{"id":45753,"date":"2025-06-13T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umfcluj.ro\/medicina\/faculty\/departamente\/departamentul-2\/biochimie-medicala\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:58:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:58:02","slug":"medical-biochemistry","status":"publish","type":"med","link":"https:\/\/umfcluj.ro\/en\/medicine\/faculty\/departments\/department-2\/medical-biochemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Biochemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical Biochemistry
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Address: 6, Louis Pasteur street<\/p>\n

Head of Chair:<\/strong>: Prof. dr. Alexandra Cr\u0103ciun
\nEmail: acraciun@umfcluj.ro<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Medical Biochemistry discipline consists of a young team, focused on research and training medical students. The discipline\u2019s members have published their research in various scientific fields: biochemistry of hemostasis; the role of vitamin K in bone metabolism, in cardiovascular and tumor pathology; the role of short-chain fatty acids in energy metabolism; molecular diagnosis in lysosomal diseases and thrombosis; identification of genetic and biochemical risk factors in diabetes mellitus, lung cancer, neurodegenerative diseases; oxidative stress; aging; HLA typing in transplantation and autoimmune diseases; anti-HLA antibodies and clinical rejection syndromes.<\/p>\n

Because of the abundance of available research areas, students are attracted towards the Scientific Circle of Laboratory Medicine.<\/p>\n

Additionally, ARACIS-accredited master’s degree program in “Modern Laboratory Techniques” is available to graduates in non-medical professions (biologists, chemists, and biochemists) who want to work in the healthcare system. Master’s students can have a firsthand grasp of the practical aspects of laboratory operations in the healthcare system because the full-time professors in this program have at least five years of experience working in medical laboratories. The members of the discipline are also involved in the training of future MD specialists in Laboratory Medicine, Oncology and Clinical Microbiology.<\/p>\n

Doctoral studies are available to graduates of the Faculty of Medicine or Master’s degree, with two PhD supervisors in our discipline.<\/p>\n

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Teaching activity – educational offer in bachelor’s programs <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Oral cavity biochemistry \u2013 Faculty of Dentistry, year I<\/li>\n
  2. Biochemistry \u2013 Faculty of Dentistry, year I, Faculty of General Nursing, year I<\/li>\n
  3. Clinical biochemistry I \u2013 Faculty of General Medicine, year II<\/li>\n
  4. Clinical biochemistry II \u2013 Faculty of General Medicine, year IV<\/li>\n
  5. Descriptive biochemistry \u2013 Faculty of General Medicine, year I<\/li>\n
  6. Metabolic biochemistry \u2013 Faculty of General Medicine, year II<\/li>\n
  7. Clinical laboratory \u2013 General Nursing Program, year II<\/li>\n
  8. Biochemistry and clinical laboratory \u2013 Faculty of Health Sciences, Nutrition Program, year II<\/li>\n
  9. Laboratory medicine \u2013 residents in medical specialties<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Teaching activity – educational offer at the Master\u2019s degree Modern Laboratory Techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Medical biochemistry with applications in the clinical laboratory \u2013 year I, semester 1<\/li>\n
    2. Clinical biochemistry \u2013 year I<\/li>\n
    3. Laboratory explorations in hemostasis \u2013 year I<\/li>\n
    4. Molecular diagnostics in the clinical laboratory \u2013 year II<\/li>\n
    5. Quality management in the medical analysis laboratory I, II \u2013 year II<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Doctorate supervisors in the field of Medicine, affiliated with IOSUD UMF \u201cIuliu Ha\u021bieganu\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Prof. Dr. Alexandra M. Cr\u0103ciun; acraciun@umfcluj.ro<\/a>; <\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Prof. Dr. Lucia M. Procopciuc; lprocopciuc@umfcluj.ro<\/a>; <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Alexandra M. Cr\u0103ciun
        \n<\/strong>Professor, senior specialist in Laboratory Medicine
        \nEmail:         acraciun@umfcluj.ro<\/a><\/p>\n

        Teaching activity<\/span>:<\/p>\n