Best bioengineering books according to redditors

Dacron I am sorry to hear that but there is more to it. Exciting changes have happened in the last 2 years regarding biotechnology but following the trend of exponential tech this will only get better. Like everything else in this world, a title is not enough. Biotechnology is just one variable in the equation of an exciting outcome. You need CREATIVITY + PERSISTENCE and a well defined goal of what you want to achieve. Someone with biotech background can innovate on new therapies for diabetes, htn, hld, heart failure. ETC. I started reading a book on biodesign. Please recommend this to your friend and hopefully he can see the true potential of biotech. http://www.amazon.com/Biodesign-Process-Innovating-Medical-Technologies/dp/0521517427 If he feels down and is a redditor, tell him to contact me, maybe I can help him get his inspiration back.

A guide like this would be priceless. Is any of it written yet? I think that your biggest challenge will be packaging that knowledge into a package that is approachable and easy to follow.

Stanford put together a reference like you're proposing for medical device development that helped me a lot in my first medical device project (http://www.amazon.com/Biodesign-Process-Innovating-Medical-Technologies/dp/0521517427/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394453046&sr=8-1&keywords=biodesign). Unfortunately no one outside of academia has ever heard of it.

In terms of what I'd pay for something like this, I'll answer your question in the same way that I ask from your side of the table. Less than $10 would feel cheap. Greater than $40 would be too much. Probably a good value between $20 and $30. Given that people would need these various pieces of advice over many months, have you thought of a monthly access fee?

https://www.amazon.com/Horizons-Clinical-Nanomedicine-Varvara-Karagkiozaki-ebook/dp/B00OKUG4B0 Realy its a bit of a dry read but facinating look at the current state and potential future without any sci fi storytelling.

As always: Molecular Cloning
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Molecular-Cloning-Laboratory-Manual-Fourth/dp/1936113422

I recently read Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves which was pretty good.

And then there's Synthetic Biology: A Primer which would appear to be exactly what you're looking for. ;) Bit expensive though.

I'm in first year doing DI in Scotland, we've been on placement since November. Don't be nervous, speak up and ask questions. You'll quickly learn which members of staff will let you do as much as you're comfortable with, while others will pretty much just carry on with their job until you ask/offer to do something. If you get to choose which room you're working in, try and get in a room with someone who's been helpful before, you'll learn more.

Every radiographer does things slightly differently, and different departments will have different 'standard views' from the ones you learned in uni. Learn what they want and do it their way, not the way you were taught in uni. DON'T argue that 'well this is the way we were taught to do it'!

Be as helpful as possible. Clean up / wipe down surfaces, process cassettes (if you're using them), offer to go get patients changed, etc. Don't stand around looking bored, if you don't know something, ask about it, genuine curiosity will be rewarded.

Remember your TLD and anatomical markers - I found this book really useful for carrying around (fits perfectly in NHS tunic pockets). Sometimes the radiographers will even ask to borrow it, so brownie points for you.

Good luck on your placement!

Merrill and Bontrager tend to be recommended by Americans, most of us Brits go for Clark's Positioning in Radiography.

Not read the 13th edition of the big boy book myself (basically everywhere has 12th edition, and I am not paying for a new one lol), but the only thing I disagree with in the first edition (since updated to 2nd edition) of the [little baby handbook for students and such] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Clarks-Handbook-Radiographers-Companion-Essential/1498726992/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=R5H91P80E0SZ5ZKVP0QH) was the ankle section, they describe a correct mortice view, but then the demonstrated image has their centring... somewhat high... :v

The main other book I consider a "must have" is Accident and Emergency Radiology, but as an ortho resident, you are likely past that (it is basic image interpretation, suitable for a junior doc or the average band 5/6 radiographer), though you might consider giving it a flick through anyway, it's not a long read, and is a very good quality book.

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Edit: Interesting thing about Clark's - go back a few versions from the 12th edition and they were inexplicably using nude patients in a solid half of the demonstration images, flicking between covered and uncovered for seemingly no reason. God knows why. In any of the modern ones, they are all wearing swimsuits, at least!

Principles of animal locomotion by R. McNeill Alexander. I haven't read all of it, but my professor swears by it.

http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Animal-Locomotion-McNeill-Alexander/dp/0691126348/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1334073029&sr=8-5

The classic text is J.D. Murray's Mathematical Biology, but the last time I looked at it, it was a little long in the tooth. Maybe the second volume picks up a bit. No matter, look at it if you want to get a clear understanding of the background and classic problems.

