Advances in Biosystems investigates the latest techniques for evaluating, detecting, measuring, and enhancing the functional bioactivities, chemical composition, and physicochemical characteristics of animal, plant, and environmental biosystems. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary handbook provides detailed explanations for tracking functional molecules during various biological processes, along with practical methodologies for both laboratory and industrial applications. Sections cover cellular biosystems advances, including single-cell microsystems and tissue system biology of plants and animals, alongside biomass microsystems and agricultural biosystems advances, exploring innovations in animal, plant, and crop biosystems, as well as food hydrocolloids and biotechnological advancements.
Additional content addresses environmental biosystems, discussing colloidal biosystems, nano and micro-biosystems, chemical toxicology, eco-friendly biosystems, and green chemistry, pharmaceutical biosystems, highlighting medical biosystems, human cellular metabolomics, nutrigenomics, and precision medicine applications. A final section presents in-depth analytical methods for tracking these various biosystems, including high-throughput technologies, deep learning, machine learning, bioinformatics models, and spectroscopic and sensor-based techniques.
1. Overview
Section I: Cellular Biosystems Advances
2. Plant single-cell microsystem environment
3. Animal single-cell microsystem environment
4. Biomass microsystem environment
5. Plant and animal tissue system biology
Section II: Agricultural Biosystems Advances
6. Animal biosystems advances
7. Plant biosystems advances
8. Crop biosystems advances
9. Food hydrocolloids biosystems recent innovations
10. Biotechnological biosystems advances
Section III: Environmental Biosystems Advances
11. Colloidal biosystems advances & colloidal biosystem materials science
12. Nano and micro-biosystems
13. Chemical toxicology
14. Ecofriendly biosystems
15. Natural bioactive products physicochemical analyses
16. Nano and microsensors and sensation
17. Green chemistry and biosystems
Section IV: Pharmaceutical Biosystems Advances
18. Medical biosystems advances
19. Human cellular metabolomics
20. Nutrigenomic biosystems
21. Biomass microsystem environment
22. Pharmaceutical plant and animal tissue system biology
23. Biosystems applications in precision medicine
Section V: Advanced Analytical Methods for Tracking the Different Biosystems
24. High-throughput technologies data management and big data analytics in
biosystems
25. Deep learning, machine learning, and bioinformatics models application in
the biosystems
26. Electrochemistry and electrochemical sensors spectroscopic application in
biosystems
27. Application of hyperspectra analytical protocol for natural chemical
detection and evaluation
28. Raman spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for
tracking quality-related chemical composition accumulation in plant cells
29. FT-IR macro- and micro-spectroscopy for tracking the biological
macromolecules backbone in food sources
30. Terahertz for tracking the cadmium heavy metal accumulation in plants
31. Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIPS) for lead and cadmium heavy
metals assessments of plants and animal tissues
32. Authentication of lipids by non-targeted C12-NMR spectroscopy
33. Using LF-NMR and MRI in the measurement study of food lipid media
34. Sensors, biosensors, and mass applications in biosystems
35. Electronic nose and electronic tongue advanced sensors
36. Recent advanced methodologies for tracking volatile compounds of
biological sources
37. Use of mass (MS) spectroscopy for measuring the functional bioactivity
from the human metabolism
38. MALDI-MS for high-resolution proteomic and lipidomic analyses of the
biological systems
39. Use of Q-TOF MS for elucidating the chemical structures of macromolecules
40. Use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP/MS) to assess
the levels of heavy metals in environmental sources
41. Molecular genomic techniques reveal the importance of biosystems
evolution
42. Advances in chromatographic analytical methods for tracking the
biosystems
43. Conclusions and remarks
Dr. Xiaoli Li is Vice Dean and Professor at the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Dr. Li features on the "Top 2% Global Scientist List" released by Stanford University in 2023, and has been the recipient of a number of prizes. She has served as Principal Investigator of more than 10 national-level and provincial-level projects including three National Natural Science Foundation projects, a national key R&D program project, and a national science and technology support program sub-project, and also serves on a number of committees and editorial boards. Dr. Li has published over 130 SCI-indexed papers with more than 3200 citations, and has been granted 35 national invention patents, 1 US invention patent, and 1 UK invention patent.
Dr. Mostafa Gouda is Assistant Professor at the Nutrition and Food Science Department, National Research Center, Egypt, and is also affiliated with the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He has received a number of awards including the National State Prize in Science and Advanced Sciences, Egypt, 2022/2023 and International Association for Advanced Materials (IAAM) Scientist Medal, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024. Dr. Gouda is Associate Editor for several publishers like Springer Nature and Frontiers. He has several publications in high impact journals like Trends in Plant Science, Hazardous Materials, Engineering, Bioresource Technology, and Food Hydrocolloids. He is an official reviewer for various journals, and has published over 60 articles, book chapters, and one book.
Yong He is Dean and Professor at the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He is Director of the Key Laboratory of spectroscopy, Ministry of Agriculture. He previously served as a visiting professor at University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of Agricultural & Technology, and Illinois University. He has published more than 20 books and textbooks, and 400 papers, and has been the recipient of numerous prizes. Dr. He has served on a number of committees, societies, and editorial boards, including as Editor-in-Chief for the journal Computers and Electronics in Agriculture”, Vice Chairman of the Agricultural Chemistry Association of China Agricultural Machinery Society, and Vice President of Zhejiang Agricultural Engineering Society.
