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Helpful overview with state-of-the-art methods, resources and applications for omics-based approaches to personalized medicine, synthetic biology and more

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EMERGING FIELDS1. Biotechnological Innovations in Agriculture, Health and Industry shaping our present and future2. Overview and general principles of omics technologies in biotechnology3. Omics approaches in pharmacogenomics and personalized/ precision medicine4. Omics approaches in marine biotechnology5. Nanobiotechnology in Bio-Engineering6. Synthetic Biology7. Reverse engineering8. Omics approaches in Forensic biotechnology9. Biotechnology in Astrobiology10. Computational techniques in data integration and big-data handling in omics11. Bioinformatics and Systems biology in bio-engineering

ANIMAL AND MEDICAL BT12. Techniques for nucleic acid engineering 13. Techniques for Protein engineering14. Animal cell and tissue culture15. Bio and gene banking16. Gene and whole organism cloning17. Biotechnology for improved animal productivity and quality18. Medical biotechnology19. Techniques for candidate and disease gene identification20. Engineered animal model for biomedical research21. Therapeutic aspects of stem cell engineering 22. Tissue engineering23. Gene therapy and molecular medicine24. Biotechnology for Biomarkers25. Omics approaches in Immunotechnology26. Engineering monoclonal antibodies: Production and applications27. Omics approaches in In-vitro fertilization28. Safety and Ethics in biotechnology and bio-engineering

MICROBIAL, PLANT AND AGRI BT29. Omics approaches in Microbial biotechnology30. Omics approaches in Viral biotechnology31. Omics approaches in Algal and fungal biotechnology32. Omics approaches in Plant tissue engineering33. Genetic engineering for plant Transgenesis34. Agricultural biotechnology 35. Biotechnology for improved crop productivity and quality36. Genetic engineering for Functional food 37. Omics approaches in Molecular farming and engineering for Edible Vaccines38. Omics approaches in Plant metabolic engineering 39. Biotechnology for Biofertilizer40. Biocontrol Technology: An eco-friendly approach for sustainable agriculture41. Omics approaches and engineering against Superbug

INDUSTRY AND ENV42. Techniques for industrial bio-engineering43. Omics approaches in Industrial and Bioprocess technology44. Omics approaches in Dairy and food process technology 45. Omics approaches and Bio-engineering for Enzyme 45. Cell-free Biosystems and Biomanufacturing46. Omics approaches in Pharmaceutical biotechnology47. Omics approaches in Biofuel Technologies48. Omics approaches in Environmental biotechnology and bioremediation

About the Author

Dr. Debmalya Barh is currently a Visiting Full Professor (Titular, Grade-E) in Bioinformatics and Precision Health at the Department of Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and honorary scientist of the Institute of Integrative Omics and Applied Biotechnology (IIOAB), India. With over 20 years of experience, he has led academic, healthcare, molecular diagnostic, and bioinformatics industry endeavors. He works with more than 400 scientists from 100+ top ranked organizations across 40+ countries and has 220+ publications and a branded editor for 10+ cutting-edge omics related reference books. He is an expert in in precision/personalized health and integrative omics-based biomarker and target discovery in infectious and complex lifestyle diseases. Dr. Vasco Azevedo is a full professor at the Department of Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) researcher 1A, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Commander of the Order of Scientific Merit of the MCTI of the genetics advisory committee and the public policy working group on biotechnology and genetic resources of COBRG/CNPq, coordinator of the Associated International Laboratory Bactinfl from INRAE and UFMG, and vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. He holds a degree in veterinary medicine from the School of Veterinary Medicine of the Federal University of Bahia (1986), a master's degree (1989), a doctorate (1993) in the genetics of microorganisms from the Institut National Agronomique Paris Grignon, and a doctorate in bioinformatics from UFMG (2017). He did his postdoctorate work with the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States (1994). He was a professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (2004). He is an expert in genetics and bioinformatics and his work mainly focuses on genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, vaccine development, diagnostics, and the development of next generation probiotics. He has more than 600 scientific publications, 14 books, and 60 chapters as well as 12 patents.