There is a great deal of focus on computational molecular biology lately (networks, DNA computation, molecular programming, etc). Some of the people on the forefront of these fields include Niles Pierce, Erik Winfree and Drew Endy. Check out their papers and you'll get answers to many of your questions. On Winfree's page there is a whole list of collaborators which will keep you busy for a while.

The applied math degree will help, but if you really want to do well you'll need to learn a ton of biology. And I mean really learn it, there is nothing worse than a mathematician coming in and doing some cheap models of a biological system and claim that he has found a novel result when in fact it has no bearing on the underlying biology.

I have James D Murray's Mathematical Biology which is quite good (although I must confess I haven't read all of it) but perhaps out of the scope of what you'd be looking for.

I've looked up the recommended reading in a mathematics module for a biology degree at my university and they recommend Paul Monk's Maths for Chemistry: A chemist's toolkit of calculations so perhaps that might be useful for you (although it seems from the title it would be more geared towards chemists, yet that's what they reccomend).

This has been described as the Bible of Biomechanics

I own it. It's fucking awesome.

For very fundamental information, I recommend Principles of Animal Locomotion. This isn't a book about algorithms, though; it's more of a book about the underlying dynamics of locomotion (bipedal and otherwise).


There are a lot of different approches to gait, both dynamically and statically stable. You'll find many in academic literature (proceedings of CLAWAR, IROS, and AAAI are good places to start). Papers related to the recent DARPA Robotics Challenge, and old but seminal work like Spring Flamingo and the DARPA Adaptive Suspension Vehicle are also good starting points.



Unfortunately the people on the forefront of this field don't publish their results.

Is there a book you'd recommend that can give an overview of various techniques, but without lab protocol lists: i.e. "1.) Add 10mL of X", or a ton of equations. I'm not afraid of technical stuff as long as it's not too crazy. I've read 'The Cell' for instance - so I have general information on microbiology.

Something with chapter headings like: "Gene Insertion Techniques" or "Protein Sequencing Techniques" where the chapter would give you a broad overview of many techniques, why they matter and when to use these them.

These were some I was thinking of:

• Synthetic Biology: A Primer
  
• Biotechnology for Beginners
  
  Would love to get your take!

Physical Examination of the Spine and extremities by Stanley Hoppenfeld was helpful not only during my ortho rotation but in my ER and family med rotations.

Edit: link

Rockwood and Green's is the bible IMHO. My first job was in ortho trauma and I slept with these volumes while I was rotating with the practice while still in school.

Wheeless is also a great website but sometimes info is incomplete

Physical Exam is another great resource. Really helped with those shoulder exam techniques, which always confused me for some reason

Green and Sambrook's Molecular Cloning is usually my go-to reference for techniques.

Constructional Morphology and Evolution

http://www.amazon.com/Bench-Press-More-Now-Breakthroughs/dp/B00071VVDW

Probably not inspirational but this is probably good if he likes learning about technique and science of powerlifting. It is dated but apparently this author really took the science behind powerlifting serious. I haven't read it, these are just things I read about it.

This book is all about bench but I read Thomas McLaughlin published more research on powerlifting.

How are you with Anatomy? If not so great, first get this and learn as much in there as you can. Especially the neuro-musculo-skeletal stuff.

Now that you kind of know a little about anatomy, you'll need to learn how all those parts work. I recommend this kinesiology textbook.

Now that you know all the pieces and how they're supposed to work together, you'll need a text that talks about musculoskeletal dysfunctions and how to go about managing some of those conditions with exercise and other forms of treatment. I recommend this text for that.

Good luck!

Anatomy, Anatomy, Anatomy and this.

as /u/picklesandmustard said try to get in some PT aide hours and please empty your mind of what you think PT is before getting to PT school.

For some basic info, check out the getting started guide in the sidebar.

What style of bow you get will be mostly guided by what kind of bow you are drawn to (and also what you plan on doing with it). There are some decent bows in the 100-150 price range (at least in a recurve or longbow). You should probably plan on 6-12 arrows to start off with (along with a few other necessary items). Arrows can be anywhere from $5 US each on up (arrows can be found cheaper, but quality might suffer).

As for learning on your own, /u/nusensei has a good youtube channel, not sure how many videos he has on technique, but good info. Archery Great Britain had some coaching videos online, you could search youtube for those as well, I think they go at least a little into technique but might be more tuned to coaches and not the archer.

