姜巨全，东北农业大学教授、博士生导师，首届国家神农英才计划-神农青年英才，黑龙江省首届 “青年龙江学者”特聘教授。在Nature Communications、Journal of Urology等杂志发表SCI论文20多篇。获得2015年黑龙江省高校科学技术奖（自然科学类）二等奖1项。主编规划教材两部。获授权国家发明专利9项。
目录
Chapter 1 Introduction to Biology 1
1.1 What is Biology？ 1
1.2 The Origin of Life 4
1.3 The Significance of Biology in Your Life 8
1.4 The History of Biology-Additional Reading 11
Chapter 2 Microbiology 15
2.1 The Scope and Relevance of Microbiology 15
2.2 The Future of Microbiology 21
2.3 Prokaryotes, Eukaryotic Microbes and Viruses 26
2.4 Extreme Microbes-Additional Reading 31
Chapter 3 Cellular Biology 34
3.1 The Discovery of Cells 34
3.2 Basic Properties of Cells 37
3.3 The Concepts in Mammalian Cell Culture-Additional Reading 42
Chapter 4 Botany-Plant Biology 49
4.1 The Scope and Importance of Botany 49
4.2 Flowers, Fruits and Seeds of Plants 52
4.3 Photosynthesis 56
4.4 Some Achievements of Transgenic Plants-Additional Reading 59
Chapter 5 Zoology-Animal Biology 65
5.1 What is Zoology？ 65
5.2 Tissues, Organs and Organ Systems of Animals 67
5.3 Transgenic Animals-Additional Reading 72
Chapter 6 Molecular Genetics 76
6.1 Gene and Chromosomes 76
6.2 Functional Structure of a Gene 79
6.3 Gene Expression 83
6.4 Essentials for Genetic Engineering-Additional Reading 86
Chapter 7 Biochemistry 91
7.1 Enzymes 91
7.2 Metabolism 93
7.3 Energy Transformation 96
7.4 Protein crystallization-Additional Reading 100
Chapter 8 Ecology 104
8.1 What is Ecology？ 104
8.2 Ecosystems 107
8.3 Biodiversity-Additional Reading 110
Chapter 9 Biotechnology 114
9.1 Biotechnology Overview 114
9.2 Recombinant DNA Technology 118
9.3 Recombinant Protein Expression 121
9.4 Bioalcohols-Additional Reading 124
Chapter 10 Genomics 128
10.1 The First Sequenced Genomes 128
10.2 The Functional Genomics 131
10.3 Proteomics 134
10.4 Bioinformatics-Additional Reading 137
Appendix Ⅰ Answers to Exercises 140
Appendix Ⅱ Index of Professional Words and Phrases. 157
References 171
