Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Library, Services, Subject Guides, Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the application to industry of advances made in the techniques and instruments of research in the biological sciences, to improve plants or animals, or to develop microorganisms for specific uses. The growth of the field of biotechnology is closely linked to the development in the 1970s of genetic engineering.

(Encyclopedia Britannica, 2006)

Materials on Biotechnology may be found by searching the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) using the following subject headings:

English Subject Headings

Biochemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Biochemical Genetics
Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering
Plant Biotechnology
Biochimie
Biotechnologie
Génie génétique

Arabic Subject Headings

الهندسة الوراثية

الكيمياء الحيوية

التكنولوجيا الحيوية

To locate books on Biotechnology, you may use the following call numbers:

572 Biochemistry

610.28 Biomedical Engineering

660.6 Biotechnology

For further assistance, you may ask a reference librarian in the Main Reading Area or email us at: infobib@bibalex.org

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Al-Hilali, Sadek, and Sufian M. Al-Assouli. Dictionary of Genetics and Molecular Biology. Alexandria: World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 1993.
BA Call Number: Ref 576.503 (B4 -- References)

Bains, William . Biotechnology from A to Z . 2 nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
BA Call Number: Ref 660.603 (B4 -- References)

Gosling, Peter J. Dictionary of Biomedical Science. London: Routledge, 2002. ebrary Reader e-book.

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources. Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Genetic Resources. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, 1991.
BA Call Number: Ref 631.52303 (B4 -- References)

King, Robert C., and William D. Stansfield. A Dictionary of Genetics . 6 th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
BA Call Number: Ref 576.503 (B4 -- References)

McAinsh, T. F., ed. Physics in Medicine & Biology Encyclopedia: Medical Physics, Bioengineering, and Biophysics . New York : Pergamon Press, 1986.
BA Call Number: Ref 571.4 (B4 -- References)

Parker, Sybil P., ed. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience. 2 nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. ebrary Reader e-book.

McKusick, Victor A. Mendelian Inheritance in Man: A Catalog of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
BA Call Number: Ref 611.0181601 (B4 -- References)

Nill, Kimball R. Glossary of Biotechnology Terms . 3 rd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2002.
BA Call Number: Ref 660.603 (B4 -- References)

Handbooks and Manuals

Bronzino, Joseph D . The Biomedical Engineering Handbook . Boca Raton: CRC Press; IEEE Press, 1995.
BA Call Number: Ref 610.28 (B4 -- References)

Christou, Paul, and Harry Klee. Handbook of Plant Biotechnology . Hoboken , NJ : John Wiley, 2004.
BA Call Number: Ref 660.6 (B4 -- References)

Akay, Metin, ed. Time Frequency and Wavelets in Biomedical Signal Processing. IEEE Press Series in Biomedical Engineering. New Jersey: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1998.
BA Call Number: 610.28 (B1)

Avise, John C. The Hope, Hype & Reality of Genetic Engineering: Remarkable Stories from Agriculture, Industry, Medicine, and the Environment. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
BA Call Number: 660.65 A958 (B1)

Brown, Terence A. Genomes. 2 nd ed. Oxford: BIOS, 2002.
BA Call Number: 572.86 (B1)

Campbell, A. Malcolm, and Laurie J. Heyer. Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics. San Francisco: Benjamin Cummings, 2003.
BA Call Number: 572.86 (B4 -- Closed Stacks)

Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P. Biotechnology for Waste and Wastewater Treatment. Westwood, NJ: Noyes, 1996.
BA Call Number: 628.3 (B1)

Crawford, Ronald L., and Don L. Crawford, eds. Bioremediation: Principles and Applications. Biotechnology Research Series 6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
BA Call Number: 628.52 (B1)

DiCosmo, Frank, and Masanaru Misawa. Plant Cell Culture Secondary Metabolism: Toward Industrial Application. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1996.
BA Call Number: 660.6 (B1)

Faber, Kurt. Biotransformations in Organic Chemistry: A Textbook. 3rd, completely rev. ed. New York: Springer, 1997.
BA Call Number: 660.634 (B1)

Henry, Robert J., ed. Plant Genotyping: The DNA Fingerprinting of Plants. Wallingford, UK: CABI, 2001.
BA Call Number: 581.35 (B1)

Hin, Teoh Swee. Engineering Materials for Biomedical Applications. Biomaterials Engineering and Processing Series 1. New Jersey: World Scientific, 2004. ebrary Reader e-book.

