The Department of Biochemistry is recognized for its academic activities, teaching, clinical laboratory work and research. Presently more than two dozen research projects sponsored by various funding agencies including Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, University Grants Commission, Council of Science & Technology, U.P., etc. are continuing. The department is also engaged in collaborative research with other departments of the university. More than 50 students pursuing MD/MS/MDS/PhD courses are doing their research (thesis) works in this department with the facilities available and proper guidance by the faculties.

ful four international conferences and two national workshops and many National Symposia during last couple of years, including the recently organized National Symposium on "Changing trends in Medical Biochemistry in the New Millennium"on 4th February 2017. The Department of Biochemistry also organized the 44th National Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India, 2017 (ACBICON 2017) from 3rd to 6th December 2017.

More than 300 research papers have been published during the last fifteen years in peer reviewed national and international journals of repute. Moreover, the department organized highly successful four international conferences and two national workshops and many National Symposia during last couple of years, including the recently organized National Symposium on "Changing trends in Medical Biochemistry in the New Millennium"on 4th February 2017. The Department of Biochemistry also organized the 44th National Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India, 2017 (ACBICON 2017) from 3rd to 6th December 2017. Central Zone ACBICON 2018 (21st to 22nd July 2018) and Central Zone IABSCON from 2nd to 3rd Feb. 2019 was successfully organised by the department.

The department holds the distinction that the first Ph.D. student of the University, Dr. Ashish Gupta (who went to work at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA and is presently working at CBMR, SGPGI, Lucknow) was registered under Prof. A. A. Mahdi, when in 2004 King George's Medical University introduced Ph.D. programme under the stewardship of the then Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mahendra Bhandari.

All the faculty members of the department are actively involved in teaching, research and are assisting the University in administrative matters. After Prof. Mahdi took over as Head of the Department, all the faculty positions were filled. Prof. Mahdi served as Vice Chancellor of Era University, Lucknow from September 2017 to September 2019 and re-joined KGMU in September 2019. Dr. Dilutpal Sharma, Associate Professor, headed the department during his leave. Presently, Dr. Shivani Pandey, Dr. Ranjana Singh, Dr. Kalpana Singh, are working as Additional Professors. Dr. Dilutpal Sharma, Dr. M. Kaleem Ahmad and Dr. G.K. Sonkar are working as Associate Professors while Dr. Shweta Kumari is working as an Assistant Professor. Moreover, now the department has all the facilities to carry out the routine and specialized clinical biochemistry investigations.

Two Gold Medals, one instituted by Prof. Abbas Ali Mahdi in memory of his uncle late Shri Ghulam Hussain, I.A.S. (former Secretary, Medical Health, Government of U.P. and ex-Vice Chancellor) and the other instituted by the students of Prof. S. S. Parmar in his name are awarded every year to the students who secure highest percentage of marks in Biochemistry at the First Professional M.B.B.S examination. For the first time in the country, Biochemistry was introduced as a separate subject at the 1st professional B.D.S level and since 1994 separate examination in this specialty is being conducted.

Presently most of the research works in the department are being carried out in the field of Free Radical Biology, Metal Toxicity, Molecular and Cancer Biology, Natural Products, Nanoparticles and Clinical Biochemistry.

There is a full-fledged Departmental Library functional with all books of the subject and also related subjects and recent journals too.

Presently the department of Biochemistry is being sponsored by DST-FIST. The Department has all the facilities to carry out high end research. Apart from having the National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning, UP, it has also got the following Labs.:

CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY (INCLUDING ENDOCRINOLOGY &IMMUNOLOGY):

Investigation facilities available: Anti-ccp, Procalcitonin, IL6 (Interleukin-6), Folic Acid, Vit B12, Vit D, Ferritin, Total PSA/Free PSA, CEA, CA-125, AFP, Insulin, Cortisol, Homocysteine, Testosterone, Progesterone, Beta HCG, Estradiol, Prolactin, FSH, LH, FT3, FT4, TSH, T3, T4, HbA1c and routine biochemical estimations like LFT, KFT, cardiac markers (including enzymes, Trop-T, CPK-MB, LDH, pro-BNP etc.), lipid profile, blood sugar, serum electrolytes, ABG., Iron, TIBC, Amylase, Lipase, CRP, IgE, Ionized calcium, Chloride, etc.

Equipment available: Cobas 411 Chemiluminescence Analyzer, Fully automated Biochemistry analyzer (Chemwell), Fully automated Biochemistry analyzer Vitros 250 (J& J), HPLC D-10 (Bio-Rad), Electrolyte analyzer, MISPA (Nephelometric method), Semi Automated Analyzer, Table Top Centrifuge, ELISA Reader, pH meter, Weighing Balance, etc.

Services available: Genomic Studies, Isolation of Nucleic acids, PCR and PCR based applications (RFLP, SSCP etc.), Expression of gene (RT-PCR), Expression of Protein (Western Blotting), Culture Studies, Maintenance and Propagation of Cell Lines.

Instruments:Instruments:PCR (ABI), Real Time PCR 7500 fast (ABI), Gel Documentation, Horizontal & Vertical Electrophoretic Unit, Western Blot Unit, CO2 Incubator, Bio-Safety Cabinet type 2, Inverted Microscope, Multimode Spectrophotometer, High speed large volume table top centrifuge and cooling microfuge (Eppendorf), Hypoxia chamber, Ultrasonicator, Fluorescence microscope, Ice machine, Autoclave, Milli-Q water filtration unit (Merck Millipore), -800 C Deep Freezer, -200 C Deep Freezer, Cooling Centrifuge, Weighing Balance, pH Meter, Cooling Microfuge etc.

A recent addition to the list of equipment is the newly installed GC-MS.

• Prof. Abbas Ali Mahdi has taken over as Vice Chancellor of Era University, Lucknow.
• Dr. Dilutpal Sharma has taken over as Head, Department of Biochemistry, KGMU.
• Dr. M. Kaleem Ahmad, General Secretary, INSLAR

• ULSTER University, Northern Ireland, UK

1. Prof. A.A. Mahdi (Two certificates, including one for the highest impact factor research paper)
2. Dr. Shivani Pandey (One certificate)
3. Dr. Kaleem Ahmad (Two certificates)