Foreword -- Introduction -- About protocells -- Why modelling protocells -- Collective self-replication -- Self-replication in a vesicle -- Self-replication in a reproducing protocell -- Generic properties of dynamical models of protocells -- Introduction. -Generic properties of biological systems: data -- Generic properties of biological systems: concepts -- What shall we model -- Dynamical models of protocells and synchronization -- Simplified surface-reaction models of protocells -- Synchronization in surface reaction models -- Several linearly interacting replicators -- Several interacting replicators with nonlinear interactions -- Internal reaction models -- Models of self-replication -- Introduction -- Autocatalytic sets -- The properties of some replication models -- Products and substrates -- Reflexive autocatalytic food-generated (raf) sets -- A stochastic model of growing and dividing protocells -- Semipermeable protocells -- The role of active membranes -- The effects of passive membranes -- Coupled dynamics of rafs and protocells -- Maintaining novelties.-A comment on evolvable populations of protocells -- Conclusions, open questions and perspectives -- Introduction -- The hypothesis of spontaneous fission and synchronization -- The formation of self-sustaining autocatalytic cycles -- The role of membranes -- A virtual laboratory.

Introduction -- Sampling techniques -- The Boltzmann equation -- Particle trajectories, tallies, variance reduction -- Transport of charged particles -- Microdosimetry. Elements of stochastic transport theory -- Grid based Boltzmann equation solvers -- Appendices.

Microenvironment Cytometry -- High Throughput and High Content Flow Cytometry -- E all'ottavo giorno, Dio creò la citometria (and on the 8th day, God created Cytometry…) -- The immunology of Aging -- Stem Cells: Current knowledge -- Advances in T cell biology -- Cytomic Analysis of Oxidative Stress -- Cancer Stem Cells and Multi-Drug Resistance by Flow Cytometry -- Molecular understanding of the control of immune reactions and immunological memory in vaccination -- Dynamics of memory plasma cell niches -- Heterogeneity of tumor-infiltrating leukocytes: implications for adoptive cell transfer immunotherapy -- Can We Find Disease Mechanisms by Studying Healthy Individuals -- The Next Dimensions in Single Cell Cytometry -- RNA Flow Cytometry -- Adapting the economy to aging: evidence from biological processes -- Assessing immunological aging using flow cytometry -- Host-microbe interaction at mucosal surfaces.

SECTION I: DOMESTIC ANIMALS -- Thermotolerance in Domestic Ruminants: A HSP70 Perspective -- Expression Dynamics of Heat Shock Proteins (HSP) in Livestock under Thermal Stress -- Heat Shock Protein Expression and Implications in Spontaneous Animal Tumors: Veterinary and Comparative Aspects -- Heat Shock Protein as an Adjuvant in Veterinary Vaccines -- SECTION II: POULTRY -- Antioxidant Systems and Vitagenes in Poultry Biology: Heat Shock Proteins -- Heat Shock Protein and Thermal Stress in Chicken -- SECTION III: AQUATIC -- Heat Shock Proteins in Fish Health and Diseases: A Pharmacological Perspective -- Physiological Role of Heat Shock Proteins, Molecular Function and Stress Removal in Fishes -- The Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Response to Extracellular Stress in Aquatic Organisms -- Heat Shock Proteins in Aquaculture Disease Immunology and Stress Response of Crustaceans -- SECTION IV: PARASITES -- Heat Shock Proteins in Parasitic Flatworms -- Heat Shock Proteins: Role, Functions and Structure in Parasitic Helminths -- Heat Shock Proteins and Blood-Feeding in Arthropods -- Heat Shock Proteins in Leptospirosis -- Heat Shock Proteins in Vector-pathogen Interactions: The Anaplasma phagocytophilum Model.

Chapter 1. Protein folding in the cell – the role of molecular chaperones -- Chapter 2. Structure and function of the Hsp60 Chaperonins -- Chapter 3. Classical View on the Regulation of Heat-shock response -- Chapter 4. Recent Advances in the Regulation of Heat-shock Response- Chapter 5. Multiple Chaperonins in Bacteria -- Chapter 6. Multiple Chaperonins in Mycobacteria -- Chapter 7. Dynamic interplay of the Myxobacterial chaperonins -- Chapter 8. Division of Labour in Rhizobial Chaperonins -- Chapter 9. Cooperativity of archaeal and bacterial chaperonins -- Chapter 10. Evolution of multiple chaperonins.

