Enabling high school research at the Journal of Emerging Investigators

By Tyler Ford

JEI Podcast Logo-01

In this episode of the Addgene Podcast, we introduce you to the Journal of Emerging Investigators, an open-access journal that enables high school students to publish peer-reviewed scientific research. You’ll meet some of the folks behind the journal and hear from a fantastic team of high school students who recently submitted to the journal with funding from Addgene.

Listen to the interview with the Journal of Emerging Investigators

Podcast breakdown

Intro

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Mark Springel, Olivia Ho-Shing, and the Journal of Emerging Investigators.

Chapter 2 - Getting high school students and teachers interested in JEI (the importance of word of mouth and personal networking!) and the manuscript review/submission process at JEI.

Chapter 3 - JEI target audience and their current readership. Encouraging students to do science anywhere. 

Chapter 4 - JEI's mission and how they assess whether or not their achieving it.

Chapter 5 - JEI's future - getting more involved in the classroom by building curricula and developing one-on-one mentorship programs.

Chapter 6 and Outro - Interview with high school student researchers Arooba Ahmed, Jiachen Lee, and Jillian Parker who published their work on a protein required for cytokinesis in JEI. Developing an interested in biology, working in a lab for the first time, and thinking about the future.


Many thanks to our guests,Olivia Ho-Shing, Mark Springel, Arooba Ahmed, Jiachen Lee, and Jillian Parker!

Special thanks to our sound engineer/producer, Eddy Page!

Eddy_Page.jpgEdward B. Page is a Digital Media Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer and producer for the Addgene Podcast. 

 

 

Additional Resources from the Addgene Blog

Resources at Addgene.org

Sharing science just got easier... Subscribe to the blog

Topics: Education, Other

Leave a Comment

Sharing science just got easier... Subscribe to our blog