NIGERIA SOCIETY OF BIOCHEMISTRY STUDENTS (NSBS)

PROCEDURES FOR ESSAY SUBMISSION Download the registration data by clicking  here  and confirm your Application ID Essay should contain a minimum of 1,000 words and maximum of 1500 words. This includes title, author's name and affiliation. You may include up to 2 photographs, illustrations or tables. You must declare authencity and originality of your essay Essay should be submitted in PDF (.pdf) or Word (.doc/.docx) format and emailed to nsbsnational17@gmail.com Submission starts from the 29th September and ends on the 5th October 2017 You receive notifications on acceptance of your essay via email and or text messages through the contacts you provided.

ANNOUNCEMENT! Due to calls from different quarters as regards to registration, the organizers of the 2017 National Essay Competition for Biochemistry Students have made the following  amendments: 1. The deadline for registration is extended to Monday 25th September, 2017 2. Out of the two signatures required (Association President and HOD/Staff Adviser) only one is        compulsory. 3. The acknowledgment letter is only required when you cannot provide the necessary documents required.

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Hello eminents, Like we promised, July is the month. In no distant time all necessary information will be made available. Anticipate! #BiochemistryNationalEssayCompetition

If your body was a hard drive, how much data could it store? Your DNA and your brain are the two primary storage entities in your body. Each has its own storage capacity, but combined they can do wonders! A single gram of DNA can store around 215 petabytes of data (215 million gigabytes). To put it in simple terms, DNA could store all of the world's data in one room! If we extracted the entire DNA from your cells, we would end up with a mass of 250 grams. This means, your whole DNA can store around 53,750,000,000 Gigabytes of data. On the other hand, your brain can store approximately 1 petabyte of data (1,000,000 gigabytes). Unlike DNA, the brain’s capacity to store information is more limited, that’s because old data must be erased to make space for new one. As for DNA, it can keep on expanding and replicating to store more and more information. Combining the storage capacity of both your DNA and your brain, the total would be 53,751,000,000 Gigabytes. The most powerful s...

Most of the time when you mention biochemistry, the first thing that comes to their minds is secondary school chemistry and a little biology; then you hear them make comments like, “I can’t understand it because I don’t like chemistry.” Yes it is chemistry and biology but it is beyond that. It is indeed more than secondary school chemistry and biology. It is in fact the study of all the cellular activities in an organism. Bio-chemistry itself is the study of life at the molecular level. To further explain this; biochemistry is studying living things, ranging from plants, animals and microorganism, from the tiniest cellular function to the complex organs in these living things. Understanding the mechanism of the reactions occurring in the living beings that keeps them existing. Take for instance the human being; how does the brain interpret the series of reactions and activities going on in the body? Biochemistry explains how the pathways with help of several enzymes work together to m...

From the month of July, 2017 our biochemical acumen will be put to test. Our catabolic enumeration will be evaluated. The NSBS National Essay & Research Exhibition seeks to create a platform for all biochemistry students in Nigeria to showcase their intellectual prowess and be awarded subsequently. Watch out for more information!

Nigeria Society of Biochemistry Students, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Chapter had their handover congress on the 14th of June, 2017. The ceremony was graced by the staff adviser and other notable staffs in the department. Comr. Odurukwe Bob Uchenna, handed over to Comr. Ogwalu Chidozie as president.

The 8th South East Convention of the Nigeria Society of Biochemistry Students South East Zone was held at the prestigious Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State. Over 1,200 students were in attendance with dignitaries such as the South East Zonal Coordinator, Nigeria Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Prof. Akubugwo. At the convention, Abia State University, Uturu emerged as the South East Quiz Champion while Federal Polytechnic Nekede and University of Nigeria, Nsukka produced the Mr. & Miss NSBS South East respectively. Enjoy the Pictures.

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Great Eminents! Great Metabolites! The study of Biochemistry in Nigeria has been faced with so many predicaments ranging from socio-political, socio-economical and other intrinsic factors. Some of these issues are inevitable while others were catalyzed by us. Repression or inhibition have proven abortive due to the high substrate concentration (the problem) as compared to the inhibitor/repressor ( the solution). The predominance of other Science discipline have also seen the forward reaction (more interdisciplinary conflicts) favoured. Every discipline clamors for recognition and when we do so, we are regarded as being desperate. But they forget that "there is no smoke without fire" a phrase that is analogical to "life sciences is nothing without Biochemistry". Biochemistry is the "life-wire", the "back bone" and the core of any life science discipline. This is because as it simply put, it is the "Chemistry of Life". It seeks to exp...

WHO ARE WE? The Nigeria Society of Biochemistry Students (NSBS), is a student association for all biochemistry students at various tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It has its National Body which houses numerous local chapters from the six (6) geo-political zone in Nigeria. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: The fundamental aims and objectives of the National body of the Nigeria Society of Biochemistry Students as provided in Chapter One Article II of the NSBS National Constitution is to: a). promote the interest and encourage the study of Biochemistry in Nigeria in particular and the world at large. b). ensure the welfare of students and their full participation in the activities of NSBS both at the National level and all local chapters. c). equip members with organizational skills and experience needed for greater roles for which they may be called upon later in life. d). instill the necessary feeling of oneness among student of Biochemistry in Nigeria. e). promote a healthy relati...