The Department of Biochemistry started its teaching activities within the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Near East University in 2011-2012 Academic Year and initially received support from Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Biochemistry, Uludağ University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Biochemistry in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 Academic Years, and Erciyes University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Biochemistry in 2015-2016 Academic Year Fall Semester. Then, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serkan SAYINER, who started to work as a full-time lecturer in October 2014, started to give lectures in the Spring semester of the 2015-2016 Academic Year. Currently, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Serkan SAYINER, who is still a faculty member and Head of the Department, and Dr. Deniz CEYLANLI and Dr. Sevgi GENÇOSMAN, continue to teach.

Biochemistry is a branch of science that deals with “the chemical structural elements of living cells and the reactions and events they undergo throughout life.” Biochemistry is a branch of science that examines the chemical substances in the structure of humans, animals, plants, and microorganisms and the chemical processes that continue throughout the lives of living things. In the Department of Biochemistry, information is given about the roles of organic compounds such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, enzymes, minerals, vitamins, and hormones, which constitute the basic building blocks of living things and are essential for the maintenance of life, as well as nucleic acids, enzymes, minerals, vitamins and hormones in the functioning of living metabolism.

In the Department of Biochemistry, undergraduate courses titled Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry I, Biochemistry II, Physiopathology, and Metabolic Relationship between Tissues and Organs are given theoretically and practically.