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Concept of Nutrition
Published in Anil Gupta, Biochemical Parameters and the Nutritional Status of Children, 2020
According to Gratzer (2005), a British biophysical chemist, the science of nutrition emerged around 600 bce. It was around this time that foods were classified in India, China, Persia, and Malaysia. Foods such as meat, ginger, blood, and spices were kept in the category of hot foods, while food items like green vegetables were mentioned as cold food by the author (Gratzer 2005).
Pharmaceuticals: Some General Aspects
Published in Peter Grunwald, Pharmaceutical Biocatalysis, 2019
Research in German pharmaceutical companies focuses on drug development for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases, cardio-vascular illnesses, metabolic disorders (e.g., diabetes type 2), Alzheimer’s disease, drug formulations and devices for drug administration; further important topics are infectious, respiratory and gynecological disorders and the development of new antibiotics. Germany is one of the leading countries for producing biopharmaceuticals; more than 360 companies, among them many small ones, are involved in medical biotechnology (vfa, 2018a). An example of one such company is Evotec AG, founded in 1993 by the German biophysical chemist Manfred Eigen, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1967, together with Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and George Porter) for his studies on the kinetics of extremely fast chemical reactions using relaxation methods. Evotec employed 1,238 people by end of 2016 with sales amounting to €160 million. The company, a drug discovery and development partnership company, is active in developing therapeutics for neuroscience, diabetes and complications of diabetes, pain and inflammation, oncology and infectious diseases. Apart from its headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, the company runs operation sites in Abingdon and Manchester (UK), Toulouse (France), Göttingen and Munich (Germany) and South San Francisco, Branford and Princeton (USA).
Molecular Recognition and Chemical Modification of Biopolymers — Two Main Components of Affinity Modification
Published in Dmitri G. Knorre, Valentin V. Vlassov, Affinity Modification of Biopolymers, 1989
Dmitri G. Knorre, Valentin V. Vlassov
In this section we have presented only the most essential phenomena based upon molecular recognition. To go into details of molecular organization, functions of macromolecules, and biological phenomena readers are advised to use general courses of biochemistry,18 biophysical chemistry,19 and molecular biology of the cell.20
The neurosciences at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen
Published in Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 2023
In addition to his research activities, Reinhard Jahn has actively promoted young scientists and research in Göttingen. He was for many years the scientific supervisor of the Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences. He was a cofounder of the Ph.D. program in molecular biology and the neurosciences program. He contributed to the success of Göttingen University in the Excellence Initiative. He was the spokesman of the Max Planck Society Research School for Molecular Biology and coordinator of the EU-funded Marie Curie Training Program. He also spent many years working for the European Research Council and the German Research Foundation (DFG) on important committees. Jahn retired as department head in 2018, but he continues to conduct research within the framework of an emeritus group in Göttingen that was established for him by the MPG.26Laboratory for Neurobiology, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry. Jahn is currently president of the University of Göttingen. See https://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/jahn (accessed May 28, 2020).
The OptoGenBox – a device for long-term optogenetics in C. elegans
Published in Journal of Neurogenetics, 2020
Inka Busack, Florian Jordan, Peleg Sapir, Henrik Bringmann
The OptoGenBox consists of a few electronic units (Figure 1), which are: (1) the raspberry pi inclusive the touch display, (2) LED-control-units, (3) LED modules, (4) a sensor-unit, (5) a main-control-unit and (6) a DC/DC-power-supply-unit, These units were specifically produced for the OptoGenBox (except the raspberry pi with its display). Furthermore, all PCBs were assembled manually at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (MPI-bpC). The bare PCBs were produced by different distributors available in Germany (market compliant).