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3 comments about Producing Biomolecular Substances with Fermenters, Bioreactors, and Biomolecular Synthesizers.

1. I am totally disapointed, instead of focusing on the biomolecular production, the author try to cover every major aspects of modern Biotech development, and every subject is on superfacial level



2. Producing Biomolecular Substanmces with Fermentors, Bioreactors
   and Biomolecular Synthesizers
   
   By William L. Hochfeld, Ph.D., C.Ch.E., B.C.L.D. (ABB), F.A.I.C., F.A.C.B.
   
   CRC Press, 2006
   Dr. Hochfeld's book effectively and extensively covers fermenters, bioreactors, and biomolecular synthesizers. It is must reading for those new to biopharmaceuticals and is a useful reference for the experienced. Dr. Hochfeld provides detailed up to date information for professionals of diverse fields. Divided into 10 chapters, the books first chapter introduces the overall themes of the book and the fields involved in producing biomolecules. Chapter 2 overviews the technology, presenting a nice introduction to cloning and biomolecular expression systems. It also provides guidelines and other parameters that must be considered before choosing a cell line for expression.
   Chapter 3 introduces Bioprocessing, a short chapter that provides a brief but complete general introduction to the vast field of Bioprocessing. The author might have included some included some additional case studies here. Chapter 4 covers cloning methods and recombinant expression strategies, and con-cludes with a very useful manufacturer's directory for obtaining cell lines and cloning vectors.
   Chapter 5 thoroughly describes cloning tools: restriction enzymes, nucleases, proteases, ligases, and other miscellaneous enzymes, concluding again with a manufacturer's directory. Chapter 6 describes the PCR reactions necessary to generate DNA fragments for carrying out cloning. Dr. Hochfeld presents a nice overview followed by descriptions of the various techniques.
   Chapter 7 covers cell culture media. The focus here is on mammalian media and the supplements necessary for cell growth. The chapter begins with historical perspectives of fermentation development and presents extensive details of the fermentation process, controls, and current practices. Appropriately followed by a chapter on Bioreactors, this chapter focuses on monoclonal antibody production, really demonstrating the author's expertise and his knowledge of the field. Although, the author presents many equations, he clearly explains them, making it easily digestible for students of biology. The book concludes with the final chapter on biomolecular synthesizers describes various equipment and techniques available for DNA and peptide synthesis.
   Dr. Hochfeld also introduces the concepts of FDA GMP practices and regulations, along with manufacturing techniques. The chapters on fermenters and bioreactors provide extremely detailed information useful to biochemical engineers. The work is very helpful in promoting the interaction of biologists and engi-neers to produce various biomolecules and quickly allow them to reach the market. The bibliography and list of recommended reading at the end of the book is very useful in making this book a single source for all the diverse information necessary for recombinant biotechnology fields. The price of the book is moderate and I strongly recommend this book for both academic libraries and for interdisciplinary courses.
   This book is very useful and the author has taken great efforts to present the information which can be used day to day by management, researchers, and plant operators. Many industries can use this book in their employee training programs. The author has spent much time in collecting detailed information not readily available. However, he should have included some websites to visit which are periodically updated.
   The book chapter sequence could have been different starting with the last chapter first as most of the process development will start and end with Bioprocessing for product recovery. A short section on culture preservation options would also be useful. The book clearly focuses on upstream part of the bioprocess. But downstream processing is equally important, and should have been described along with the equip-ment available for product recovery after the fermentation or production of biomolecules. Also, since the end-products and expression systems both affect selection of downstream equipment, this should be explained with examples or a few case studies.
   Chapter 4 should be expanded to include strategies for strain construction and improvement. A case study would be useful to demonstrate the choice of vector or promoter. Discussing techniques like DNA shuffling or site directed mutagenesis would also be helpful.
   Since my experience is mostly with E. coli and P. pastoris, the development of feeding solutions and strategies are also very important. Other systems like baculoviruses are also gaining importance. More in-formation about the facilities where these fermentors and bioreactors are installed would also be helpful. This would greatly increase the length of the book but it would make it an indispensable tool. Perhaps, the author could remove the directories presented in the book, since anyone with internet access can google these lists. A list of contract manufacturing sites would also greatly increase demand for the book.
   In the beginning of the book, a section on the specific products manufactured by these technologies would be very useful, such as vaccines, diagnostics, and small molecules.
   You may not agree with all my comments, but markets like commodity enzymes, bioremediation etc. are also increasingly using recombinant organisms. Still, the author must be congratulated for compiling a fine work on such a vast topic.
   Sincerely,
   Milind Deshpande, Ph.D.
   Technical Director, Fermentation and Processing
   Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing.
   University of Iowa



3. This text is an absolute must for BioPharmaceutical Process Engineers looking to maximize output or develop new processes. Most valuable is the indepth coverage of cell growth kinetics.

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2 comments about Tuning In: Microtonality in Electronic Music: A Basic Guide to Using Alternate Scales. Temperaments and Microtuning using Synthesizers.

1. A wealth of microtonal music theory is presented in a friendly and easy to understand format. There are sections on acoustics, psycoacoustics, scale theory, scale history, and a list of synthesyzers and their microtonal capabilities. Over 20 different scales are spelled out in cents, ratios, and key mappings for synthesyzers. You don't have to be an electronic musician to benefit from this book. It's also a perfect introduction to Helmholtz's "On the Sensations of Tone". 120 pages.



2. This book is a great introduction to scales and temperaments for the synthesist. But beware the tables of intervals in cents - there are quite a few entries which are very inaccurate. This applies particularly to the tables for Werckmeister III and the Vallotti-Young temperament. My recommendation to the author is to bring out a second corrected edition, also updating the information on microtonal capabilities of synthesizers.

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