MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
GREETINGS AND WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.
I FEEL IMMENSELY BLESSED AND HONORED TO REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENT WHICH HAS COME TO IT’S EXISTENCE TODAY AS A RESULT OF SUPERIOR THINKING & TIRELESS EFFORTS OF OUR VISIONARY PRINCIPAL MR. KYAW THEIN AUNG. WITH A VIEW TO PREPARING SKILLED BIOLOGY GRADUATES CAPABLE OF MEETING THE DEMAND OF 21ST CENTURY, WE HAVE SAILED OUR JOURNEY IN OUR BELOVED COLLEGE. IN TODAY’S WORLD, BIOCHEMISRY IS LEADING THE ALL BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND CREATING HUGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRILIANT STUDENTS DAY BY DAY.THAT IS WHY TO BUILD UP CAREER AS A BIOCHEMIST OR MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST IS DEFINITELY AN AGE DEMANDING DECISION WITHOUT ANY DOUBT.
WE HAVE TRIED OUR BEST TO DEVELOP A MOST UPDATED SYLLABUS, SET UP A RICH LABORATORY AND TO RECRUIT TOP QUALIFIED TEACHERS, SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN GROW UP THROUGH A VIBRANT ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT POTENTIAL STUDENTS WILL GET SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES & TALENTED TEACHERS IN OUR DEPATMENT TO BUILD THEIR BRIGHT FUTURE CAREER.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SINCERE COLLABORATION AND PARTNESHIP IN OUR EFFORT TO FLOURISH OUR DEPARTMENT AS A UNIQUE AND UNIVERSAL ONE WITH A STRONG NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE.
I CORDIALY INVITE YOU TO JOIN US TODAY AND BE PART OF OUR GRACEFUL JOURNEY.
SINCERELY,
SHARAYAT PARVIN LUBNA
ASSTT. PROFESSOR & HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Our Vision
WE WILL STRIVE TO ATTAIN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE VIA CREATING KNOWLEDGE BENEFICIAL TO HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIETY THROUGH INTENSIVE RESEARCH AND GRADUALLY ELEVATING THE POSITION OF OUR COLLEGE TO A PRESTIGIOUS HEIGHT OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.
SCOPE OF BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
OVER THE LAS DECADES OF THE PRESENT CENTURY, BIOCHEMISTRY HAS BECOME SO SUCCESSFUL AT EXPLAINING THE LIVING PROCESS THAT NOW ALMOST ALL AREAS OF THE LIFE SCIENCES FROM BOTANY TO ZOOLOGY TO GENETICS ARE ENGAGED IN BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH.
THE SCOPE OF RESEARCH OF THE
BIOCHEMISTRY NOW EXTENDED TO:
- AGRICULTURE
- NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOMATERIALS
- MEDICINE
- STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
- STEM CELL BIOLOGY
- NEUROBIOLOGY
- CELL BIOLOGY & CANCER
- COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
- DRUG DISCOVERY
- GENETIC ENGINEERING & BIOTECHNOLOGY.
- ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND FOOD
- SECURITY
- BIOINFORMATICS. AND SO ON
Our Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO EXERT CEASELESS EFFORT TO BE THE BEST AND MODEL DISCIPLINE IN THE COUNTRY BY SETTING THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS:
- NURTURING THE TALENTED STUDENTS WITH LATEST THEORITICAL & PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OF BIOCHEMISTRY THAT WILL MAKE THEM TO CONTRIBUE SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. (SDG)
- ADVANCING THE KNOWLEDGE OF BIOCHEMISTRY THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARD & DEMAND.
- INTRODUCING NOVEL BIOTECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE OUR CROP QUALITY AND ULTIMATE ENHANCEMENT OF OUR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY.
- ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL NETWORK CONNECTING FAMOUS UNIVERSITY LABS & RESEARCH GROUPS TO UPDATE OUR INDEGENOUS CURRICULAM AND RESEARCH.
- TO BUILD UP A TALENTED TEACHERS POOL EQUIPED WITH KNOWLEDGE, PASSION & HIGH PROFESSIONALISM.
A DEGREE ON BIOCHEMISTRY OPENS UP A WIDE RANGE CAREER PATHWAYS, SUCH AS:
- BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST ( IN DISEASE RESEARCH PROJECTS )
- SCIENTIFIC OFFICER ( IN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, IEDCR, BCSIR, IRRI, ICDDR,B )
- BIOTECHNOLOGIST ( IN AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT & NGO )
- TEACHING PROFESSIONAL ( IN SCHOOL ,COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY )
- NUTRITIONIST ( IN NGO AND HOSPITAL)
- NANOTECHNOLOGIST ( IN DRUG DISCOVERY RESEARCH LAB )
- PHARMACOLOGIST ( IN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY)
- CLINICAL SCIENTIST ( IN HOSPITAL & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY )
- ANALYTICAL CHEMIST ( IN PHARMACEUTICAL & CHEMICAL INDUSTRY )
- RESEARCH SCIENTIST ( IN UNIVERSITY & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LAB )
- RESEARCH ASSOCIATE ( IN UNIVERSITY & BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LAB)
- BIOINFORMATICIAN ( IN UNIVESITY, RESEARCH GROUP, NGO & STATISTICAL SECTOR)
BRIEF HISTORY OF BIOCHEMISTRY:
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE IS STILL A MYSTERY, BUT THERE ARE SOME THEORIES THAT SPECULATE HOW INORGANIC MATTERS WAS TRANSFORMED INTO THE ORGANIC MATTER THAT CREATED LIFE.TO ANSWER ALL QUESTION ABOUT LIFE, “BIOCHEMISTRY” IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE TO SPEAK.
