Biochemistry

Program Overview

Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of living organisms. Biochemists seek a molecular explanation of life by attempting to understand its underlying principles. Biochemistry is concerned with the relevance of a molecule to an organism and the correlations between its structure and its function. Modern biochemistry grew out of the application of chemical techniques to biological problems and is the foundation of biological science and medicine. Some of the most exciting areas of current biochemistry research include structural biology, enzyme mechanisms, signal transduction and regulation, biotechnology, molecular cell biology, gene expression and development, metabolic diseases, proteomics and bioinformatics, molecular evolution, protein folding, and membranes and transport.