BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Course at a Glance: Overview
Fall 2018 

Name BNFO 300: Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Objectives of course Multiple:
  • Help you make progress along the long road towards becoming an independent agent, a producer of new insights and solutions
  • Help you realize that new insights require separating observations from suppositions and that this is within your grasp
  • Help you internalize the basics of molecular biology in such a way that you may use them in the future
  • (See Objectives for details)
Time and Place Class: Tue,Thu 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM, Harris Hall 3142
TA sessions: Thu 4:00-5:00 pm and Fri 3:15-4:15 pm Computer Lab (Harris 3112)
Prerequisites None, but Phage Lab (BNFO 251/252) certainly doesn't hurt
At whom is the course aimed? The course is aimed at anyone who wants, including:
  • Bioinformatics majors
  • Those who are inclined towards the objectives of the course
  • Those who have their own good reasons
Instructor Jeff Elhai (ElhaiJ@VCU.Edu,   804-828-0794)
Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
Office: Life Sciences Building, Room 335
Teaching Assistants Shahzeb Hasan (SHasan@mymail.VCU.Edu)
Cove Soyars (SoyarsC@mymail.VCU.edu)
Recommended Text None. Replaced by this web site and various articles and documents to which you'll be directed.
Accommodations for a disability,
  military service, etc
In brief: Come and talk and we'll figure out a solution
In not so brief: See VCU's general policies