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The subjects of Biochemistry and Animal Physiology were incorporated into the Pharmacy curriculum in 1944, with the creation of two chairs. The Animal Physiology department was successively directed by professors Jesús Larralde (1944-1951), Arsenio Fraile (1951-1967) and Antonio Torralba (1968-1997). In 1986, these chairs were integrated into the Department of Human Physiological Sciences and Nutrition, within the Division of Health Sciences. The first director was Cristóbal Mezquita, followed by Fausto Garcia Hegardt and Roser Cussó. In 1997, the department was divided into five, including those of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and that of Physiology (Division IV). In 2016, a new UB policy merged them under the name of the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, with Carme Caelles as the first director.

Destaquem

Presa de possesió del nou catedràtic del Dept. de Bioquímica i Fisiologia de Farmàcia.

Academical

23-03-2026

Dr. Isidoro Meton

El dia 19 de març van tenir lloc al departament oposicions per a catedràtic. El Dr. Isidoro Metón va guanyar la plaça. Enhorabona!

ordinador

Institutional

25-02-2026

El departament estrena web

La publicació del nou portal s’inscriu en el procés de renovació dels webs institucionals i coincideix amb el llançament del web de la Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l’Alimentació.

18-12-2025

Dr. Francisco Pérez Cano, guanyador de la Beca Vicente Varea 2025

Avís

22-09-2025

Antiaging para el cerebro

Avís

25-07-2025

Resolució de la convocatòria 2025 de beques i premis del COFB.

Institucional

11-06-2025

Nova estratègia per disminuir els nivells de colesterol

Avís

10-06-2025

Premi Extraordinari de Doctorat

Avís

06-06-2025

XI Festa de la Ciència

Avís

06-06-2025

XXVIII Premi a la millor tesi doctoral del Claustre de Doctors – 1r accèsit

Avís

17-03-2025

Nova catedràtica al Departament

Avís

25-02-2025

Nomenaments Departament Bioquímica i Fisiologia

Avís

02-01-2025

Comunicació de traspàs

05-12-2024

Dissenyen una eina terapèutica per inhibir la proliferació del virus SARS-CoV-2 causant de la COVID-19

19-11-2024

Un estudi recent a The Journal of Biological Chemistry mostra que les pinces d’oligonucleòtids de polipurines (PPRHs) poden inhibir la proliferació del SARS-CoV-2.

Avís

26-09-2024

Premis a la qualitat docent a la Universitat de Barcelona

Avís

26-06-2024

La implantació d’aules de docència híbrida transforma l’aprenentatge a la Universitat de Barcelona

Avís

22-05-2024

X Festa de la Ciència de la UB

Avís

25-04-2024

Nova via per lluitar contra la pèrdua de massa muscular durant l’envelliment

Department
The diversity of members (teachers and researchers), as well as the research groups that form it, demonstrates its multidisciplinary and transversal nature that addresses the broad training of students in the areas of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, on the one hand, and Physiology on the other, and prestigious research in these areas.
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Teaching

The Department of Biochemistry and Physiology has, among other responsibilities, the organization and coordination of teaching assignments and the delivery of undergraduate teaching in the areas of knowledge of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Physiology. Likewise, and more closely linked to the research that is carried out, the teaching staff participates very actively in the teaching of master's and postgraduate degrees, and in various doctoral programs. The teaching staff of the department also has a significant involvement in teaching innovation.

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Research

The initial core of the research currently carried out in the Department originated in the mid-1970s, with work carried out in collaboration with the hospital sector and the pharmaceutical industry. From there, access to public and private funding has allowed prestigious research to be developed in different areas. In addition to the research work carried out with public funding on specific topics, numerous activities are also carried out through contracts with the private sector, managed through the Bosch and Gimpera Foundation. These activities include clinical applications, the pharmaceutical industry, the chemical industry, the cosmetic industry and the food industry.

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Scientific dissemination activities

Some teaching activities are not aimed at a specific audience such as students enrolled in the different degrees and master's degrees of the UB, but rather, the Department often aims to promote social interest (activities aimed at non-specialized audiences) in the knowledge of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Physiology, among others. The set of scientific dissemination activities that certain professors carry out focuses on lectures to non-specialized audiences and material for the general public:

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