YSP has a new student director...

The Young Scientist Program welcomes Chris Affolter as the new YSP student director. Chris was a YSP Summer Focus participant in 2002 and is currently a graduate student in the Microbiology program at Washington University. As a member of the lab of Dr. Wayne Yokoyama, he is researching BAC recombineering of murine cytomegalovirus for the study of viral infection, immune evasion, and latency. We look forward to Chris' leadership over the 09-10 academic year.

Also, BIG thanks to our outgoing student director, Britney Moss. Under Britney's excellent leadership YSP has continued to grow and expand. Thanks Britney for a job well done!!

2009 YSP Summer Symposium and Awards Ceremony

The 2009 YSP summer programs concluded their summer on Friday, August 7th with a symposium and awards ceremony. Teachers from the Teacher and Researcher Partnership presented their research during a poster presentation session sponsored by the BiomedRap Summer Program. That evening Summer Focus participants gave 5 minute talks about their lab research project. The evening's events concluded with a banquet and award ceremony to honor all students, teachers, their families, and of course the YSP volunteers!