Springer.Advances.In.Biochemical.Engineering.Biotechnology.Modern.Adva

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1、PrefacePrefaceDuetotheirversatilityandresolution,chromatographicseparationsofcomplexmixturesofbiologicalsareusedformanypurposesinacademiaandindustry.Ifanything,recentdevelopmentsinthelifescienceshaveincreasedtheinterestandneedforchromatographybeitforqualitycontrol,proteomicsorthedown-streamp

2、rocessingofthehighvalueproductsofmodernbiotechnology.How-ever,themany“challenges”ofpresentdaychromatographyandespeciallyoftheHPLCofbiomacromoleculessuchasproteins,arealsopresentinthemindofanypractitioner.Infact,someoftheselatterweresuchhindrancesthatmuchresearchwasnecessaryinordertoovercomea

3、ndcircumventthem.Thisbookintroducesthereadertosomeoftherecentlyproposedsolutions.Capillaryelec-trochromatography(CEC),forexample,thelatestandmostpromisingbranchofanalyticalchromatography,isstillhinderedfromfindingbroaderapplicationbydifficultiesrelatedtosomethingassimpleasthepackingofasuitab

4、lecolumn.ThelatestsolutionsforthisbutalsothestateofartofCECingeneralaredis-cussedinthechapterwrittenbyFrantisekSvec.Thedifficultyofcombiningspeed,resolutionandcapacitywhenusingtheclassicalporousbeadtypesta-tionaryphaseshasevenbeencalledthe“dilemmaofproteinchromatography”.Muchprogresshasbeenm

5、adeinthisareabytheadventofmonolithicandrelat-edcontinuousstationaryphases.Thecomplexnatureofmanyofthesamplestobeanalyzedandseparatedinbiochromatographyoftenrequirestheuseofsomehighlyspecific(“affinity”)ligands.Sincetheycanberaisedinaspecificmannertomanybioproducts,proteinligandssuchasantibod

6、ieshaveallowedsomeveryselectivesolutionsinthepast.However,theyalsoareknowntohavesomedis-advantages,includingtheimmunogenicity(toxicity)ofligandscontaminatingthefinalproducts,orthelowstabilityofsuchligands,whichpreventsrepeatedusageoftheexpensivecolumns.Thischallengemaybeovercomeby“moleculari

7、mprinting”,atechniques,whichusespurelychemicalmeanstocreatethe“affinity”interaction.Finallyweweremosthappytohavetwoauthorsfromindustryjoinustoreportontheirexperiencewithchromatographyasacontin-uouspreparativeprocess.Readersfromvariousfieldsthuswill