Hunter-Cevera, Jennie C., and Angela Belt, eds. Maintaining Cultures for Biotechnology and Industry. San Diego: Academic Press, 1996.
BA Call Number: 660.6 (B1)

Joyner, Alexandra L., ed. Gene Targeting: A Practical Approach. 2 nd ed. Practical Approach Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
BA Call Number: 660.65 (B1)

Kayser, Oliver, and Rainer H. Müller. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Drug Discovery and Clinical Applications. Weinheim: John Wiley, 2004.
>BA Call Number: 615.19 K236 (B1)

Kalloo, G., and B. O. Bergh, eds. Genetic Improvement of Vegetable Crops. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1993.

BA Call Number: 635.0423 (B1)

Kempf, Hervé. La Révolution biolithique: Humains artificiels et machines animées . Sciences d'aujourd'hui . Paris: Albin Michel, 1998.
BA Call Number: 660.6 (B1)

Kutter, Elizabeth, and Alexander Sulakvelidze, eds. Bacteriophages: Biology and Applications. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005.
BA Call Number: 579.26 B131 (B1)

Lalithakumari, D. Fungal Protoplast: A Biotechnological Tool. Enfield, NH: Science, 2000.
BA Call Number: 660.6 (B1)

Lanza, Robert Paul, Robert S. Langer, and William L. Chick, eds. Principles of Tissue Engineering. San Diego: Academic Press; Austin: R.G. Landes, 1997.
BA Call Number: 612.028 (B1)

Levin, Morris A., and Eitan Israeli, eds. Engineered Organisms in Environmental Settings: Biotechnological and Agricultural Applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996.
BA Call Number: 660.6 (B1)

Lisboa, Paulo J. G., Emmanuel C. Ifeachor and Piotr S. Szczepaniak, eds. Artificial Neural Networks in Biomedicine. Perspectives in Neural Computing. London: Springer, 2000.
BA Call Number: 610.285632 (B1)

Nossal, Gustav Joseph Victor, and Ross L. Coppel. Reshaping Life: Key Issues in Genetic Engineering. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
BA Call Number: 660.65 (B1)

Page, Michael I., and Andrew Williams. Organic and Bio-Organic Mechanisms. Harlow: Longman, 1997.
BA Call Number: 547.139 (B1)

Persley, Gabrielle J., and L. Reginald MacIntyre, eds. Agricultural Biotechnology: Country Case Studies: A Decade of Development. Biotechnology in Agriculture Series 25. Wallingford, UK: CABI, 2002.
BA Call Number: 631.523 A2781 (B1)

Phillips, Peter W. B., and George G. Khachatourians, eds. The Biotechnology Revolution in Global Agriculture: Innovation, Invention, and Investment in the Canola Industry. Wallingford, UK: CABI, 2001.
BA Call Number: 633.853 B6164 (B1)

Que, Lawrence, ed. Physical Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry: Spectroscopy and Magnetism. Sausalito, CA: University Science, 2000.
BA Call Number: 572.51028 (B1)

Rashidi, Hooman H., and Lukas K. Buehler. Bioinformatics Basics: Applications in Biological Science and Medicine. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2000.

BA Call Number: 570.285 (B1)

Rehm, Hans-Jürgen, and Gerald Reed. Biotechnology: A Multi-Volume Comprehensive Treatise. 2nd, completely rev. ed. A Multi-Volume Comprehensive Treatise. Weinheim: VCH, 2001.
BA Call Number: 660.6 (B1)

Serageldin, Ismail, and G. J. Persley, eds. Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North. Biotechnology in Agriculture Series 26 . Wallingford , Oxon, UK: CABI, 2003.
BA Call Number: 338.16 (B2)

Serageldin, Ismail, and G. J. Persley. Promethean Science: Agricultural B iotechnology, the Environment, and the Poor. Washington, DC: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2000 .
BA Call Number: 338.191724 (B2)

United States. National Research Council. Board on Army Science and Technology. Opportunities in Biotechnology for Future Army Applications. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2001. ebrary Reader e-book.

United States. National Research Council. Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2000. ebrary Reader e-book.

United States. National Research Council. Committee on Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medical Needs. Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2004. ebrary Reader e-book.

Walenkamp, G. H. I. M., ed. Biomaterials in Surgery. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme, 1998.
BA Call Number: 617.9178 (B1)

Walsh, Gary. Biopharmaceuticals: Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 2 nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley, 2003.
BA Call Number: 615.19 W223 2003 (B1)

Wu, William. Gene Biotechnology. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2004.
BA Call Number: 572.86072 G3261 2004 (B1)

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The Agricultural Education Magazine . 1999-2006.

Agricultural Research (Agric. res.). United States. Department of Agriculture. 1999–2006.

Agrofoodindustry Hi-Tech . Tekno Scienze. 1999–2006.

