BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Course at a Glance: Overview
Spring 2012 

Name BNFO 301: Introduction to Bioinformatics
Objectives of course Multiple:
  • Help you in your primary task of determining your life's calling:
    (a) what you're good at, (b) what you love doing, and (c) what the world needs done.
  • Help you make progress along the long road towards becoming an independent agent, a producer of new insights and solutions
  • Help you understand how bioinformatics lets us see biology in a new light
  • Help you realize that the tools of bioinformatics are within your grasp
  • (See Objectives for details)
Time and Place MW 9:00-9:50 pm, Life Sci North, Rm 250
M 10:00-10:50 pm, Life Sci Computer Lab, Rm 104 (Section 1)
M 11:00-11:50 pm, Life Sci Computer Lab, Rm 104 (Section 2)
W 10:00-10:50 pm, Life Sci Computer Lab, Rm 104 (Section 3)
Prerequisites Some familiarity with molecular biology
      (e.g. gained from BIOL 218: Cell Biology)
At whom is the course aimed? Anyone who wants
  • Bioinformatics majors
  • Those who wish to add bioinformatics to their intellectual tool box
  • Those who have their own good reasons
Instructor Jeff Elhai (ElhaiJ at VCU dot Edu)
Center for the Study of Biological Complexity
Teaching Assistant Ross Campbell (CampbellRA2 at VCU dot Edu)
Tara Nulton (NultonTJ at VCU dot Edu)
Recommended Text None. Material will be posted.
Also many pre-existing on-line resources
Accomodations for a disability In brief: Come and talk and we'll figure out a solution
In not so brief: Official rights and responsibilities       Official policy