Biochemistry

Name Of The Department :

Department of Biochemistry S.C.B. Medical College Cuttack.

Departmental Overview :

Department deals with teaching undergraduates (MBBS and BDS), DMLT, BOT, BPT, and Post-graduate students.
Conducts seminars, journals, departmental thesis work.
Round the clock Lab investigations including molecular diagnostics.
Research work of other Department.

Department Started :	Department Started By Whom :	Current Hod :
1963	Prof. Dr. N C PANDA	Prof. Dr. P K SAHU

Department Achievements:

Launch of Newborn screening lab in P.G dept of Biochemistry.
Start of NBS(New born screening) LAB for screening and detection of 4 congenital diseases of newborns i.eG6PD deficiency,PKU(Phenylketonuria),Neonatal hypothyroidism,17 alpha hydroxylase deficiency.
Next Generation Sequencing on Covid-19 workshop from 17th to 21st October in PGDept of Biochemistry.
Launch of NGS Lab in theMolecular & Genomics Lab of PG Dept of Biochemistry on 21st Oct.
First of its kind in any Government run hospital in ODISHA.
Thalassemia workshop on 15th Nov held in PG Dept.of Biochemistry.
Bioinformatics for NGS workshop on 17th&18th Feb.
5.USAID RISE Regional level(East Zone) NGS Networking workshop on 04.07.23.
Presentation on Alinity CLIA Machine &Customer Experience Day by ABBOTT on 05.07.23.
Inauguration of Emergency Biochemistry Labof the PG Dept of Biochemistry on 5.7.2023

Ongoing Research Projects:

Study of association of serum QCRP and transcription factor NFKB 1 gene polymorphism with severity of coronary artery disease.
Endothelin 1 and high sensitivity CRP as risk factors for pre-eclampsia.
Study of association of serum copeptin and seum troponin T with severity of coronary artery disease.
Common inflammatory markers in PCOS: a BMI matched prospective case control study.
Study of serum apelin and serum IgE levels in adult patients of bronchial asthma with or without obesity.
Serum prolidase activity in type 2 diabetic patients with or without diabetic nephropathy.
Study of epigenetic changes in fetus in response to maternal weight gain.
Aberrant expression and DNA methylation lipid metabolism genes in PCOS: a new insight to its pathogenesis by comparative study.
Study of genetic profile of HPV related Head and neck cancer in Tertiary care hospital.
Evaluation of Vitamin D3 deficiency in women with infertility.
Study of lipid profile changes in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy- a case control study.
Trend of thyroid hormone levels in perinatal asphyxia in term neonates.
The prevalence of Vitamin D3 deficiency in pregnancy and its outcome an observational study.
Study on Ascitic fluid cholesterol and fibronectin: a better diagnostic parameter than conventional ascitic protein values in differentiating malignant ascitics from non malignant ascitis.
Serum biochemical markers combined with uterine artery Doppler during second trimester as a predictor of pre-eclampsia.
Serum LDH level in pregnancy and its association with hypertensive diseases in pregnancy, maternal and perinatal outcome.
Spectrum of alloimmunization and transfusion frequency in relation to gene mutation in transfusion dependent b thalassemia pt.
Lipid profile and ECG changes in hypothyroidism in adults: a descriptive cross-sectional study.
To evaluate anxiety and stress marker in cancer patients receiving chemo and radiation therapy- a cross-sectional study.
Analysis of various hormone levels in suicidal death cases in Eastern Odisha- A autopsy based cross-sectional study.
Newborn screening of inborn errors of metabolism
Oxidative stress as reduced glutathione GSH in G6PD deficient neonates.
Next-generation sequencing of SARS- CoV-2

Facilities Available Including Investigation :

Teaching and training facilities for undergraduates, postgraduates, DMLT, BOT, BPT
Investigations including RBS, FBS, PPBS, RFT, LFT, Lipid Profile, Serum Uric Acid, Electrolytes, Serum Amylase,
Lipase, Cholinesterase, 24hr Urinary Protein, Cardiac Markers, Thyroid Profile, Prolactin, Ferritin, Hormonal Assays, Fluid Analysis, Cancer Markers.
Molecular testing including HPV genotyping, MTB RTPCR, Malaria RT PCR, EGFR, BRAF, KRAS MUTATION
HCV RTPCR, COVID 19 RTPCR and COVID Antigen testing.

Suggested email ID of Department: biochem.scb2020@gmail.com

Faculty Name	Suggested Email ID
Prof Dr P K Sahu	sahupratima@rediffmail.com
Dr P Panda	dr.panda.uh@gmail.com
Dr P Sarangi	pratikhya.pari@gmail.com
Dr M Mohapatro	monalisa.mohapatro@gmail.com
Dr K Panigrahi	dr.kalpanapanigrahi@gmail.com
Dr B Swain	drminuswain@gmail.com
Dr S Nayak	nayaksaffalya@gmail.com
Dr P R Joshi	prangyada22srmch@gmail.com