The question what is life, has been asked from the very beginning of Life. Biochemistry is the key to know the mechanisms of life. The Department of Biochemistry is trying to do it efficiently. The department was established in 2001 in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. Before that the Biochemistry courses were attached with the syllabus of B.Sc. Ag (Hons.) as a part of the Department of Chemistry at former BAI. The Biochemistry Department is the essential part of the Faculty of Agriculture. Our faculty members are excellent in their area of expertise. They maintain a friendly relationship among them and this enhances interactions at all levels and ensures all the resources exist. The department studies the very basis of the molecular process essential for life. Besides the undergraduate course of the faculty of Agriculture, the department offers Master of sciences in Biochemistry. The undergraduate courses include Food nutrition and metabolism in plants and animals. In Masters Course the students are taught the advanced chemistry of Biomolecules, Plant and animals hormones, Molecular Biology, and Recombinant DNA techniques, Regulation of Metabolic Process, Different Biocides and Current Topics in Nutrition. The Department is trying to build library with different text books, journals, proceedings and a well developed internet networking system. Therefore the students and teachers will be benefited from all of these resources. The department will offer PhD courses in near future. In Master’s the major emphases is given on research. Students work closely with dissertation supervisor and co-supervisor with important Problem. Research, in the department of Biochemistry encompasses very diverse questions, and use a wide variety of approaches, experimental systems and techniques. Agricultural and nutritional Biochemistry, Anti-nutritional Factor, Protein Chemistry, Food Biochemistry, Plant Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Mushroom and Plant Biochemistry, Food technology, Food additives, storage and conservation of traditional and valuable crops are the major areas of research of this Department at present. |
