Biological Chemistry or Biochemistry is the branch of science that explores the chemical processes within and related to living organisms. It is a laboratory based science that brings together biology and chemistry. By using chemical knowledge and techniques, biochemists can understand and solve biological problems.
Biological Chemistry focuses on processes happening at a molecular level. It focuses on what’s happening inside our cells, studying components like proteins, lipids and organelles. It also looks at how cells communicate with each other, for example during growth or fighting illness. Biochemists need to understand how the structure of a molecule relates to its function, allowing them to predict how molecules will interact.
What do Biochemistry do?
Provide new ideas and experiments to understand how life works.
Support our understanding of health and disease.
Contribute innovative information to the technology revolution.
Work alongside chemists, physicists, healthcare professionals, policy makers, engineers and many more professionals.