BIOE 402. Medical Technology Assessment. 2 or 3 hours. Bioentrepreneur course. Assessment of medical technology in the context of commercialization. Objectives, competition, market share, funding, pricing, manufacturing, growth, and intellectual property; many issues unique to biomedical products. Course Information: 2 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above and consent of the instructor.

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Keywords: Spin-Valve Sensors ; Cell Tracking Velocimetry ; On-A-Chip ; Polymerase-Chain-Reaction ; Total Analysis Systems ; Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles ; Field-Flow Fractionation ; Cross-Coupling Reactions ; Circulating Tumor-Cells ; Mode Magnetophoretic Microseparator Reference LMIS2-ARTICLE-2010-004doi:10.1021/cr9001929View record in Web of Science Record created on 2010-01-20, modified on 2016-08-08

Microfluidic applications of magnetic particles for biological analysis and catalysis.

Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

One of the major barriers to the use of enzymes in industrial biotechnology is their insufficient stability under processing conditions. The use of organic solvent systems instead of aqueous media for enzymatic reactions offers numerous advantages, such as increased solubility of hydrophobic substrates or suppression of water-dependent side reactions. For example, reverse hydrolysis reactions that form esters from acids and alcohols become thermodynamically favorable. However, organic solvents often inactivate enzymes. Industry and academia have devoted considerable effort into developing effective strategies to enhance the lifetime of enzymes in the presence of organic solvents. The strategies can be grouped into three main categories: (i) isolation of novel enzymes functioning under extreme conditions, (ii) modification of enzyme structures to increase their resistance toward nonconventional media, and (iii) modification of the solvent environment to decrease its denaturing effect on enzymes. Here we di...

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Strategies for Stabilization of Enzymes in Organic Solvents

Organic solvent-tolerant enzymes

A halophilic archaeon, Haloarcula sp. strain S-1, produced extracellular organic solvent-tolerant alpha-amylase. Molecular mass of the enzyme was estimated to be 70 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This amylase exhibited maximal activity at 50 degrees C in buffer containing 4.3 M NaCl, pH 7.0. Moreover, the enzyme was active and stable in various organic solvents (benzene, toluene, and chloroform, etc.). Activity was not detected at low ionic strengths, but it was detected in the presence of chloroform at low salt concentrations. On the other hand, no activity was detected in the presence of ethyl alcohol and acetone.

Organic solvent tolerance of halophilic α-amylase from a Haloarchaeon, Haloarcula sp. strain S-1

Background
Generally, extremophiles have been deemed to survive in the extreme environments to which they had adapted to grow. Recently many extremophiles have been isolated from places where they are not expected to grow. Alkaliphilic microorganisms have been isolated from acidic soil samples with pH 4.0, and thermophiles have been isolated from samples of low temperature. Numerous moderately halophilic microorganisms, defined as those that grow optimally in media containing 0.5–2.5 Molar (3–15%) NaCl, and halotolerant microorganisms that are able to grow in media without added NaCl and in the presence of high NaCl have been isolated from saline environments such as salterns, salt lakes and sea sands. It has tacitly been believed that habitats of halophiles able to grow in media containing more than 20% (3.4 M) are restricted to saline environments, and no reports have been published on the isolation of halophiles from ordinary garden soil samples.

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Endospores of halophilic bacteria of the family Bacillaceae isolated from non-saline Japanese soil may be transported by Kosa event (Asian dust storm)

Phytosynthesis of nanomaterials is advantageous since it is economical, ecofriendly, and simple, and, what is more, in the synthetic protocols, nontoxic chemicals and biocompatible materials are used. Here, a green synthetic methodology of nanoparticles (NPs) composed of silver (Ag) and silver chloride (AgCl) NPs is developed using a leaf extract of Solidago altissima as a reducing agent for the first time. Utilization of a terrestrial weed for the synthesis of Ag and AgCl NPs is a novel environmentally friendly approach considering that no toxic chemicals, external halide source, or elaborate experimental procedures are included in the process. The optical properties and elemental compositions of as-synthesized Ag and AgCl NPs are well characterized, and the degradation of an organic dye, i.e., rhodamine B (RhB), is investigated using the Ag and AgCl NPs. We find that degradation of RhB is effectively achieved thanks to both surface plasmon resonance and semiconductor properties of Ag and AgCl NPs. The surface-enhanced Raman scattering and antibacterial activities are also examined. The present approach to the synthesis of NPs using a weed may encourage the utilization of hazardous plants for the creation of novel nanomaterials.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2043-6262/7/1/015002/pdf

Synthesis of nanoparticles composed of silver and silver chloride for a plasmonic photocatalyst using an extract from a weed Solidago altissima (goldenrod)

Activity of an enzyme immobilized on superparamagnetic particles in a rotational magnetic field.

Extremely halophilic archaea were cultivated from smooth and pustular microbial mats collected from Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Western Australia. On the basis of morphology, two phenotypes were present and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that all strains were most closely related to members of the genus Haloferax (98.1–99.4 % similarity). One representative strain from each phenotype was selected for further taxonomic characterization. Strain SA5T, isolated from the smooth mat, formed small (∼1 mm diameter), red, translucent colonies on agar medium and strain PA12T, isolated from the pustular mat, formed large (3–5 mm diameter), pink, mucoid, domed colonies. Both strains grew in media with 1.7–5.1 M NaCl, required at least 0.2 M Mg2+ for growth and had pH optima of 7.4. The 16S rRNA gene similarity between strains SA5T and PA12T was 97.1 %. Physiological properties, G+C content and polar lipid composition supported placement of both strains in the genus Haloferax. Phenotypic analysis indicated that the two strains were distinct from each other and from all other members of the genus. This was confirmed by the low DNA–DNA relatedness between strains SA5T and PA12T (18–30 %) and between both strains and all other recognized Haloferax species. Two novel species of the genus Haloferax are proposed to accommodate these novel isolates, Haloferax elongans sp. nov. (type strain SA5T=JCM 14791T=ATCC BAA-1513T=UNSW 104100T) and Haloferax mucosum sp. nov. (type strain PA12T=JCM 14792T=ATCC BAA-1512T=UNSW 104200T).

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Toru Mizuki

Papers

Organic solvent tolerance of halophilic α-amylase from a Haloarchaeon, Haloarcula sp. strain S-1

Endospores of halophilic bacteria of the family Bacillaceae isolated from non-saline Japanese soil may be transported by Kosa event (Asian dust storm)

Synthesis of nanoparticles composed of silver and silver chloride for a plasmonic photocatalyst using an extract from a weed Solidago altissima (goldenrod)

Activity of an enzyme immobilized on superparamagnetic particles in a rotational magnetic field.

Haloferax elongans sp. nov. and Haloferax mucosum sp. nov., isolated from microbial mats from Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia