Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

welcome to the website of the Biochemistry and Biotechnology Department, School of Health Science, University of Thessaly. The Department was founded in 2000, is located in a new building in Viopolis Larissa and accepts more than 100 undergraduate students annually. It is unique in Greece, focusing in these two scientific areas of biological sciences. It offers a high quality and contemporary education in undergraduate as well as postgraduate level through a reorganized undergraduate and five postgraduate studies programs. The academic staff comprises of 23 members developing innovating scientific research and services, having an excellent record of scientific achievements, extended network of external collaborators in Greece and abroad and significant funding. All these contribute to the continuous development and scientific recognition of the Department.

We encourage you to read more about the Department's academic organization and scientific activities.

 September 2019

 Chair of the Department

 Konstantinos Mathiopoulos          

Aim of the Department is to provide the theoretical knowledge and experimental training of young scientists at undergraduate and postgraduate level, in the fields of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. The education is supported by innovative research in the areas of Health, AgroFood and Environment. The research directions of the Department include the study of biochemical and molecular mechanisms of disease, the development of novel bioactive compounds, the interaction of insects, plants and microorganisms with the environment, phytochemicals and nutraceuticals, bioprocessing and environment as well as molecular and genetic biodiversity.

The Department offers well organized and comprehensive courses of studies and through modern teaching practices ensures high quality training for the graduates. The Department offers undergraduate studies and five programs of postgraduate study as well as PhD studies in Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

The graduate biochemists-biotechnologists can work in private and public sectors in diagnostic or research laboratories, in pharmaceutical companies focusing on drugs production or marketing, in quality control laboratories, in food industry production and maintenance, in companies focusing on the production of new biotechnological products, in agencies carrying out biochemical and biotechnological control of environmental parameters, as well as in secondary and higher education.