Agronomy Journal . American Society of Agronomy. 1999-2007.

Annual Review of Genetics . Annual Reviews. 2004-2006.

Behavior Genetics . Springer Science & Business Media. 1997-2007.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications . Elsevier. 1959-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biochemical Education . International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Elsevier. 1972-2000.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biochemical Engineering Journal . Elsevier. 1998-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biochemical Genetics . Kluwer Academic; Plenum. 1967-2007.
Source: MEDLINE (Database)

Biochemical Pharmacology . Elsevier. 1958-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology . Elsevier.1973-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biochemistry . American Chemical Society. 1993-2007.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Elsevier. 1972-2001.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biodegradation . Kluwer Academic. 1990-2007 .
Source: MEDLINE(Database)

Biodrugs . AD IS International. 1998-2007.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Bioessays . John Wiley. 2004-2006.

Bioessays . John Wiley. 1996-2007.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Bioethics . Blackwell. 1998-2007.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Biofouling . Taylor & Francis. 2003-2007.
Source: MEDLINE(Database)

Biological Conservation . Elsevier Science. 1968-2006.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation . Elsevier. 1998-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biomaterials . Elsevier. 1980-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering . IOS Press. 1997-2007.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy . Elsevier. 1989-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biomaterials . Elsevier. 1980-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biometals . Kluwer Academic. 1992-2007.
Source: MEDLINE(Database)

Biomolecular Engineering . Elsevier. 1999-2006.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry . Elsevier. 1993-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition . Wiley. 1979-2007.
Source: MEDLINE(Database)

Biopolymers . Wiley Interscience. 1965-2007.
Source: MEDLINE(Database)

Bioremediation Journal. Taylor & Francis. 2001-2006.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Bioresource Technology . Elsevier Science. 1981-2007.
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Bioscience . American Institute of Biological Sciences. 1964-2001.
Source: JSTOR (Database)

Bioscience . American Institute of Biological Sciences. 1984-2006
Source: Academic Search Premier (Database)

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry . International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Portland Press. 1986-2007.
Source: MEDLINE(Database)

Biotechnology and Bioengineering . Wiley. 1998-2007.
Source: MEDLINE(Database)

Cell . Cell Press. 2004-2006.

Genome . National Research Council of Canada. 2004-2005.

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering . IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 1988-2007.
Source: IEEE Xplore(Dat abase)

The Journal of Biological Chemistry . American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2004-2007.

Journal of Biomedical Informatics . Elsevier. 2001-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering . Japan. The Society for Biotechnology. 1999-2006.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Journal of Biotechnology . Elsevier. 1984-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Journal of Chromatography B . Elsevier. 1977-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry . Elsevier. 1979-2007.
Source: ScienceDirect (Database)

Nature . Nature. 1990-2006.

Nature Biotechnology . Nature. 2004-2006.

Nature Genetics . Nature. 2004-2006.

Science . J. Wiley. 1981-2007.

Science . American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1880-2001.
Source: JSTOR (Database)

Science . American Association for the Advancement of Science. 1984-2007.
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Scientific American . Scientific American. 1999-2006.

Taxon . International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT). 1951-2003.
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The following databases may include articles onBiotechnology and related disciplines:

‪?Academic Search Premier. EBSCO.
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CAB Abstracts. EBSCO.
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Global Health. EBSCO.
http://www.epnet.com/

InfoTrac OneFile. Gale group.
http://www.gale.com/

International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA). EBSCO.
http://www.epnet.com/

JSTOR.
http://www.jstor.org/

MEDLINE. EBSCO.
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Science Direct. Elsevier Science.
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Arab Conference on Perspectives of Modern Biotechnology in the Arab Countries. Proceedings of the First Arab Conference on Perspectives of Modern Biotechnology in the Arab Countries, Amman, March 1989 . Bhagdad: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 1989.
BA Call Number: ESCWA 660.6 A6581 (F2 -- ESCWA)

International Biotechnology Conference. Fermentation Technologies: Industrial Applications . Edited by Pak-Lam Yu. London : Elsevier Applied Science, 1990.
BA Call Number: 660.28449 (B1)

Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North. Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North. VHS. Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2002.
BA Call Number:
VHS 1474 , VHS 147 5, VHS 147 6, VHS 147 7, VHS 147 8, VHS 147 9, VHS 14 80, VHS 14 81, VHS 14 82, VHS 14 83, VHS 14 84, VHS 14 85, VHS 14 86, VHS 14 87, VHS 14 88, VHS 14 89, VHS 14 90, VHS 14 91, VHS 14 92, VHS 14 93, VHS 14 94, VHS 14 95, VHS 14 96 (B3 -- Arts and Multimedia Library)

