The activity at the Biochemistry Department of the Faculty of Medicine started in 1970, with the establishment of this faculty in Craiova. The following professors have been in charge of the discipline:
- Prof. PhD Dinu Tănăsescu 1971 - 1998
- Prof. PhD Virgil Darie 1998 - 2006
- Prof. PhD Anica Dricu 2009 - present
In the course of time, several teachers have worked in this discipline: Prof. PhD Dinu Tănăsescu, Prof. PhD Virgil Darie, Prof. PhD Gheorghe Balica, Prof. PhD Margareta Grigorescu, Associate Professor PhD Ileana Radulian, Prof. PhD Cătălina Pisoschi, Associate Professor PhD Dănuț Firu.
Currently, the discipline is taught by Prof. PhD Anica Dricu, Prof. PhD Aurel Popa, Associate Professor PhD Ana-Maria Bugă, Associate Professor PhD Raluca-Elena Sandu, Associate Professor PhD. Carmen-Nicoleta Oancea, Head of work PhD Ștefana-Oana Popescu, Head of work PhD Daniela-Elise Tache, Assistant PhD Ștefan-Alexandru Artene, Assistant PhD Roxana Surugiu, Assistant PhD Silvia-Andreea Pîrvu.
The Biochemistry Discipline is located in the building at no 2 Petru Rareș Street, served by three properly equipped laboratories. The activity is carried out with the first year students of the Faculty of Medicine.
General and specific objectives of the Discipline of Biochemistry:
- To provide students with a general understanding of the biochemical characteristics of the constituents of living organisms;
- To provide students with the necessary knowledge to understand the set of metabolic transformations occurring in living organisms in relation to the physiological and pathological mechanisms of living organisms.;
- Acquire the knowledge needed to understand biochemical processes important for maintaining health;
- Understanding the biochemical mechanisms that cause certain diseases;
- Understanding the mechanisms of action of medicines;
- Acquire knowledge on the choice of the appropriate type of tests and laboratory investigation methods for correct health assessment;
- Understanding the importance of making sensitive and reproducible laboratory determinations and of interpreting the results correctly in the context of a doctor-laboratory specialist cooperation.
Lectures and practical works are carried out according to the analytical program of the first year, in which 3 hours of lecture per week in the first semester and 3 hours of lecture per week in the second semester are scheduled, and for a better practical deepening of the notions taught in the lecture, 3 hours of practical works per week in the first semester and 2 hours per week in the second semester.