Microfluidic Cell Sorting and Separation Technology -- Magnetic Cell Manipulation and Sorting -- Electrical Manipulation and Sorting -- Optical Manipulation of Cells -- Acoustic Cell Manipulation -- Gravity-Driven Fluid Pumping and Cell Manipulation -- Inertial Microfluidic Cell Separation -- Microfluidic Technologies for Deformability Based Cell Sorting -- Microfluidic Aqueous Two-Phase Systems.

Fibrous Protein Structures: Hierarchy, History and Heroes -- Coiled-coil design: updated and upgraded -- Functional and Structural Roles of Coiled Coils -- The Structure and Topology of α-Helical Coiled Coils -- Structural Transition of Trichocyte Keratin Intermediate Filaments During Development in the Hair Follicle -- Crystallographic studies of intermediate filament proteins -- Lessons from animal models of cytoplasmic intermediate filament proteins -- Filamentous Structure of Hard β-Keratins in the Epidermal Appendages of Birds and Reptiles -- Tropomyosin Structure, Function, and Interactions: A Dynamic Regulator -- Titin and Nebulin in Thick and Thin Filament Length Regulation -- Myosin and Actin Filaments in Muscle: Structures and Interactions -- Dystrophin and spectrin, two highly dissimilar sisters of the same family -- Fibrin Formation, Structure and Properties -- Fibrillar collagens -- Recombinant structural proteins and their use in future materials -- Properties of engineered and fabricated silks -- Biomaterials Made from Coiled Coil Peptides -- Bioengineered Collagens. .

3D optical trapping studies of motor proteins -- Adaptive optics for aberration correction in optical microscopy -- Advances in super-resolution microscopy -- Application of diffuse optical spectroscopies on therapy monitoring by blood flow and oxygenation quantification -- Application of ultrashort-pulsed lasers for optical manipulation of biological functions -- Applications of Imaging to Drug Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry -- Cadmium-free quantum dots for biophotonic imaging and sensing -- Development of extraordinary optical transmission based techniques for biomedical applications -- Exploiting complex media for biomedical applications -- Fiber optical tweezers for manipulation and sensing of bioparticles -- Fluorescence lifetime imaging -- Functional metal nanocrystals for biomedical applications -- High resolution optical microscopy for biological applications -- Highly sensitive sensing with high-Q whispering gallery microcavities -- In-vivo flow cytometry using near-infrared confocal microscopy -- Lab-on-a-chip device and system for point-of-care applications -- Laser Micromachining of Highly Functionalized Microcantilever Sensor Arrays -- Localized surface plasmon microanalysis -- Micro-Optical Sectioning Tomography -- Multifunctional Photoacoustic Tomography -- Multimodal multiphoton imaging and Raman spectral assessment of chronic liver diseases -- New approaches for high speed in-vitro cardiac imaging -- Nonlinear multi-modal optical imaging -- Optical and Optoacoustic Imaging in the Diffusive Regime -- Optical manipulation and sensing in a microfluidic device -- Optical Tweezers-Based Microrheology of Soft Materials and Living Cells -- Optical vortices for biophotonics -- Optofluidic Biosensors -- Phase-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography -- Photodynamic therapy -- Photonic crystal fiber based biosensors -- Probing different biological length scales using photoacoustics: from 1-1000 MHz -- Rapid three dimensional imaging of living cells -- Retinal imaging -- SERS for Biosensing Applications -- SPR biosensors -- Surface plasmon enhanced super-localization microscopy -- Surface plasmon enhanced TIRF or full field imaging with supercritical angle fluorescence.