Biovision Alexandria. The New Life Sciences: Ethics, Patents and the Poor : Biovision Alexandria. VHS. Bibliotheca Alexandrina Conferences. Alexandria : Bibliotheca Alexandrina, 2004.
BA Call Number:
VHS 1644, VHS 1645, VHS 1646, VHS 1647, VHS 1648, VHS 1649, VHS 1650, VHS 1651, VHS 1652, VHS 1653, VHS 1654, VHS 1655, VHS 1656, VHS 1657, VHS 1658, VHS 1660, VHS 1661 (B3 -- Arts and Multimedia Library)

Discovering the Double Helix . VHS. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2000.
BA Call Number: VHS 2334 (B3 -- Arts and Multimedia Library)

DNA Profiling . VHS. Produced and directed by Jim Franks. London : EBS Trust, 1998.
BA Call Number: VHS 1287 (B3 -- Arts and Multimedia Library)

“Biotechnology“. Financial Times.com.
http://surveys.ft.com/biotechnology2001 [accessed 29 January 2007]
A Financial Times survey of the biotechnology industry with links to articles providing an overview and industry case studies. In English.

Chitty, Mary. Pharmaceutical Glossaries and Taxonomies .
http://www.genomicglossaries.com/ [accessed 29 January 2007]
This glossary is both browsable by subject and searchable by term. Entries for terms contain links to related terms and sites. In English.

Genetic Engineering News.
http://www.genengnews.com [accessed 29 January 2007]
Online version of the same-named paper periodical. The website provides abstracts and highlights rather than full-text, but it does provide helpful links to conferences and industry leaders. In English.

Kendall, Susan K. “Cloning: A Webliography“. Michigan State University: Michigan State University Libraries.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/skendall/cloning [accessed 29 January 2007]
A bibliography of paper and web resources on animal cloning, including articles, books, glossaries, websites, organizations and professional societies. In English.

United States . Department of Energy. Office of Science. Office of Biological and Environmental Research. “Human Genome Project Information“. Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml
[accessed 29 January 2007]
This site details the progress of the Human Genome Project (1990-2003), a joint effort of the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The clear table of contents on the homepage facilitates browsing. The site contains links to research topics, project information, news, publications, and ethical issues. In English.

United States . National Institutes of Health. National Library of Medicine. National Center for Biotechnology Information. “ National Center for Biotechnology Information“. National Institutes of Health: United States National Library of Medicine.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ [accessed 29 January 2007]
The National Center for Biotechnology Information, reporting to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, offers a website with links to promising dat abases and research software. In English.

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3995
Tel: (301) 530 7060
Fax: (301) 530 7061
E-mail: info@aspet.org
http://www.aspet.org/

American Society of Gene Therapy
555 East Wells Street
Suite 1100
Milwaukee , WI 53202
Tel: (414) 278 1341
Fax: (414) 276 3349
E-mail: info@asgt.org
http://www.asgt.org

Association for Medical School Pharmacology
1402 South Grand Boulevard
St. Louis , MO 63104
Tel: ( 314) 577 8553
Fax: ( 314) 577 8554
E-mail: westfatc@slu.edu
http://www.aspet.org/AMSPC/amspc.html

Biomedical Engineering Society
8401 Corporate Drive
Suite 140
Landover, MD 20785-2224
Tel: (301) 459 1999
Fax: (301) 459 2444
E-mail: info@bmes.org
http://www.bmes.org/

British Pharmacological Society
16 Angel Gate
City Road
London , EC1V 2SG
Tel: (4420) 7417 0110
Fax: (4420) 7417 0114
http://www.bps.ac.uk/

Drug Information Association
800 Enterprise Road
Suite 200
Horsham , PA 19044
Tel: (215) 442 6100
Fax: ( 215) 442 6199
http://www.diahome.org/DIAHome/

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda , MD 20814
Tel: (301) 634 7000
Fax: (301) 634 7001
http://www.faseb.org/

Japan Pharmaceutical Association
3-3-1 Yotsuya
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-8389
Japan
Tel: (813) 3353 1170
Fax: (813) 3353 6270
E-mail: jpa@nichiyaku.or.jp
http://www.nichiyaku.or.jp/e/default.html

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
1 Lambeth High Street
London SE1 7JN.
Tel: (020) 773 59141
Fax: (020) 773 57629
E-mail: enquiries@rpsgb.org
http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/members/

Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine
20-22 Queensberry Place
London , SW7 2DZ
Tel: (44020) 7581 8333
Fax: ( 44020) 7589 3606
E-mail: spm@iob.org
http://www.socpharmed.org/