Numerous processes in medicine, agriculture and forensics require a firm grounding in biochemistry in both their development and application. Our strong emphasis on molecular biology provides a modern, broad-based training in biochemistry. Medicine and Health. Diseases are prevented by vaccines developed and produced by biochemists. Expertise in protein chemistry is required for traditional vaccines, and in nucleic acid chemistry for the new DNA-based vaccines.
Biochemists work to develop new diagnostic tools and improve existing systems.
Biochemists are also involved in their production and quality assurance. Agriculture and Related Industries. The action of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers also depend on the interaction of small molecules with biological macromolecules. The exact action of these agents is discovered by biochemists. The biochemist is also involved in food processing, and they aid environmental scientists through the development of diagnostic agents and tools for bioremediation.