Fall 2024 Research Assistants

• VCU-wide research project

• Goal: Understand how genetic and environmental factors come together to influence a variety of health related outcomes in the VCU undergraduate population

• Earn 3 credits of BIOZ 399 Biology

• Apply here!

Research Experience in Addiction Science Fellowship (NIDA)

• During Fall 2024, fellows will take the Spit for Science course

• Upon successful completion, fellows can then apply for a research internship during Spring 2025

• These spring internships come with a stipend as well as financial support for travel to scientific conferences.

• Apply here!

BIOZ 303: Microbiology Lab
BIOL 304 : Biology Skills
BIOL 308: Vertebrate Histology
BIOL 309: Entomology
BIOZ 310: Genetics Lab
BIOZ 317: Ecology Lab
BIOZ 324: Medicinal Botany Lab
BIOL 341:  Human Evolution
BIOL 391: Spit for Science (requires application)
BIOZ 391: Plant Taxonomy
BIOZ 395: Directed Study
BIOL 451: Cancer Biology II
BIOZ 476: Molecular Capstone Lab
BIOL 492: Independent Study (with instructor permission)
BIOZ 493: Internship (with instructor permission)
BIOL 495: Research and Thesis (with instructor permission)

BIOZ courses often have BIOL pre-/co-requisite lectures. For example, If you want to take BIOZ 324 Medicinal Botany lab, you must either have completed it previously or you can take both BIOL/Z Medicinal Botany lecture and lab concurrently. Some BIOL lectures include labs, like BIOL 341 Human Evolution. Click here to check the prerequisites and corequisites for courses in the biology bulletin