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Department Profiles •Science 169 Faculty of Science Department of Biochemistry Tel.:2609 6359 Fax.:2603 7246 E-mail: biochemistry@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.bch.cuhk.edu.hk The department offersa full-fledged undergraduate programme dealing with the nature of biochemical molecules and thechemical basis of life. The curriculum is designed using an integrative and multidisciplinary approach.The department teach es both medical and pharmacy stu dents as well as students majoring in biochemistry,food and nutritional science, environmentalscience and molecular biotechnology. Areas of research undertaken by staff include biotechnology, human genomics, bioinformatics, Chinese medicinal materials, immunology and cancer, transgenic animals, hormoneaction, and neurochemistry. Thedepartment also offers a postgraduate programme leading to a master or doctoral degree in biochemistry. Department of Biology Tel:2609 6348 Fax:2603 5646 E-mail: bio@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.bio.cuhk.edu.hk Thedepartment offers a wide variety of courses in its undergraduateprogramme, ranging from molecular biology and genetic engineering to ecology. While teaching fundamental knowledge in the biological sciences and laboratory skills, the programme also emphasizes new concepts, knowledge, and technology in the d isciplin e. Equip ped with modern f acilities for the study o f physio logy, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, the department engages actively in research, with special focus on molecular biolog y/biotech nology, marine science, environmental pollution/toxicology, food science, and neutraceutics. In 1999, the department’s ‘Plant and Fungal Biotechnology’ was selected as one of the three UGC-supported areas of excellence in Hong Kong. Department of Chemistry Tel.:2609 6344 Fax.:2603 5057 E-mail :chemistry@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.chem.cuhk.edu.hk Thedepartment offers programmesleading to the BSc(Chemistry), BSc (Applied Chemistr y with Man agement Studies), MPhil, and PhD d egrees. Bu ilt o n a framework that integrates analytical,inorganic, organic, physical and theoretical/ computational chemistry and sup plemented by courses on special topics, the Chemistry Programme provides b alanced training in mod ern chemistr y with