Dr. Ganapathy Subramanian is a biotechnology consultant with over 30 years experience in both industry and academia, in the application and development of processing, purification methodologies and chromatographic systems for large-scale use in environmental science, food science, perfumery cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. He has also taught extensively in the area of food and medical technology. A chemistry graduate from Madras, India, Dr Subramanian was awarded his Doctorate from the University of Glasgow, for work on natural products, and his main research interests lie in the utilisation of natural material separation processes and bio-conversions. Dr. Subramanian has written and edited a number of books and articles in the field of biotechnology. For the last 10 years, he has been organizing conferences promoting the integration and sharing of knowledge between academia and industry.

VOLUME 1STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENTProcess Development: when to start, when to stopStrategies in downstream processingBIOPROCESS AND EARLY DSPProcess Development and Optimization for Biotechnology Production -- Monoclonal AntibodiesDynamics of cellular response to recombinant protein overexpression in Esscherichia coliPREPARATIVE (CHROMATOGRAPHIC) METHODSIon Exchange Chromatography in Biopharmaceutical ManufacturingDisplacement chromatography of biomacromoleculesThe Purification of Biomolecules by Countercurrent ChromatographyContinuous chromatography in the down-stream processing of compounds from biotechnological and natural originContinuous Annular ChromatographyPrinciples of membrane separation processesAffinity PrecipitationVOLUME 2SPECIFIC BIOPROCESSES AND SEPARATION METHODSBiological fuel cellsRemoval and Analysis of Contaminants and ImpuritiesHigh throughput RNAi: Emerging technology for functional GenomicsDeveloping an Antibody Purification ProcessThe Many Ways to Purify Plasmis DNA -- Choosing the right purification strategy based on the downstream applicationAdvanced Fractionation methods and analysis for proteomics applicationsSAFETY, QUALITY CONTROL, VALIDATION AND REGUATORY CONSIDERATIONSBiosafetyThe Manufacture of Gene Therapy Products and Viral VaccinesThe Virus and Prion safety of BiopharmaceuticalsProtein Glycosylation: Analysis and CharacterizationHigh Throughput glycoanalysis for use in BioprocessingQuality Control of Impantable Drug Delivery Systems?ANALYTICAL METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIESPolymerase Chain Reaction: an Analytical Tool in BioprocessingElectrokinetic SeparationsCapillary Isoelectric Focusing Methods for Charge-Based Analysis of Biopharmaceuticals