Eureka: Undergraduates can publish too!

What is Eureka? How did Eureka get started? Eureka is a student-founded and student-run undergraduate science journal at the University of Alberta. It is the result of a vision that three undergraduate students had a few years ago, to serve as a platform to showcase the world-class research being done at the University of Alberta. Through Eureka, senior undergraduates can publish their work and experience the peer-review process firsthand, while more junior undergraduates can see the work of the peers and gain a better understanding of what an undergraduate can do in a research setting. Eureka began accumulating submissions in September of 2009, and now published three issues (including the one in your hands right now). The three undergraduate students I mentioned earlier are still involved in Eureka: Braden Teitge, Patrick Jones, and myself – Christopher Madan. All three of us have graduated, but are still at the University of Alberta: Braden Teitge is now a MD student. Patrick Jones is currently pursuing a BSc in Pharmacy. I am currently working on a PhD in Psychology, with a focus on the cognitive neuroscience of memory.