Professor, department of fishery microbiology, unescomircen for marine. Examples of marine biotechnology successes marinebiotech. Marine biotechnology definitions, infrastructures and directions for innovation several countries have been setting up strategic roadmaps to support marine biotechnologies that could drive innovation and help address the global sustainability goals of food, energy, and health. The most recent definition considers marine or blue biotechnology as exploration of the capabilities of marine organisms at the whole, cell, or molecular level, to provide solutions to todays.
There are promising and exciting achievements in biochemistry, genetics, genomics, aquaculture, bioenergy, and other related fields, beginning with genetic recombinant technology as applied to marine algae. Bioenergy from marine sources is a groundbreaking achievement in the field of marine biotechnology and is also covered in this book. Biotechnology initiatives and activities in plant, marine and microbial biotechnology to disseminate knowledge, to strengthen research capacity, in particular through centres of excellence including microbial resource centres mircen and biotechnology education and training centres betcens programmes also facilitate access to. This area also includes aquaculture, where aquatic organisms are grown in culture and used for food, fuel, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and other products. It covers many subfields and there are many opportunities for those pursuing a career in marine biotechnology. In addition to supporting mircen, unesco fosters interagency cooperation. The marine environment has been, and continues to be, a fruitful source of novel chemical compounds that are not found in terrestrial and freshwater organisms. Marine bacteria, corals, sponges, biomedicals, enzymes, biopolymers, aquaculture. Marine biotechnology explores the oceans to develop novel pharmaceutical drugs, chemical products, enzymes and other. Moazami is the pioneer of biotechnology and microalgae based fuels in iran.
This core course integrates disciplines and educates students in the core areas of marine biotechnology. Marine biotechnology ii islamic university of gaza. Pomponi harbor branch oceanographic institution, florida introduction the marine environment is a rich source of both biological and chemical diversity. Since a large portion of the surface of the earth is covered by the oceans and more than 80% of living organisms are found in aquatic ecosystems, they constitute a. Responsible management of marine resources social, market and trade development in the marine sector improved quality of marine products healthy food explore new opportunities for marine resources the deciphering and use of marine biological systems for industry, the benefit of society and protection of the marine. Biotechnological activities of the mircens history. Marine biotechnology encompasses those efforts that involve marine bioresources, either as the source or the target of biotechnology applications. One example is the marine biotechnology mircen at the department of microbiology, karnataka veterinary, animal and fisheries sciences university, mangalore, india however, unesco has only been able to provide limited financial and institutional support provided in recent years to the network in its current form. Microbial biotechnology and bioengineering unesco digital library. In this article we will discuss about the applications of marine biotechnology. The springer handbook of marine biotechnology provides, for the first time, a complete and consistent overview of the methods, applications, and products of marine biotechnology.
The first quarter is an overview of marine biotechnology. A natural biorefinery source of marine products and byproducts for human welfare indrani karunasagar iddya karunasagar abstract. To exploit the potential of marine biotechnology fully, it would be useful to pursue such industrial. Finally, industrial uses of marinederived products are explored for mankind. There are promising and exciting achievements in biochemistry, genetics, genomics, aquaculture, bioenergy, and other related. Unesco, mircen, wfcc, wdcm, training, developing countries contents 1. A series of novel polyether antibiotics the most potent antifungal. Biotechnology is the term given to the use of plants, animals, microorganisms and biological processes to achieve advancement in the areas of industry, medicine and agriculture.
Marine biotechnology hindawi publishing corporation. Dressing, department of marine science,the university of. Springer handbook of marine biotechnology springer. In addition, unescomircen has provided a substantial collection of books. Ireland has an established a marine biotechnology research community that is supported by national and international funds. The use of transgenic microalgae for commercial applications has not yet been reported but holds significant promise spolaore et al.
A recombinant ompa rompa cloned in our lab at the unesco mircen for marine biotechnology, mangalore was expressed in escherichia coli m15 cells. This report considers the potential of marine biotechnology to contribute to economic and social prosperity by making use of recent advances in science and technology. Recent advances in marine biotechnology crc press online. An approach based on components, levels and players article pdf available in indian journal of geomarine sciences 405. Appendix c definitions of marine biotechnology by scientists in industrial and. Springer handbook of marine biotechnology springerlink. It discusses scientific and technological tools at the centre of a renewed interest in marine biotechnology, contributing to a new bioeconomy sector in many countries, and. Microbial resource centre mircen for marine biotechnology at mangalore. Increased food production, new bioactive compounds, and improved materials are obvious targets for active research in marine biotechnology. Marine biotechnology encyclopedia of life support systems. Marine biotechnology is a scientifically fascinating and economically expanding enterprise which harnesses the enormous but uncharted gene pool and functional diversity of marine life towards finding new genes, organisms, biosensors, natural products, and. About 70 per cent of the earths surface is covered by oceans and seas, and fourfifths of all life forms inhabit this ecological niche. Contents volume xv the role of microbial resources centers and unesco in the development of biotechnology 1 horst w. Unesco mircen for marine biotechnology at mangalore will join to global catalogue of microorganism gcm very soon.
