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Preface

The research reported in this volume is dedicated to the recent developments in structural proteomics and synchrotron radiation and constitutes the third volume, edited by Eugenia Pechkova from Italy, and Christian Riekel, of the Pan Stanford Nanobiotechnology Series, edited by Claudio Nicolini.

It represents, with its 15 chapters, the outcome of the very broad international cooperation of numerous countries (Russia, Japan, USA, and Europe) centered around the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble (France) and the Nanoworld Institute in Genova (Italy), formed by the CIRSDNNOB Center at the University of Genova and by the El.B.A. Foundation, at the conclusion of numerous experiments and activities, including the XVIII El.B.A. Nanoforum held at Genova by the Fondazione El.B.A., with headquarters in Rome (Italy).

The volume includes contributions from the advanced research groups operating at different synchrotrons (ESRF, BNL, Spring 8, CHESS) and from structural proteomics groups active all over the world in correlated technologies such as NMR and X-ray crystallography, thereby giving a unique international flavor to the book.

Every chapter, consisting of an updated review article, contains exciting new research results which have never been published so far.

With the major focus on proteomics and synchrotron radiation, several correlated scientific and technological objectives have been carried out and reported in this volume of the Nanobiotechnology series.

We are glad that the coupling of synchrotron radiation and nanotechnology has synergistically expanded our capabilities to understand protein structure and other important events down to the atomic scale, yielding unique complementary information.