What about me? I don't know anything about molecular biology!

What about ME? I DO know {molecular biology|computer programming}.
Am I going to be bored out of my mind?

What is bioinformatics anyway?

Answers

What about me? I don't know anything about computer programming!
First of all, programming is a lot easier than you think, so long as you don't have to worry about how to access data, parse it, and convert it to different forms, and so long as you're not crushed by the weight of arbitrary syntactical rules. BioBIKE relieves you of those responsibilities, allowing you to concentrate on the pure logic of what you want to do -- and logic is something that people in science are supposed to be good at.

Furthermore, the language evolves according to user's needs. It tries to hold to the principle that simple biological concepts should be expressed in simple ways. Needless to say it is sometimes fiendishly difficult to explain to a dumb computer something that is perfectly apparent to a human. When a user encounters a concept that is not easily rendered in the language, the BioBIKE Help Desk will attempt to implement an easy short cut.

What about me? I don't know anything about molecular biology!
Fortunately, molecular biology is basically simple, because biological molecules tend to behave the way the world of our daily acquaintance behaves. While there is an incredible amount of molecular biology you COULD learn, you need to know very little of it to understand what's behind a specific biological problem. I'll explain what little bit you need for a specific unit. But, it's primarily your responsibility to identify and make me aware of what you need to know.

What about ME? I DO know {molecular biology | computer programming}.
Am I going to be bored out of my mind?
I doubt it. This isn't a course on either topic but rather on bioinformatics. You'll have more time to spend on that and on the research project.

What is bioinformatics anyway?
One plausible definition:

The application of information technology to the study of biological problems