The areas we deal with in biochemical engineering have expanded to include many various organisms and humans. This book has gathered together the information of these expanded areas in biochemical engineering in Japan. These two volumes are composed of 15 chapters on microbial cultivation techniques, metabolic engineering, recombinant protein production by transgenic avian cells to biomedical engineering including tissue engineering and cancer therapy. Hopefully, these volumes will give readers a glimpse of the past and also a view of what may happen in biochemical engineering in Japan.

1. E.Y. Park: Recent Progress in Microbial Cultivation Techniques.- 2. M. Taniguchi, T. Tanaka: Clarification of Interactions Among Microorganisms and Development of Co-culture System for Production of Useful Substances.- 3. N. Nishio, Y. Nakashimada: High Rate Production of Hydrogen/Methane from Various Substrates and Wastes.- 4. K. Miyake, S. Iikima: Bacterial Capsular Polysaccharide and Sugar Transferases.- 5. T. Ohshima, M. Sato: Bacterial Sterilization and Intracellular Protein Release by Pulsed Electric Field.- 6. H. Nakano, Y. Kawarasaki, T. Yamane: Cell-free Protein Synthesis Systems: Increasing their Performance and Applications.- 7. Y. Iwasaki, T. Yamane: Enzymatic Synthesis of Structured Lipids.- 8. K.-I. Suehara, T. Yano: Bioprocess Monitoring Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.