Lessons from Nature

The clear lesson from nature is that effective management of microbial fouling in complex dynamic systems requires a consistently administered program comprised of diagnostics, monitors, environmentally sensible remedies, and careful regulation of those remedies. 

Dinnis, D. and James, D. 2005. Engineering mammalian cell factories for improved recombinant monoclonal antibody production lessons from nature Biotechnology and Bioengineering 91(2), 180-189. 

Early polymer scientists examined natural polymers to gain insight into the complex chemistry that might be possible. Advances in analytical chemistry over the past 70 years have allowed detailed characterization of the chemistry of life and have provided us with an opportunity to easily revisit these early polymer discovery days and rediscover key polymer lessons from natural polymers. 

How might these four lessons from natural products be applied to synthetic polymers to achieve performance and degradation ... 

GoodseU DS. Bionanotechnology Lessons from Nature, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2004. 

Clardy J, Walsh C. (2004) Lessons from natural molecules. Nature 432 829-837. 

Liu, D.R. Schultz, P.G.(1999) Gen ting new molecular function a lesson from nature. Angew. Chan. Int Ed. Engl., 38,36-54. 

Organic production systems are complex out of necessity, since soil fertility and plant protection are provided by applying the principles of ecology and lessons from natural ecosystems. It is this complexity, in part, that makes the need for unique education and training opportunities so important for organic farmers. In addition, the lack of institutional support with information from universities and government agencies in most countries makes this a valuable area to explore and for which to seek appropriate educational options. 

Jeong, B. and Gutowska, A. (2002) Lessons from nature stimuli-responsive polymers and their biomedical applications. Trends Biotechnol., 20, 305. 

Koros, W. J. (1995). Membranes Learning a lesson from nature, Chem. Eng. Prog. 91, 68. 

Our work in the development of artificial enzymes, described here and in Chapter 2, has established that catalysts can be made that will achieve excellent defined geometrically directed functionalizations and, furthermore, that the combination of binding groups with coenzyme analogs leads to powerful catalysts for some reactions. We expect the field of biomimetic chemistry to continue to grow, as we combine lessons from Nature with the ingenuity of chemists. 

Approa cKing the problem from the bottom up, the chemist would be seriously challenged to design techniques for the synthesis of nanosized objects with specific geometries and function. Although synthetic methods have become much more sophisticated, the precise control of the three-dimensional structure of macromolecules, let alone assemblies of macromolecules, is in its infancy. Perhaps it is time to take a few lessons from nature. 

Stone KL, Borovik AS. Lessons from nature unraveling biological CH bond activation. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2009 13 114-8. 

Chemists have also taken lessons from nature and often use biomimetic syntheses or approaches to complex molecules here, reactions used in an organism are mimicked in the laboratory (59, 60). In addition, catalytic transformations can be coupled, and it could be two chemocatalysts vide infra) (61, 62). 

LESSONS FROM NATURE CAN ECOLOGY PROVIDE NEW LEADS IN THE SEARCH FOR NOVEL BIOACTIVE CHEMICALS FROM TROPICAL RAINFORESTS ... 

Lessons from Nature Can Ecology Provide New Leads in the Search for Novel Bioactive Chemicals from Tropical Rainforests 205... 

Bruno J., Duro L., and Grive M. (2002) The applicability and limitations of thermodynamic geochemical models to stimulate trace element behavior in natural waters lessons from natural analogue studies. Chem. Geol. 190, 371-393. 

Another important lesson from Nature teaches us that the way chirality is expressed depends not only on the chiral information encoded in the molecules, or on the level of organization. It may also be triggered or altered by changes in the local environment of the aggregate, such as polarity, the presence of specific ions, pH, or temperature. The supercoiling... 

Crowe, L.M. Lessons from nature the role of sugars in anhydrobiosis. Comp. Biochem. Phys. A, 131, 505, 2002. 

Generating New Molecular Function A Lesson from Nature )... 

Gao H, Ji B, Jager IL, Arzt E, Fratzl P (2003) Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale lessons from nature. Proc Natl Acad Sci 100(10) 5597-5600... 

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