THE HISTORY OF BIOCHEMISTRY CAN BE TRACED BACK FROM THE STORMING EVENT OF SYNTHESIS OF ‘UREA” FROM AMMONIUM CYANATE (NH4OCN), AN INORGANIC MOLECULE BY FRIEDRICH WOHLER IN 1828.
NH4 (OCN) ———–> H2N ─CO─NH2 ( UREA )
THIS WAS THE STARTING POINT OF BIOCHEMISTRY ACCORDING TO MANY SCIENCE HISTORIANS.
IN 1893, EDWARD BUCHNER DEMONSTRATED ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION IN CELL-FREE YEAST EXTRACTS. SOME SCIENTISTS CONSIDER THIS DISCOVERY AS THE ORIGIN POINT OF BIOCHEMISTRY.
THE TERM “BIOCHEMISTRY” WAS COINED IN 1870.THE DISCOVERY OF MAJOR BIOMOLECULES, SUCH AS PROTEIN, CARBOHYDRATE LIPID & NUCLEIC ACIDS OCCURRED IN BETWEEN 1830 – 1890.BIOCHEMISTRY IS CLOSELY RELATED TO MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, THE STUDY OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS BY WHICH GENETIC INFORMATION ENCODED IN DNA IS ABLE TO RESULT IN THE PROCESS OF LIFE.
THE DISCOVERY OF DOUBLE-HELIX MODEL OF DNA IN 1953 REVOLUTIONIZED THE WORLD OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. GENETIC ENGINEERING, HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, CLONING, METABOLOMICS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOINFORMATICS ARE THE BRANCH OF BIOCHEMISTRY.
JOURNEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY IN OUR COLLEGE:
GREAT PEOPLE ALWAYS LIKE TO KEEP THEM BUSY BY PURSUING DREAMS TO DO MORE FOR THE NATION. BY BEIING INSPIRED WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF BENEVOLENCE AND INNOVATION, MS. AYE THEIN AUNG, EX-LAW MAKER & CHARISMATIC LEADER, CREATED AN OUTSTANDING SCIENTIFIC IDEA.THEN SHE TRANSMITTED THAT NOBLE THINKING TO OUR PRINCIPAL MR. KYAW THEIN AUNG TO FORMULATE A STRUCTURE TO OPEN THE DOOR OF LEADING BIOLOGICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH IN OUR COLLEGE. EVENTUALLY, A GROUP OF DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS AND ACADEMICIANS OF THE COUNTRY CAME FORWARD BY RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF PROFESSOR KYAW THEIN AUNG, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT EDUCATIONISTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND GOT UNITED WITH THEIR IDEAS TO CREATE AN EXCITING CENTRE OF CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND KNOWLEDGE.
FINALLY, DREAM CAME TRUE THROGH THE EMERGENCE OF “BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY” AS A DEPARTMENT TO ADVANCE THE COMMUNITY IN APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. MS. SHARAYAT PARVIN LUBNA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, A DEVOTED SCHOLAR & IDEAL ORGANIZER, WAS PERFORMING CONSISTANTLY IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE SHARING, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING & EVENT MANAGEMENT FROM THE VERY BEGINING OF THE LONG CHERISHED JOURNEY. GRACIOUS COLLEGE MANAGEMENT WAS PLEASED TO NOMINATE HER AS THE FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT. OFFICIALLY OUR DEPARTMENT GOT A PHYSICAL SHAPE ON ………………2017.SINCE THE INCEPTION, WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE OUR DEPARTMENT A MODEL & LIGHT SPREADING CENTRE IN THIS REGION WITHIN SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.
WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO THE ESTEEMED VC OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SIR DR. HARUN OR RASHID FOR APPROVING BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COX’S BAZAR CITY COLLEGE IN CHATTAGRAM REGION. IN THIS BIOTECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED 21ST CENTURY, IT IS A VERY TIMELY DECISION TO APPROVE A SUBJECT LIKE BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TO CREATE A HOMOGENOUS OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE AND TO MAKE AN IMPACT TO THE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN THIS SOUTHERN PART OF BANGLADESH. WE ARE ALSO GRATEFUL TO REMEMBER THE CONTRIBUTION OF PROF. DR. CHOWDHURY MONIRUL HASAN, DEPT. OF BMB. CU, PROF. DR. ASADUZZAMAN, DEPT. OF CHEMISTRY, DU AND PROF.MORSHED ALAM, HEAD OF THE DEPT.OF BIOCHEMISTRY, TEJGAON COLLEGE, DHAKA, WHO EXTENDED A HELPING HAND FROM THE VERY BEGINING WITH THE NECCESSARY ADVICE IN MANAGING THE DEPARTMENT.
