Chemistry is the science that examines the structure of substances and their reactions to produce novel and useful products. Biochemistry is the part of chemistry that deals with chemical changes occurring in biologically relevant systems; i.e., changes taking place in living cells that are responsible for life processes. Chemistry and biochemistry deal with complex concepts, and specialization has become the norm. The traditional subdivisions are physical, inorganic, analytical, organic and biochemistry, but many new interdisciplinary subdivisions have emerged, such as bioinorganic chemistry, computational chemistry, nanochemistry, protein engineering and chemical biology, to name just a few. Each is based on the same fundamental principles of chemistry, but deals with a rather specific aspect. These divisions are all inter-dependent. Many of the important discoveries have been the result of teamwork involving chemists from the various sub-divisions.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada offers rigorous and marketable degrees at the undergraduate level in chemistry and biochemistry that can be taken in the co-op format, or combined with the Minor in Multidisciplinary Studies offered by Science College. At the graduate level, we offer masters's and doctoral degrees with opportunities for research in both areas.
At the undergraduate level, the aim of Concordia University's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is to offer the best education in chemistry or biochemistry, whether it is for a student who is intending to be a specialist, or one who is taking courses as a requirement of some other career, or for general interest.
At the graduate level, the Department is committed to fostering a strong research community in several niche areas of immediate relevance, while maintaining a long-standing tradition of preparing our graduates for careers demanding a broad spectrum of technical and research skills. Relatively small research groups make for a particularly rewarding experience along the way to a valuable advanced degree.
Among the major facilities accessible to faculty and students is the Centre for Research in Molecular Modelling, the Centre for Biological Applications of Mass Spectrometry with special expertise in biomolecule analysis by LC-MS, an NMR laboratory and the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics.
Our department is located in the Richard J. Renaud Science Complex on the grounds of the Loyola campus of Concordia University. The facilities, which include new, spacious and well-equipped undergraduate teaching and graduate research laboratories, was opened in the fall of 2003. Conveniently housed in the same complex are the cognate departments of Biology and Physics.
 Maria Arias-Montecillo is this year's winner of the Bourse Gilles Joncas for Best Co-op Student in Quebec (More) |
Recent Research Grant AwardsDr John Oh, our newest hire, has won an NSERC Tier II Research Chair, and is the recipient of a NSERC Discovery grant, together with operating grant and equipment funding from CHIR and the FQRNT Nouveau Chercheur program. NSERC Discovery Grant renewals went to Dr John Capobianco, Dr Guillaume Lamoureux, and Dr Yves Gélinas who was also awarded a prestigious Accelerator Grant. Recipients of NSERC Research Tools and Instrument grants this April were Dr Yves Gélinas, and Dr John Capobianco. Graduate Awards 2010-11A PROTEO Postdoctoral Fellowship was won by Mariya Shadrina. NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships: Brigitte Desharnais and Derek O'Flaherty (CGS M), and Meena Kathiresan (PGS D). FQRNT Postgraduate Scholarships: Derek O'Flaherty, Brigitte Desharnais and Biao Fei Zhang (B1). Esam Orabi received the only graduate scholarship from GEPROM this year. |
Undergraduate Awards 2010-11NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award winners: Marius Diaconescu, William Chu Kwan, and Biao Fei Chen. FRSQ Summer Internship Training Award: Shelby Wams. At Convocation in June, Derek O'Flaherty gave the Valedictorian address, and also received the Provost's Medal for Outstanding Achievement. The Chemistry Medal was awarded to Brigitte Desharnais Other Prize Winners...At the CSC 2011 Canadian Chemistry Conference in Montreal, Arison Rajasingam won 2nd prize in the Graduate Student Poster Competition in the Surface Science Section, and Avid Hassanpour was awarded the prize for best presentation in the Biological and Medicinal Chemistry section. For other awards and details, please visit our News & Events section. |
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