Current Research Areas of Interest :

  Structural and Mechanistic Enzymology
  Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology of Cancer
  Molecular and Systems Biology of Malaria
  Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Pathogenic Bacteria
  Molecular Metabolism
  Proteins and Proteomics
  Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   

The staff members of the Department of Biochemistry have been awarded financial supports from a number of major local and oversea funding agencies. Major local supports are from NSTDA, TRF, TRF-Golden Jubilee, and NRCT, while oversea supports include RF, TDR-WHO, BOSTID, NIH, IDRC and EU . These supports are crucial for research activities in the Department. Since its establishment, the Department has published over 500 international papers in journals with high impact factors.