Calendar 2002–03

304 Part 5• Department Profiles andProgrammes of Studies Faculty of Science Division of Biochemistry PhD Prog ramme Fields of Sp ecialization (A) Cancer Research 1. Mechanisms ofAnticancer Drugs and Radiation Resistance 2. BiochemicalChangesInducedby Cancer Promoters 3. Genes Expressed in HumanLiverCancer 4. Biochemistry ofTumourNecrosisFactor 5. Cytokines and Growth Factorsin Cancer Treatment 6. FunctionsandRegulations of Tumour Suppressor p53 Gene 7. Mechanismsof PeroxisomeProliferator-induced LiverCancer 8. GlucoseTransporter inCancer Cells (B) Environmental Biochemistry 1. EnvironmentalOestrogens 2. MetallothioneinGeneRegulation 3. Biomarkers(Biochemical) (C) Enzymology 1. AlcoholMetabolism 2. EnzymeStructureandMechanism 3. Proteasesin Health and Diseases (D) Food and Nutrition 1. Food Antioxidants — Purification, Identification and Application 2. Nutritional Aspects of Edible Fats andOils 3. Nutrition Surveysand Interventions 4. Teaand Cancer 5. ChemopreventivePhytochemicals (E) Hormone Research 1. Molecular Endocrinologyof PolypeptideHormones,SteroidHormones and TheirReceptors 2. Biochemistry of Insulin-likeGrowth Factors 3. Structure-activity Relationshipsof Hormones (F) Immunology 1. AntibodyEngineering 2. Cytokinesand Haematopoiesis 3. Immunopharmacologyand ImmunotoxicologyofNaturalProducts 4. Monoclonal AntibodiesandCellSurface Receptors 5. TumourImmunology 6. DNAVaccination (G) Inorganic Biochemistry 1. Selenium, Calciumand OtherMetal Binding Proteins 2. Metal Contaminations and Metal Binding Proteins in Fishes