Advances in Biosystems investigates the latest techniques for evaluating, detecting, measuring, and enhancing the functional bioactivities, chemical composition, and physicochemical characteristics of animal, plant, and environmental biosystems. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary handbook provides detailed explanations for tracking functional molecules during various biological processes, along with practical methodologies for both laboratory and industrial applications. Sections cover cellular biosystems advances, including single-cell microsystems and tissue system biology of plants and animals, alongside biomass microsystems and agricultural biosystems advances, exploring innovations in animal, plant, and crop biosystems, as well as food hydrocolloids and biotechnological advancements.

Additional content addresses environmental biosystems, discussing colloidal biosystems, nano and micro-biosystems, chemical toxicology, eco-friendly biosystems, and green chemistry, pharmaceutical biosystems, highlighting medical biosystems, human cellular metabolomics, nutrigenomics, and precision medicine applications. A final section presents in-depth analytical methods for tracking these various biosystems, including high-throughput technologies, deep learning, machine learning, bioinformatics models, and spectroscopic and sensor-based techniques.

Delves into an extensive range of biosystems, spanning medical, agricultural, biotechnological, and environmental specialties
Offers step-by-step guidance for techniques, exploring living systems, intricate cellular processes, and expansive ecological interactions
Explores innovative and sustainable approaches for investigating biosystems, considering eco-friendly and non-invasive methods for studying and improving plant, animal, and environmental biosystems
Examines cutting-edge applications of biosystems in the realm of precision medicine and biotechnology

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Dr. Xiaoli Li is Vice Dean and Professor at the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Dr. Li features on the "Top 2% Global Scientist List" released by Stanford University in 2023, and has been the recipient of a number of prizes. She has served as Principal Investigator of more than 10 national-level and provincial-level projects including three National Natural Science Foundation projects, a national key R&D program project, and a national science and technology support program sub-project, and also serves on a number of committees and editorial boards. Dr. Li has published over 130 SCI-indexed papers with more than 3200 citations, and has been granted 35 national invention patents, 1 US invention patent, and 1 UK invention patent.

Dr. Mostafa Gouda is Assistant Professor at the Nutrition and Food Science Department, National Research Center, Egypt, and is also affiliated with the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He has received a number of awards including the National State Prize in Science and Advanced Sciences, Egypt, 2022/2023 and International Association for Advanced Materials (IAAM) Scientist Medal, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024. Dr. Gouda is Associate Editor for several publishers like Springer Nature and Frontiers. He has several publications in high impact journals like Trends in Plant Science, Hazardous Materials, Engineering, Bioresource Technology, and Food Hydrocolloids. He is an official reviewer for various journals, and has published over 60 articles, book chapters, and one book.

Yong He is Dean and Professor at the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He is Director of the Key Laboratory of spectroscopy, Ministry of Agriculture. He previously served as a visiting professor at University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of Agricultural & Technology, and Illinois University. He has published more than 20 books and textbooks, and 400 papers, and has been the recipient of numerous prizes. Dr. He has served on a number of committees, societies, and editorial boards, including as Editor-in-Chief for the journal “Computers and Electronics in Agriculture�, Vice Chairman of the Agricultural Chemistry Association of China Agricultural Machinery Society, and Vice President of Zhejiang Agricultural Engineering Society.

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