@BiffBrown : You know, they are proposing a biochemistry track, and at first I was cynical (wondering how they would pull it off. However, they could easily just do what Vanderbilt and most private schools do. You let several biology and chemistry courses count towards the track. That track is long overdue at Emory. Given that the biochemistry related classes past 301 are likely to be done extremely well (Weinert already does extremely well and Heemstra is known for teaching excellence when she was over here at Utah and she will likely teach some chemical biology related course), and then Liotta has finally graduated to teaching upper division/seminar courses. These classes, plus commonly taken graduate courses, key bio courses, key NBB, and key physics courses (mainly physical biology) should be more than sufficient to create a serious concentration.