Grand Challenges in Marine Biotechnology

Reviews exhaustively the key recent research into marine biotechnology Discusses economic potential and ongoing projects in the fieldProvides a comprehensive overview on potential and applications of blue biotechnology

Reviews exhaustively recent advances in marine biotechnology and identifies challenges in realizing its potential Explores the economic potential of marine biotechnology Discusses the promise of marine biotechnology in the 21st Century Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Springer Book Series Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology. He is also Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, Senior Editor, Guest Editor and member of the editorial board of several scientific journals on the field of Life Sciences and Biotechnology. Furthermore, Pabulo is member of four Scientific Advisory Boards of Lifeboat Foundation, alongside several Nobel Laureates and other distinguished scientists, philosophers, educators, engineers and economists. Most of his recent work has been dedicated to the editorial process of several scientific journals in life science and biotechnology, as well as on the organization of special issues and books in his fields of expertise. In his special issues and books, some of the most distinguished team leaders in the field have published their work, ideas and findings, including Nobel Laureates and several of the highly cited scientists according to the ISI Institute.

Antonio Trincone is author of more than 140 scientific publications (articles, reviews, book contributions) appeared in international leading scientific journals. Currently he is a Senior Researcher working since 1983 in Naples at the Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare belonging to Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy. He has been Professor of Organic Chemistry in charge for several years at University of Salerno, Italy. Antonio has been the editor of different scientific books and special issues dedicated to marine biotechnology. He is Specialty Chief Editor of Marine Biotechnology (Frontiers in Marine Science), editing different research topics for this journal.

Contenu
Part-1: The Promise of the Blue Biotechnology. The Marine Ecosystem as a Source of Antibiotics.- Seaweeds: Valuable Ingredients for the Pharmaceuticals Industries.- Anti-Infective Compounds from Marine Organisms.- The Marine-Derived Filamentous Fungi in Biotechnology.- Aplysinopsins as Promising Marine Natural Product Drug Leads.- Potential of Hydrogen Fermentative Pathways in Marine Thermophilic Bacteria.- Anaerobic Digestion and Gasification of Seaweed.- Part-2: The Economic Potential of Marine Biotechnology. The Global Market for Marine Biotechnology: The Underwater World of Marine Biotech Firms.- How to Succeed in Marketing Marine Natural Products for Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics and Nutraceutical Markets.- EMBRC and EMBRIC: Two European Instruments to Promote the Blue Bioeconomy .- Part-3: Supporting the Development of Marine Biotechnology. Grand Challenges in Marine Biotechnology: Overviewof Recent EU-Funded Projects.- SeaBioTech: From Sea-bed to Test-bed: Harvesting the Potential of Marine Biodiversity for Industrial Biotechnology.- BluePharmTrain: Biology and Biotechnology of Marine Sponges.- ChiBio: An Integrated Bio-Refinery for Processing Chitin Rich Bio-Waste to Specialty Chemicals.- Utilization of Marine Genetic Resources: The Access and Benefit-Sharing Legal Framework.