Editorial: Bioenergy and biorefinery – biological solution for sustainable development of human society

Abstract

The world is facing more and more severe challenges in energy supply and environmental pollution since 21st century, especially in Asia, which threaten to the sustainable development of human society.

Editorial: Biotechnology Journal – we are looking forward to a new decade

“…The ESBES Special issue edited by Prof. Guilherme Ferreira and Prof. Philippe Jacques brings a collection of articles which are representative of the ESBES symposium in 2014 in Lille and the biochemical engineering trends and future directions. Two AFOB Special issues are: Bioenergy and biorefinery issue (edited by Prof. Yinbo Qu and Prof. Wen‐Teng Wu ) addresses the biological solution for sustainable development of human society, and the Advances in Bioprocess Engineering issue (edited by Prof. Yoon‐Mo Koo and Prof. Penjit Srinophakun ) introduces recent researches on bioprocess engineering especially from Asian scientists. In the coming 2016, BTJ will continue to work with ESBES and AFOB on three Special issues: ECAB3 Special issue (edited by Prof. M. Raquel Aires‐Barros and Prof. Jochen Büchs ), AFOB Special issue on Biosensors (edited by Prof. Eiichi Tamiya and Prof. Chunhai Fan ), and the ACB2015 in Malaysia (edited by Prof. S. Vikineswary Sabaratnam , Prof. Noriho Kamiya and Prof. Hyung Joon Cha ).…”

Editorial: Asian Congress of Biotechnology 2015

“…In all, there were 18 scientific sessions, including 12 technical sessions, one special session, two young researcher sessions, and three luncheon talk sessions, and three plenary and 16 keynote lectures by eminent biotechnologists. Like all previous AFOB special issues , in this issue, we present the most advanced biotechnology researches from ACB2015, including topics on drug delivery , enzyme engineering, cellular therapy, biosensors, tissue engineering , bioenergy and biorefinery , and biomedical engineering.…”