Book description
Finally, a stand-alone, all-inclusive textbook on yeast biology.
Based on the feedback resulting from his highly successful monograph,
Horst Feldmann has totally rewritten he contents to produce a
comprehensive, student-friendly textbook on the topic. The scope has
been widened, with almost double the content so as to include all
aspects of yeast biology, from genetics via cell biology right up to
biotechnology applications. The cell and molecular biology sections have
been vastly expanded, while information on other yeast species has been
added, with contributions from additional authors. Naturally, the
illustrations are in full color throughout, and the book is backed by a
complimentary website.
The resulting textbook caters to the needs of an increasing number of
students in biomedical research, cell and molecular biology,
microbiology and biotechnology who end up using yeast as an important
tool or model organism.
Horst Feldmann studied Organic Chemistry in Cologne and did his PhD
in this discipline. From 1962 to 1967 he worked at the Institute of
Genetics in Cologne. In 1974 he became Professor of Physiological
Chemistry at the Medical Faculty in Munich. His pioneering research
included sequencing yeast tRNA. He extensively studied tRNA and protein
biogenesis, yeast retrotransposons and mitochondrial genome and was a
co-ordinator in the EU project "Sequencing and Analysis of the
Yeast Genome". From 1971 until 2007 he was one of the organizers of
the International "Spetses Summer Schools on Molecular and Cell
Biology". Horst Feldmann was a member of the Board of FEBS and
served as chairman of the Advanced Courses Committee, Secretary of the
Prize "Biochemical Analysis" and the Head of SFB
"Mechanisms and Factors in Gene Regulation". He has also
served as member of a number of different committees, namely the DFG,
IUBMB, DISNAT (German-Israeli cooperation). He is also an Honorary
Member of Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Biophysics. In 1996 he
received the FEBS Diplome d'Honneur.
