The Young Investigators Review (YIR) is a student-run science journal dedicated to promoting undergraduate research in the natural and applied sciences at Stony Brook. The journal, published once each semester, is wide in scope, including primary research articles, reviews, opinion essays, science news, interviews with faculty and students, and more.
Established in the spring of 2008, YIR has a staff of more than 30 undergraduates from diverse academic backgrounds. Through YIR, students can keep up to date with the latest in scientific research that is taking place both in and out of the University community. For those who have not yet identified a laboratory in which they can begin research, this publication serves to identify potential investigators who are in search of bright and motivated undergraduate students.
Biochemistry major Kevin Knockenhauer (’10) is YIR Editor-in-Chief, and pharmacology major Isaiah P. Schuster (’10) is President. Professors on the YIR Advisory Board include Paul Bingham, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology; David Bynum, Center for Science and Mathematics and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Robert Haltiwanger, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Harvard Lyman, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology; and Robert Watson, Department of Pharmacology.
Young Investigators Symposium May 3
The Second Annual Young Investigators Symposium will be held on Monday, May 3, in SAC Ballroom A. Robert Weinberg from the Whitehead Institute at MIT will be talking about his research into the oncogenes that, when mutated, can lead to cancer. Stony Brook undergraduates in the fields of biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, chemistry, applied mathematics, and physics will give poster presentations. To apply to present your work, visit younginvestigators.com.
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