Geared toward bioengineers, biotechnologists, and pharmacological and general bench researchers, Frontiers in Biochip Technology is a collection of manuscripts written by experts on emerging technology and research in the field. Broad areas addressed in the illustrated, 366-page volume include microarrays, microfluidics, bioinformatics, and detection and lab-on-a-chip technology. Among the topics discussed are application of multifunctional microarray slides for immobilization of biomolecules, fabrication of double-stranded DNA microarrays on solid surfaces for studying DNA protein interaction, and surface technologies for genomics, proteomics and drug discovery. An applications section is included and an index is provided. Wan-Li Xing and Jing Cheng, eds.; Springer%!, New York, 2006; $140.