KSLInternationals website has some good info on shooting.

You can also find some good books on archery, the only one I have read is Archery Anatomy, maybe other folks here could recommend other useful books.

Bottom line is, as with any other skill, teaching yourself will likely be more difficult than if you have a teacher, but you you don't have access to one than lots of reading and watching.

For a good explanation of the underlying physiology for why this is as described, see the book Archery Anatomy: An Introduction to Techniques for Improved Performance by Ray Axford

So the basis is mind control through RF and 5G is a proposed way to execute? Articles don't really go in to specifics on how it's proposed to be done. On the physical layer? Using a network of products? Etc .. ?

I read this book as some light reading way back in college ... There's some pretty good stuff in there.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/3540429891/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ZMCKAbYHEGWVP

https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cloning-Laboratory-Manual-Three/dp/1936113422

http://www.amazon.com/Lab-Chip-Technology-Biomolecular-Separation/dp/1904455476/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

and

http://www.amazon.com/Lab-Chip-Technology-Fabrication-Microfluidics/dp/1904455468/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Hope you're having a great day, Grey's Assistant! I've got three book recommendations!

The First is A Walk in the Woods, or any Bill Bryson Book (At Home and One Summer are great as well). Bill Bryson hikes the Appalachian Trail, discussing in humorous detail the process as well as delving into history on America's parks and trails.

https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Woods-Rediscovering-Appalachian-Official-ebook/dp/B000S1LSAM

Next is "The Grasshopper Trap" by Patrick McManus. Another columnist, this time appearing in a lot of fishing and game magazines. I doubt Grey has read these. They're fairly short stories and light reading. McManus tells (or invents) stories from his childhood living in a rural setting, and has a lot of funny stories from hunting and fishing trips from his adulthood. It's a little "blue collar comedy tour", and a little "guy humor" but pretty wholesome and really entertaining. I seriously doubt Grey would have read these, which is why I am suggesting it in the first place.

https://www.amazon.com/Grasshopper-Trap-Patrick-F-McManus-ebook/dp/B00723IO7Y/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+grasshopper+trap&qid=1565735667&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

Finally, and this one is the most niche of all, is Nature's Flyers: Birds Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight by David E. Alexander. This book straddles the line between a textbook and non-fiction informative reading. It goes into different types of flight, the physics of natural flight, which animals do what kinds, why their bodies allow them to fly the ways they do, migration, how animals may have evolved flight, the impacts on the world... it's just a fascinating book, but it can require focus to read. This appeals to me since I studied Mechanical Engineering and love birds, but there's a chance it may tickle Grey's fancy as well. If he's looking something to test his enhanced focus after Project Cyclops, this is a good one.

Unfortunately this book is not on kindle. Used versions can be acquired from Amazon for around 20 dollars.

https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Flyers-Biomechanics-Alexander-2002-01-31/dp/B01FGNI53E/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=nature%27s+flyers%3A+birds+insects+and+the+biomechanics+of+flight&qid=1565735964&s=digital-text&sr=8-1-fkmr0

Yea sure. It’s a multidisciplinary field at the moment so we have almost as many computer scientists, Physicists and engineers as we do molecular biologists/ geneticists.

I’d recommend ‘synthetic biology - a primer’ as a first book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Synthetic-Biology-Paul-S-Freemont/dp/1848168632/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550177278&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=synthetic+biology+a+primer&dpPl=1&dpID=41xiiA-mjkL&ref=plSrch

Syn bio uses waterfall and agile approaches which are basically development life cycles. The waterfall approach for example proceeds as (1) system requirements, (2) design, (3) modelling, (4) synthesis, (5) assembly, (6) Transformation/implementation and (7) validation.

(2) and (3) use a lot of computer based skills such as computer assisted design (CAD) with standards such as SBOL (for 2), and computer assisted modelling (CAM) which includes the use of computer languages such as python and R (for 3). CAM also includes using markup languages such as SBML which is a good place to start with programmatic modelling.

(4), (5) and (6) are more molecular biology and genetic engineering based in terms of the practical sense. (4) Synthesis is very chemistry and physics based and there are separate companies that do this - we usually order our DNA from a synthesis company and then clone it to make loads for testing as it’s expensive . (5) is about assembling the DNA parts into modules and devices using methods such as Gibson assembly, golden gate assembly or BioBrick standards (which is an OG method developed by Tom Knight at MIT http://parts.igem.org/Assembly:Standard_assembly). (6) is about ‘installing’ the assembled DNA into the chosen cell chassis (cell fee systems are also up and coming) to install said function as a means of fulfilling the system requirements. (7) is about characterising your system to check it works and look for improvements.

