About The Department
The PG department of Biochemistry commenced during the academic year 2010- 2011. The PG lab is highly equipped with an infrastructure to meet out the students’ requirements. The department also provides sufficient recommended & reference books and journals for the students to update the recent developments in the field of Biochemistry.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION
A Bachelor’s Degree in science with Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology, Life Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics as their Main Subject of this University or any other Qualification accepted as equivalent thereof are eligible for admission to M.Sc. Degree Course.
DURATION OF THE COURSE
The course duration is about two years which includes four semesters with two semesters per year. Each semester has ninety working days followed by examinations at the end of each semester.
ACADEMIC PROGRESSION
The current field of life science is undergoing a tremendous lift in the areas of research.To bring in to focus the current trends to the students, they are provided hands on training in the enzyme assays, sub-cellular fractionation & assaying the markers, Nucleic acid isolation & assay, food analysis, clinical biochemistry & biochemical techniques. The students also carry out a mini project which will increase their interest towards research. The students are also educated in the subjects such as Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Immunology and Medical Biochemistry so as to impart them with the current trends carried out in this field.
CAREER PROGRESSION
Biochemistry is an excellent training for careers in research, medicine, and the biotechnology industry. Some of the more common career paths of our students include Medical Professional – A Biochemistry degree is an excellent preparation for entry into Medical education (MD) programs, Undergraduate dentistry programs, Ph.D programmes, Research in academic and industrial lab environments, biotechnology industries. Many excellent career options exist within the biotech industries that do not directly involve research such as Product marketing and development technical support and sales. Biochemistry combined with other fields can create very unique and desired skill sets as follows
Journalism for scientific writing: grants, media relations, news, technical
Business Training (MBA) specializing in Biotechnology
Law degrees specializing in patent law
Education programs for teaching
Computer sciences for the bioinformatics field
University recognition no.-- A1/VPK/24/New courses/ 2010-11/390 letter dt 17.06.2010
CBCS SYLLABUS FOR PG DEGREE PROGRAMME
| Year / Semester | Category | Title of the paper | Credits |
| I year – I Semester | Core- 1 | Biomolecules | 4 |
| Core- 2 | Biochemical Techniques | 4 | |
| Core - 3 | Physiology & Cell Biology | 4 | |
| Elective paper - 1 | Microbiology | 3 | |
| Soft Skill- I | 2 | ||
| Iyear – II Semester | Core- 4 | Enzymes and Enzyme Technology | 4 |
| Core- 5 | Intermediary Metabolism I | 4 | |
| Core- 6 | Intermediary Metabolism II | 4 | |
| Core- 7 | Practical I | 3 | |
| Core- 8 | Practical II | 3 | |
| Elective- 2 | Energy and Drug Metabolism | 3 | |
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Extra disciplinary - 1 |
Essentials of Biochemistry | 3 | |
| Soft Skill- II | 2 | ||
| * Internship | 2 | ||
| IIyear – III Semester | Core- 9 | Biotechnology | 4 |
| Core- 10 | Clinical Biochemistry- I | 4 | |
| Core- 11 | Molecular Biology | 4 | |
| Elective - 3 | Biostatistics | 3 | |
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Extra Disciplinary - 2 |
Life style - diseases Preventive aspects | 3 | |
| Soft Skill- III | 2 | ||
| IIyear- IV Semester | Core- 12 | Hormones | 4 |
| Core- 13 | Clinical Biochemistry - II | 4 | |
| Core - 14 | Practical - III | 4 | |
| Core- 15 | Project & viva | 3 | |
| Elective- 4 | Signal Transduction | 3 | |
| Elective - 5 | Immunochemistry | 3 | |
| Soft Skill- IV | 2 |
*Internship will be carried out during the summer vacation of the first year.
| Name | Qualification | Designation | Area of Interest |
| Mrs. S. MANGAI | M.Sc., M.Phil., SLET., (Ph.D.) | Associate Professor & Head | Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Ms. S. SUGANTHI | M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph,D. | Associate Professor | Diabetes Mellites |
| Ms.R. SHUNMUGAVADIVU | M.Sc.,M.Phil | Assistant Professor | Molecular Biology |
| Ms. B. JOTHI | M.Sc., M.Phil. | Assistant Professor | Nutritional Biochemistry |
| Mrs. R. RAJITHA | M.Sc., M.Phil.,SET | Assistant Professor | Immunochemistry |
| Dr. K. MAHALAKSHMI | M.Sc.M.Phil., Ph.D., SET | Assistant Professor | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| Dr.K.J.UMADEVI | M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D., | Assistant Professor | Phytochemistry, Oncology |
| Mrs.N.SUDHA | M.Sc.,M.Phil.,SET. (Ph.D.) | Assistant Professor | Neurobiology |
| S.No | Name of the candidate | Rank | Batch |
| 1. | S. Saraswathy | VI | 2010 - 2012 |
| 2. | M. Gowri(PG) | - | 2011-2013 |
The Department is proud to have produced University Rank holders.