Mobile Telephony EMFs Effects on Insect Ovarian Cells. The Necessity for Real Exposures Bioactivity Assessment. The key role of Polarization, and the “Ion Forced-Oscillation Mechanism”, Dimitris J. Panagopoulos -- Effect of Microwaves on DNA and Proteins, Takeo Yoshimura, Shuntaro Tsubaki, Satoshi Fujii, Masato Maitani, Eiichi Suzuki, and Yuji Wada -- Microwave effects on DNA, Jitendra Behari and Tanu Jindal -- Modified health effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation combined with other agents reported in the biomedical literature, Dr. Ronald N. Kostoff -- Misleading Scientific Papers on Health Effects from Wireless Communication Devices, Luc Verschaeve -- Application of Microwave Irradiation to Bone Decalcification and its Effect on DNA Quality, Kazuhiko Imaizumi -- Ultra-High-Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation and Reactive Species in Mammals, Furtado-Filho, O.V. -- Lyse-It™: A Rapid Platform for Cellular Lysing and Tunable DNA/Protein Fragmentation, Chris D. Geddes et al -- Index.

Introduction to Membrane Bioreactors -- Fundamentals of Membrane Processes -- Fouling in Membrane Bioreactors -- Surface Modification of Polyethersulfone Membranes -- Membrane Characterization Techniques.

Introduction -- Methods -- Integration Host Factor (IHF)-DNA interaction -- Lesion Recognition by Xeroderma Pigmentosum C (XPC) Protein -- DNA Mismatch Repair.

PMCA -- Calcium channel -- Sodium/calcium exchanger -- Endoplasmic Reticulum -- SERCA Pump H -- IP3R -- IP3R -- RyR -- History of  the SOCE concept -- STIM/Orai -- TRPC channel -- MCU complex -- VDAC -- Annexins -- Cytokinesis and Ca2+ signaling.

Basic aspects of growth -- Mechanics and growth -- Discrete computational models -- Growing on a line -- Elastic rods -- Morphoelastic rods -- Accretive growth -- Membranes and shells -- Growing membranes -- Morphoelastic plates -- Nonlinear elasticity -- The kinematics of growth -- Balance laws -- Evolution laws and stability -- Growing spheres -- Growing cylinders -- Ten challenges -- References -- Index.

Structural Analysis of Long Single-Stranded RNA Molecules with Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging -- Recombinant Fluorescent Ligand of Potassium Kv1.1 and Kv1.3 Channels: Design, Properties and Applications -- Single-Particle FRET Microscopy of Immobilized Nucleosomes: Technique Development -- Post Embryonic Changes in the Eye of an Economic Mango Plant Pest Amritodus Atkinsoni Leth. (Hemiptera : Cicadellidae) -- Elemental Analysis of Various Feathers of Indian Rose Ringed Parakeet Psittacula Krameri -- Interaction of Innate Immunity Cells with Composite Calcium Phosphate Coatings on Magnesium Alloy -- PNIPA Microgel and Alcian Blue Dye Aqueous Solution İnteraction (Microscopic İnvestigation) -- Biofungicides in Nursery Production -- Cells shrinkage and Phosphatidylserine Externalization in Post Mortem Muscle by Fluorescence Microscopy.

Introduction -- Methods -- 2D Spectroscopy of Pentacene Thin Films -- Time-frequency Analysis for 2D Spectroscopy of PSII -- Nonlinear Network Model of Energy Transfer and Localisation in FMO -- Conclusions.

From the Contents: Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling -- Systems approaches to mitochondrial calcium signaling -- The mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter: Molecular Composition And Physiological Role -- Molecular Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uptake -- Ca2+ uniporter and male fertility.

Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Characterising Magnetoferritin and Cationised Magnetoferritin -- Stem Cell Labelling with Cationised Magnetoferritin -- Toxicological Profiling of Cationised Magnetoferritin -- Escherichia coli labelling with Cationised Magnetoferritin -- Overall Conclusions and Future Opportunities.

1. Presentation of Main Ideas -- 2. Basic Introduction to Bifurcations in 1-D -- 3. The Other Generic Bifurcations -- 4. Classification of the 7 Elementary Catastrophes -- 5. Hopf Bifurcation -- 6. Amplitude Equation for the Hopf Bifurcation -- 7. Parametric Instabilities and Other Nonlinear Behaviors -- 8. Introduction to Chaos -- 9. Pattern Formation in One Dimension -- 10. Universality in the Vicinity of the Threshold -- 11. Fronts between Domains -- 12. Order and Disorder both Spatial and Temporal -- 13. Two Dimensional Patterns -- 14. Wavelength Selection -- 15. Conclusion -- 16. Solutions to Exercises -- Bibliography. .