At the same time, if terrestrial organisms are used to develop a. Marine biotechnology studies the marine resources of the world. Nasrin moazami is an iranian medical microbiologist and biotechnologist. This article discusses marine biotechnology and the many disciplines of the industry. This fully comprehensive definition of marine biotechnology includes the functional diversity of marine life, the genetic pool of. Marine biotechnology clearly incorporates enormous social and. In many cases this means that the living organisms which are used to develop products or services are derived from marine sources. Seaweed cosmetics oceanwell diverse applications of macroalgae. Marine biotechnology is a knowledge generation and conversion process. Molecular aspects of steroid action in marine fishes. This diversity has been the source of unique chemical compounds with the potential for industrial development as pharma. Blue biotechnology is the application of molecular biological methods to marine and freshwater organisms 2 3. Unescomircen for marine biotechnology biswajit maiti, ph.
She has been nominated by unesco as director of microbial resources center mircen in marine biotechnology, which will now be based in nucser. Marine biotechnology is an area where products are derived or developed from a wide variety of marine animals and plants. Undprer87019 terminal report europe t microbial biotechnology and. Art, biotechnology and the culture of peace bioline international. Milton fingerman, r nagabhushanam january 01, 2002. Biotechnology provides potential solutions to address some of these problems and has been identified as one of the priority areas for many institutions like nepad. Potential for capacity building through open innovation article pdf available in marine policy 57 july 2015 with 718 reads how we measure reads. Unesco mircen for marine biotechnology, department of fishery microbiology. Modern marine biotechnology has been developing rapidly since the 1980s. Indrani karunasagar, unesco mircen for marine biotechnology, department of fishery microbiology, college of fisheries, university of agricultural sciences, india. The designing of new functional foods, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals from marine microalgae makes them one of the most valuable marine sources.
It is the field of science that deals with ocean exploration for development of new pharmaceutical drugs, chemical products, enzymes, and other products and processes. Marine biotechnology marine biotechnology is defined as the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by marine biological agents to provide goods and services3. This site is powered by keepeek 360, digital asset management software for business. Pomponi harbor branch oceanographic institute florida atlantic university, u. Marine biotechnology international summary marinebiotech. Applications of biotechnology are found in health care, environmental remediation and the production of energy, food and fine chemicals. The potential for the marine biotechnology industry shirley a. Active university, research institute and institute of technology based projects exist in areas related to biomaterials, bioprocessing, food ingredients including functional foods, drugs and other therapeutic products, animal health and agriculture, aquaculture, medical. The specialty section on marine biotechnology is intended to host scientific contributions in marine science that are based on the enormous biodiversity of marine ecosystems and the genetic uniqueness of marine organisms to develop useful products and applications. Xv biotechnological activities of the mircens history, training and research until 2002 horst doelle and faustino sineriz encyclopedia of life support systems eolss 5. Marine biotechnology is the creation of products and processes from marine organisms through the application of biotechnology, molecular and cell biology, and bioinformatics. Blue biotechnology blue marine biotechnology is the use of living marine resources at ecosystem, concept, organism at molecular level to provide beneficial solutions for the society. Biotechnology research for a complex world barcelona, june 2, 2010 marine biotechnology in the 21st century prof rene h. It is the field which compromise both marine biology as well biotechnology because marine has tremendous resources useful to mankind.
Consensus study reports published by the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine document the evidencebased consensus on the studys statement of task by an authoring committee of experts. Program of study scripps institution of oceanography, uc. Pdf the development of marine biotechnology in oman. Bioprocess engineering has been the key to success in the commercialisation of biotechnology, especially with respect to biopharmaceuticals. The potential for the marine biotechnology industry. Marine biotechnology has a recent trend in now days which is known for the bioproducts used in various industrial applications from the marine ecosystem around the world.
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