomic force microscopy applied to nano-mechanics of the cell ? by A. Ikai; Design, synthesis and biological application of fluorescent sensor molecules for cellular imaging ? by K. Kikuchi; Dynamic visualization of cellular signaling ? by Q. Ni and J. Zhang; Part III Fabrication Technology; Surface acoustic wave atomizer and electrostatic deposition ? by Y. Yamagata; Electrospray deposition of biomolecules by V.N. Morozov; Part IV Processing Technology; Droplet handling ? by T.Torii; Integrated microfluidic systems ? by S. Kaneda and T. Fujii; Part V Applications; A novel non-viral gene delivery system: Multifunctional envelope-type nano device - by H. Hatakeyama, H. Akita, K. Kogure, and H. Harashima; Biosensors - by M. Saito, H.M. Hiep, N. Nagatani, and E.Tamiya; Micro bioreactors ? by Sato and T. Kitamori

Molecular Bio-Motors in Living Cells.- Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Bacteriophage.- A Review on: Atomic Force Microscopy Applied to Nano-mechanics of the Cell.- Design, Synthesis, and Biological Application of Fluorescent Sensor Molecules for Cellular Imaging.- Dynamic Visualization of Cellular Signaling.- Surface Acoustic Wave Atomizer and Electrostatic Deposition.- Electrospray Deposition of Biomolecules.- Droplet Handling.- Integrated Microfluidic Systems.- A Novel Nonviral Gene Delivery System: Multifunctional Envelope-Type Nano Device.- Sensors.- Development of Fundamental Technologies for Micro Bioreactors.

Covers trends in modern biotechnology All aspects of this interdisciplinary technology, where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and computer science, are treated More information as well as the electronic version available at springer.com Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras