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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are now the most rapidly expanding areas of science. Biochemists work with the chemical components of living cells in order to understand the molecular events which underlie all biological processes. They actively apply this knowledge to many important areas of medicine, agriculture and industry.
Biochemistry is concerned with all life forms, from viruses and bacteria through plants to mammals, including man. The scope of biochemistry extends over a wide range of interests, dealing for example with predominantly biological aspects of function or equally with the detailed chemistry and physics of biological molecules and the way in which they interact with one another.
Biochemists are able to dissect biological systems into their working components and to apply their knowledge and skills to modify the activities of living cells. As a result of this basic nature of the subject, biochemists have a choice of an extraordinarily wide range of careers.
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News: Professor James Whisstock accepts the 2008 Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research from Parliamentary Secretary Dr Mike Kelly, AM. >> read news story
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