Issue 10/2008

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Release date: 10/23/2008

Business

Capitalising on Knowledge

Booming Medical Life Sciences in the Netherlands

P.J.A. Bertens, Niaba, The Netherlands

page 07

Bioprocessing

Use of Biocatalysis in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

F. Molinari et al., Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

page 010

Nanotechnology

Whole Cells – The Natural Nanobiotechnologists

Part 3: Biomineralisation – How Cells Control the Formation of Minerals

L.A. Gheber et al., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

page 017

White Biotechnology

Leaps and Bounds

The Markets for Industrial Biotechnology Plentiful

L. Drumm, Biotechnology International Corporation, USA

page 020

Research Centres

Institut Pasteur

A Global Research Centre

page 022

Systems Biology

Systems Biology of Sunlight-induced Melanoma

An Analysis of the Response to DNA Damage

W. Kaufmann, University of North Carolina, USA

page 026

Drug Discovery

High Content Screening

Preparation, Acquisition and Analysis

A. Davies et al., Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

page 028

FLIM for High Content Screening

Thinking Outside of the Box

T.J. Collins, McMaster University; D.W. Andrews, Canada Research Chair in Membrane Biogenesis, Canada

page 032

Imaging

Selective Harmonic Optical Microscopy

Differentiating Tissue Types with Second Harmonic Generation

S.-W. Chu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

page 035

A Highly Uniform UV Transilluminator

A New System without the Need of Software

B. Chakravarti et al., Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, USA

page 038

Cover Story

An Inner Light

Advanced Bio-luminescence Microscopy

Olympus Life Science Europa, Germany

page 040

Application Notes

A Study on ERK Activation

Answering More Questions with High-Content Analysis

C.J. Caunt et al., University of Bristol, United Kingdom

page 044

Protein Detection in Gels and on Membranes

Novel Time-resolved Fluorescence Approach for Planar Surfaces

R. Mühlbacher, Beckman Coulter, Austria; T. Züchner, Leipzig University, Germany

page 046