About Eukaryon

Eukaryon is an undergraduate research journal at Lake Forest College that publishes the very best of life science scholarship conducted by Lake Forest students. The journal’s goal is to celebrate and highlight the academic accomplishments of students achieved within the research-rich classrooms and student-centered research labs of Lake Forest College faculty. The word “Eukaryon” reflects the diversity of organisms that the faculty of the Biology Department are involved with through their scholarship.

 

The students and faculty of the Biology Department at Lake Forest College founded this peer-reviewed annual online journal in 2004. The inaugural issue was published in January 2005 and featured seventeen articles selected by Biology faculty.  In its inagural issue, student work from a diverse variety of biology courses (from first year studies to advanced senior seminars and senior theses) was represented.  Therefore, authors included freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and in one case, a graduate, who returned to audit a course!  Diverse categories of articles were published, from research reviews and primary articles, to Natural-styled News and Views and senior theses.  These categories reflected the breadth and depth of scientific writing that biology faculty regularly engage students in within their courses.

 

The 2006 issue was put forth by an Editorial Board comprised solely of Lake Forest College biology majors selected articles through a peer-review process.  In spring 2005, the biology faculty selected student members of this Board.  This Board not only reviewed articles, it also authored all editorial policies of the journal.  The 2007 issue demonstrated a continuing expansion of the journal with the co-publication of both print and online issues, an increase in selectivity, diversity, and number of accepted manuscripts, as well as an increase in editorial board size.The goal of making Eukaryon a truly student publication that maintains high scientific journalistic standards as envisioned by the first editorial board is what we, the members of the ' 07-' 08 board hope to achieve. 

 

Eukaryon is published by students at Lake Forest College, who are solely responsible for its content. The views expressed in Eukaryon do not necessarily reflect those of the College. Articles published within Eukaryon should not be cited in bibliographies. Material contained herein should be treated as personal communication and should be cited as such only with the consent of the author.