Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology of Medicinal Mushrooms

Marin Berovic is a Full Professor of Biotechnology and Bioengineering at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). He has been focusing his research on Medicinal Mushroom Immunoactive Compounds, in cooperation with the main Chinese Institutions in Bejing and Shanghai. He has established the European Federation on Biotechnology, being currently a member of its Executive Board, and he is also a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the European Society on Biochemical Engineering, the International Organisation on Biotechnology and Bioengineering, and the European Association for Promotion of Science and Technology.  Professor Berovic has edited/authored 11 books on Bioprocess Engineering, and has published 500+ articles in the fields of biotechnology and bioreactor engineering.Jian-Jian Zhong is a Distinguished Professor of BiochemicalEngineering at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China), and he holds a Ph.D. in fermentation technology/Biotechnology from the Osaka University (Japan). His main research interests include molecular biochemical engineering, advanced fermentation and cell culture engineering, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology. He has edited/authored 7 books published by Springer, and 250+ articles in peer-reviewed international journals. Professor Zhong also holds 30+ patents of technological innovation and bioproduct development. He was awarded the Chang-Jiang Professorship by the Ministry of Education (China), National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars by NSFC, Young Asian Biotechnologist Prize by Japanese Society for Biotechnology, among others. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the book series Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology at Springer.

• Medicinal Mushrooms Past, Present and Future.- Farming of Medicinal Mushrooms.- Solid State and Submerged Cultivation of Medicinal Mushroom Mycelia in Bioreactors.- Medicinal Mushrooms Pilot and Industrial Bioreactor Experience.- Barriers to the Use of Medicinal Mushrooms for Production of Metabolites.- Bioeconomy Analysis of Mushroom Production.- Advances in Pilot Scale Stirred Bioreactors in Solid State and Submerged Cultivations of Medicinal Mushrooms.- Down Stream Processing of Medicinal Mushrooms Products.- Bioactive Compounds from Medicinal Mushrooms.- Biological Technology Advances in Mushrooms: Genetic Manupilations.- The Health and Clinical Benefits of Medicinal Fungi.