Team:Alberta/HumanPractices/Eureka
From 2011.igem.org
Eureka
Team Alberta is committed to the continued advancement of synthetic biology. In addition to sharing our project with the public through community outreach initiatives, Team Alberta made a notable effort to share our project with the local academic community prior to the iGEM competition itself. Our team composed and submitted a project abstract for publication to the University of Alberta Undergraduate Research Journal, Eureka.
Eureka is both a student-founded and student-run
initiative at the University of Alberta whose mission is
to promote world-class undergraduate research conducted
throughout the Faculty of Science. The journal was founded
with the hopes of engaging undergraduate researchers
in academic publication as most undergraduate students
have limited opportunities to experience the publication
process as part of their scientific education.
Submitting
an abstract for publication to this journal provided us
with the invaluable experience of proceeding through a
peer-review process of our work. For some of us, it was
our first opportunity to submit a piece of scientific work
for publication.
With minor revisions, the abstract that we had submitted was subsequently accepted for publication and the piece will appear in the upcoming fall issue of the journal.
For more information about the Eureka Journal and its initiatives to enhance undergraduate research experiences please visit www.eurekajournal.com.