Chemical chemistry-biology integration

Miniaturization—chemistry and biology on a chip—has resulted only because of the confluence of science and engineering. The development of micro-fluidics technology has mainly been driven by the need to miniaturize, integrate, and automate biochemical analysis to increase speed and reduce costs. We are experiencing a revolution in the miniaturization of chemical systems for detection and analysis of hosts of chemical and biological materials and agents. Applications of basic principles of electrokinetics, hydraulics, and surface science have... 

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Another challenge this book strives to address results from the interdisciplinary nature of the field of biocatalysis. Biocatalysis is a synthesis of chemistry, biology, chemical engineering, and bioengineering, but most students and practitioners enter this field with preparation essentially limited to one of the major contributing areas, or at best two. The essence of biocatalysis, as well as most of its current research, however, is captured in the interdisciplinary overlap between individual areas. Therefore, this work seeks to help readers to combine their prior knowledge with the contents and the methods in this book to make an integrated whole. 

The Division of Chemistry and the Environment of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has recently approved the creation of an IUPAC-sponsored book series entitled Biophysico-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems to be published by John Wiley Sons, Hoboken, NJ. This series addresses the fundamentals of physical-chemical-biological interfacial interactions in the environment and the impacts on (1) the transformation, transport and fate of nutrients and pollutants, (2) food chain contamination and food quality and safety, and (3) ecosystem health, including human health. In contrast to classical books that focus largely on separate physical, chemical, and biological processes, this book series is unique in integrating the frontiers of knowledge on both fundamentals and impacts on interfacial interactions of these processes in the global environment. 

Figure 3.16 Chemical genetics requires the integration of the three critical elements of chemistry, biology, and information/knowledge management.

Chemical scientists also seek to understand the biological properties of both natural and man-made substances. They strive to understand the molecular basis of life processes. Furthermore, chemical science is integral to all of bioengineering and biotechnology. Biosystems, from molecular assemblies to cells to organisms, require insight from synthetic and physical chemistry as well as analysis of complex chemical networks if they are to be understood and exploited for the benefit of society. 

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