Content: Technique and applications in lipid analysis / NIls Hinrichsen and Hans Steinhart — An overview of modern mass spectrometry methods in the toolbox of lipid chemists and biochemists / R. Moreau — Global cellular lipidome analyses by shotgun lipidomics using multidimensional mass spectrometry / X. Han and R.W. Gross — LC/MS and chiral separation / A. Kuksis and Y. Itabashi — LC/MS and lipid oxidation / A. Kuksis and O. Sjovall — Structural analysis of unsaturated fatty acid methyl ester isomers with acetonitrile covalent adduct chemical ionization (CACI) / J.T. Brenna — Recent advances in silver-ion HPLC utilizing acetonitrile in hexane as solvent: temperature effects on lipid elution orders/resolution / R.O. Adlof — Analysis of trans-18:1 fatty acids by silver ion HPLC / P. Delmonte, J.K.G. Kramer, and M.P. Yurawecz — High-performance size-exclusion chromatography for lipid analysis in organic media / G. Ma?rquez-Ruiz and M.C. Dobarganes — Lipid separations using packed-column supercritical fluid chromatography / D.G. Hayes — TLC-FID with special reference to marine lipids and other high-molecular-weight organic compounds / R.G. Ackman and A. Timmins — Fast GC for cellular fame analysis of bacteria / J.S. Buyer. Use of cellular fatty acids to identify food-borne pathogens by infrared spectroscopy and capillary gas chromatography / M.M. Mossoba and S.F. Al-Khaldi — Application of FT-NIR for rapid determination of the trans fatty acid composition in fats and oils / H. Azizian and J.K.G. Kramer — Infrared spectroscopy and partial least square calibration in the simultaneous quantification of isolated trans and conjugated linoleic acids / A.A. Christy — Investigation of protein-lipid interactions by vibrational spectroscopy / G. Meng, N.K. Howell, and E.C.Y. Li-Chan — Fat replacers: an overview / W.E. Artz, S.M. Mahungu, and S.L. Hansen — Phospholipids: structures and physicochemical activities / M.C. Erickson — Waxes and sterols: structures and chemistry / E.J. Parish and A.D. Bell