Overview
- Delivers a compact introduction into synthetic biology.
- Depicts intelligibly with illustrative charts how synthetic biology combines living matter with synthetic material.
- Treats ethical risk assessment in a descriptive and comprehensible way.
- Written for PhD and Master Students in Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering and also of interest to other disciplines
Part of the book series: Learning Materials in Biosciences (LMB)
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About this book
This textbook discusses the new relationship between artificial, synthetic material and living matter, and presents defined examples of approaches aiming for the creation of artificial cells. It also offers insights into the world of synthetic biology from its origins to the present day, showing what is currently possible in this discipline. Furthermore, it examines the ethical concerns and potential threats posed by this new field.
The textbook is based on a lecture of the same title, held for master’s students at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, and is primarily intended for students of synthetic biology, biotechnology and bioengineering. It is also of interest to research scientists from other disciplines wishing to learn more about the state of the art of synthetic biology and its future.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Eva-Kathrin Ehmoser-Sinner is Professor of Nanobiotechnology and Head of the Institute of Synthetic Bioarchitectures at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Darren Cherng-Wen Tan is Deputy Head of the Institute of Synthetic Bioarchitectures at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria
Dr. Tan and Prof. Ehmoser-Sinner read the very popular lecture on Synthetic Bioarchitectures to international Master Students in Biotechnology at the University of Vienna.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Lessons on Synthetic Bioarchitectures
Book Subtitle: Interaction of Living Matter with Synthetic Structural Analogues
Authors: Eva-Kathrin Ehmoser-Sinner, Cherng-Wen Darren Tan
Series Title: Learning Materials in Biosciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73123-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73122-3Published: 03 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73123-0Published: 09 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2509-6125
Series E-ISSN: 2509-6133
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 65
Number of Illustrations: 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Systems Biology, Biomaterials, Biotechnology