Vol 27 - Editorial
Volume 27 of Chemical Engineering Transactions covers very timely topics of Industrial Biotechnology.
Success stories in applied biotechnology have been based on discoveries in basic sciences and their exploitation using engineering and technological breakthrough. With rapid growth in all sectors of biotechnology, there is great promise for the future of industrial biotechnology in its widest interpretation.
The focus of this Volume is on novel advances in the biosciences and new multidisciplinary approaches applied to bio-industry at large.
In this context, widespread topics ranging from molecular biology, genomics, systems biology, bio-nanotechnology and tissue engineering to microbial physiology, cell communication, fermentation and enzyme technology, upstream and downstream processing, scale-up, scale-down, high throughput screening and processing and, bioreactor design are covered for applications in pharmaceutical industry and medical, food, environmental and marine biotechnology.

Volume 27 publishes 82 papers that cover 7 different subjects:
- Blue, Green, Red and White Biotechnology
- Biocatalyst Process Design
- System Biology
- Nanobiotechnology
- Novel Enzyme & Microorganisms
- Process Engineering And Innovative Downstream Processing
- Tissue Engineering

All the papers have been peer-reviewed for acceptance by at least three reviewers. The reviewers formed a group of 100 experts. All the papers are identified by a DOI number and are included into SCOPUS and ISI citation databases.
Enrico Bardone, Alberto Brucato, Taj Keshavarz (Guest Editors)