Preface. Expanded bed adsorption: elution in expanded bed mode; R. Hjorth. Monitoring, modeling, and control strategies for expanded-bed adsorption processes; T.V. Thelen, W.F. Ramirez. Factors affecting dispersion in expanded bed chromatography; S. Yamamoto, et al. Physical and biochemical characterization of a simple intermediate between fluidized and expanded bed contactors; J. C.-W. Lan, et al. On-line monitoring of the purification of GST-(His)6 from an unclarified Escherichia coli homogenate within an immobilised metal affinity expanded bed; R.H. Clemmitt, et al. The effect of column verticality on separation efficiency in expanded bed adsorption; L.J. Bruce, et al. Evaluation of the effect of in-bed sampling on expanded bed adsorption; L.J. Bruce, H.A. Chase. EBA columns with a distribution system based on local stirring; E. Zafirakos, A. Lihme. Simplified and more robust EBA processes by elution in expanded bed mode; A. Lihme, et al. Cell/adsorbent interactions in expanded bed adsorption of proteins; J. Feuser, et al. Validation issues related to expanded bed technology; G. Sofer. Highly dense beaded sorbents suitable for fluidized bed applications; N. Voute, E. Boschetti. Characterization of very dense mineral oxide-gel composites for fluidized-bed adsorption of biomolecules; N. Voute, et al. Expanded bed adsorption on supermacroporous cross-linked cellulose matrix; A. Pai, et al. Characterisation of STREAMLINE Phenyl; J. Farenmarkt, et al. Use of Streamline chelating for capture and purification of poly-His-tagged recombinant proteins; S. Noronha, et al. A Simplified purification procedure of alpha-lactalbumin from milk using Ca2+-dependent adsorption in hydrophobic expanded bed chromatography; W. Noppe,et al. Expanded bed adsorption as a unique unit operation for the isolation of bacteriocins from fermentation media; R. Callewaert, L. De Vuyst. Pilot scale recovery of monoclonal antibodies by expanded bed ion exchange adsorption; N. Ameskamp, et al. Capture of human Fab fragments by expanded bed adsorption with a mixed mode adsorbent; M.B. Hansen, et al. Purification of Recombinant Human Serum Albumin. Efficient purification using STREAMLINE; A. Sumi, et al. Direct coupling of expanded bed adsorption with a downstream purification step; J.T. Beck, et al. Production of plasmid DNA for human gene therapy using modified alkaline cell lysis and expanded bed anion exchange chromatography; D.L. Varley, et al. Development and scale up of a capture step (expanded bed chromatography) for a fusion protein expressed intracellularly in Escherichia coli; M. Brobjer. On-line monitoring of glucose and/or lactate in a fermentation process using an expanded micro-bed flow injection analyser; M.P. Nandakumar, et al. Binding Assays in heterogeneous media using a flow injection system with an expanded micro-bed adsorption column; B. Mattiasson, M.P. Nandakumar. Use of a micro-expanded bed containing immobilised lysozyme for cell disruption in flow injection analysis; M.P. Nandakumar, et al. Flow injection analysis of intracellular &bgr;-galactosidase in Escherichia coli cultivations, using an on-line system including cell disruption, debris separation and immunochemical quantification; A. Tocaj, et al. Key word Index. Author Index.