Recent Advances in Biomolecule and Bioprocess Engineering for Sustainable Environment
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 4188
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Interests: biotechnology; bioprocess engineering; microbiology; biomaterials
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Interests: bioprocess engineering; biorefinery; biotechnology; enzyme; microalgae; biochar
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Interests: bioactive compounds; marine biorefinery; process optimization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge that needs to be urgently addressed. White biotechnology as an alternative to the petrochemical industry, which is known to be a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, has recently received significant research attention. We are hopeful that rapid advances in the core technologies and bioprocesses of biorefinery and their application to industry will ensure a sustainable environment and future. The biorefinery concept is based on biotechnology used to produce valuable bioproducts with carbon-neutral biomass as feedstock. The biotechnology associated with biorefineries has evolved considerably to meet the challenges of efficiently utilizing a diverse biomass. The main challenges lie in securing the economic feasibility of the bioprocess, and more specifically, in the (1) exploration, characterization, and development of strategies to utilize sustainable biomass such as lignocellulose, marine biomass, and food processing residues; (2) strain development to enhance the production of bioproducts such as enzymes, biomolecules, biochemicals, bioenergy, and biopolymers; and (3) the provision of molecular-level analyses, such as biosensing and research, to improve efficiency, such as biomass pretreatment, enzymatic conversion, carbonization, etc. Advanced biotechnology and tools such as metabolic engineering, protein engineering, enzyme engineering, bioprocess engineering, molecular analysis, and statistical optimization are expected to address these challenges.
The aim of this special issue, entitled "Recent Advances in Biomolecule and Bioprocess Engineering for Sustainable Environment" is to present new discoveries and innovations at the biomolecular level and their application to bioprocesses. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, the following:
- Strategies for the production or development of various biomolecules (such as extraction, identification, synthesis, conversion).
- State-of-the-art in strain development via molecular biology to improve the yield.
- Developments in molecular sensing or molecular markers.
- Development of biocatalysts or pretreatment processes.
- Strategies for generational applications of biomass via chemical composition.
- Improve biocatalytic reaction or bioprocess efficiency via statistical optimization.
- Trends in advanced biomolecular or bioconversion technologies that can contribute to a sustainable environment.
Dr. Hah Young Yoo
Dr. Ja Hyun Lee
Prof. Dr. Chulhwan Park
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive molecule
- biocatalyst
- biochar
- bioconversion
- biomass
- biorefinery
- biopolymer
- bioprocess
- biotechnology
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