There are loads of ways to apply yourself be it in the lab, on a computer or both. The book does a really good job in introducing you to the above so that you’re aware of how to do 1 through to 7 (except maybe 4). Ofc applying the skills is a whole other story (lab protocols and actually coding skills) but that comes with practise.

If you can't get OP's for free, but want to learn MSK exams here's another option (PDF is available free online):

https://www.amazon.com/Physical-Examination-Extremities-Stanley-Hoppenfeld/dp/0838578535

It's what people recommend ortho interns read.

Thanks for your input!

Yeah I totally understand about medical moving slowly, the regulatory process surrounding it seems like a science in and of itself.

Apparently engineering in the medical industry also pays the best on average than most conventional engineering industries? It could be because they tend to work in capital cities, or maybe because medical professions are generally pretty highly paid, and some of that recognition rubs off onto the engineers (I’d take advantage of that gravy train for as much as I could!)

Thats interesting regarding low disruption, but understandable when looking at barriers to entry. I just started reading this book Biodesign , a massive book but lays out literally everything about the medical device industry and how to innovate within it. Thoroughly recommended.

I haven't read any of those authors' books but I only read books that describes processes or books that have actions items to apply to your life. I used to read books that only made me feel good and I wouldn't learn or improve on anything.

For example, I have a book that details a process to innovate the healthcare field. This process has been developed by Stanford for 13+ years through research and consultation of high-level executives, physicians, other healthcare professionals, large companies, small companies across the world. Stanford has been teaching this process for almost 13 years as well. This book is my bible. I'm going to use this process for developing my own startup.

My point is, this kind of book is much more valuable to me than the ones that make you feel good or just motivate you.

Biomechanics of the Musculo-skeletal system 3E

https://www.amazon.ca/Biomechanics-Musculo-skeletal-System-Benno-Nigg/dp/0470017678/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=biomechanics+of+the+musculoskeletal+system&qid=1572059333&sr=8-5

I would recommend checking out later sections of this book http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Biology-Introduction-Interdisciplinary-Mathematics/dp/0387952233 (I can PM you a pdf if you want it). It goes into protein-protein bonding and protein-small molecule reactions in glorious mathematical sparseness, succinctly covers molecular biology/bioinformatic screens, and of course covers everyone's favorite intro PDE- the predator prey model; even after taking upper level undergraduate biochem/molecular biology courses seeing it all put so succinctly was a real treasure. Some of the math is relatively advanced for a developmental math course, but given that all of your biology/chemistry majors should have covered this material before (sans math in most cases) it shouldn't be too hard for them to jump into.

I would get in touch with your program and see what the book list is like, but we use this book for two classes and it's FANTASTIC.

Mendel in the Kitchen is a good one written, unlike most of the nonsense books out there (which unfortunately are much easier to find, just search GMO on Amazon and they're the first hits), by a person with actual credentials.

>Even then power doesn't tell you too much, it depends on frequency too. This is getting within a few multiples of low infrared.

Infrared spectrum is used medically as Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) for treating neuro-inflammation and muscular inflammation. Harvard Medical publishes a ~1100 page reference medical text about it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/9814669601/

Oh, and apparently, you are also a consultant vascular surgeon ;)

Only someone who is too young to remember Rachel Carson's Silent Spring would say something so ignorant as to compare being anti-pesticide to being like an anti-vaxxer.

I mean... that would totally ignore 50+ years of empirical evidence.

DBCP, for example, shrinks testicles and causes infertility. No question.

Monsanto's Roundup is now considered a probable carcinogen.

And California is taking action to label Roundup (glyphosate) under Prop 65.

But back in 1962, when Silent Spring came out, it was mainly about DDT. And when we think back to those old pesticides or herbicides like Agent Orange (yes, I'd conflate the two for purposes of most discussions about them, but we can take them separately if you'd like) we see how many of them were considered safe and then later... whoops, not so safe.

So, I guess I don't get what you're saying. Are you trying to say that pesticides and herbicides haven't caused 10s or 100,000s of thousands of birth defects?

If so, I'd like to see if you'd be willing to start drinking and bathing in water with say, 10 ppb of Atrazine in it from now on. How do you think that'd work out for you?

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P.S., if you're going to be a paid shill for Monsanto, maybe you shouldn't admit it online?