Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Biochemistry is the application of chemistry to the study of biological processes at the cellular and molecular level. It emerged as a diverse discipline around the beginning of the 20th century when scientists combined chemistry, physiology and biology to investigate the chemistry of living systems. Biochemistry is offered as major course towards offering both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. It provides explanations for the causes of many diseases in humans, animals and plants. Biochemists pursue to understand how molecules such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, hormones, nucleic acids, enzymes, phytochemicals and vitamins function and are regulated in different biological systems. Knowledge gained in studying biochemical molecules provides students with independent research skill which is translated into further industrial research.