Modern Department of Animal Biochemistry and Physiology named after M. F. Gulogo is a well–known scientific center, where 8 doctors of science, 6 professors work, including 3 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2 laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology, 4 laureates of the scientific award named after S. Z. Gzhitskyi; Scientific and educational activities are also carried out by 3 candidates of sciences, associate professors and 2 candidates of sciences, senior teachers. The work of the department is coordinated with scientific and educational institutions in Ukraine and abroad.

The department's priority scientific tasks are the study of the impact of various forms of carbon dioxide on the development of the state of artificial hypophysis and the development of technologies for the transfer of animal tissues and cells to the state of artificial hypophysis; the effect of the acid–alkaline state on the nature of the biological migration of heavy metals in the animal body; the migration of heavy metals in the body of animals, their influence on biochemical processes and the development of ways to protect animals from the negative effects of heavy metals; study of the biological activity of milk phospholipids and the influence of enterosorbents during the treatment of animal enteropathologies; development and substantiation of the introduction of new national standards for assessing the quality and safety of agricultural raw materials, fodder and food products, elucidating issues of the physiology of higher nervous activity and the autonomic nervous system of animals, as well as cortical–vegetative regulation of the physiological functions of the animal body in normal and pathological conditions.