The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and an adjunct assistant professor at a nearby state university.
Scicurious is a graduate student wrestling with a PhD in Physiology at a southern institution. She is a nerd, a geek, and also a dork. And yes, that really is her brain.
NotoriousLTP is an MD-PhD student in New York City. After finishing (hopefully soon) his PhD in behavioral neuroscience, he will re-enter the fun vortex that is medical education.
*drumroll*
And the winner is....
me.
Yup! Scicurious will be the guest editor of Open Lab 2009! I'm super thrilled to be involved, and it's a big honor to be asked to do something like this, especially because it means I'll be buried typing-fingers deep in the best science blogging to be found!
For those not in the know, Open Lab is a yearly, printed-on-the-flesh-and-blood-of-real-trees version of the best that science blogging has to offer. All submissions will be evaluated by a jury of fellow science bloggers, and the top 50 will be selected for publication. The end result is a wonderful compilation of the greats in science blogging, and is a rare note of permanence in internet world, where nothing last more than about 15 minutes. If you are curious to see, Sci recommends that you check out the new and shiny Open Lab 2008, because she's in it.
And so, I hereby open up for 2009 submissions! To submit a post for Open Lab, please go to this submission form. You can nominate as many posts as you wish, and Sci encourages you to have no shame about nominating yourself. But keep in mind that posts must date no earlier than Dec. 1, 2008.
So start submitting! And also...just in case...Sci would like to point out that she is not judging, and so if you wanted to submit anything of HERS...just sayin'.
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Comments
Awesome!!! Congrats to the rising star!!
Now you will *finally* have something to do with all the free time you have in grad school :-P
Posted by: arvind | March 12, 2009 12:17 PM
Heartiest congratulations to the mega-rising star of the sci/med blogosphere.
But what am I going to write about? One can only have one vasectomy.
Posted by: Abel Pharmboy | March 12, 2009 12:19 PM
Many congrats! Nice to see a grad student REPRESENT!
Posted by: Miriam | March 12, 2009 12:23 PM
Congratulations! From what I've seen, you've earned it!
Posted by: gg | March 12, 2009 12:25 PM
Congrats! There's no better choice!
Posted by: Sheril R. Kirshenbaum | March 12, 2009 12:47 PM
Bora, when is the latest a submission can be submitted for the 2009 Open Lab?
Also, can we submit more than one post?
Posted by: Caryn Shechtman | March 12, 2009 12:50 PM
Tenatitively, December 2009 is the deadline (but may change, we'll keep everyone posted).
Yes, submit as many as you want, yours and other people's posts, more the merrier.
Posted by: Coturnix | March 12, 2009 1:17 PM
Woo hoo!!! Truly awesome choice.
Posted by: Stephanie Z | March 12, 2009 1:25 PM
Congratulations!!! What an honor!
Posted by: Anne Casper | March 12, 2009 1:47 PM
Congratulations! This is splendid news!
Posted by: Laelaps | March 12, 2009 2:21 PM
Felicitations!
Posted by: Blake Stacey | March 12, 2009 3:44 PM
Congrats. you should have put up a picture of a squirrel...You know I still have to read your name twice to get it right.
hahaha
Posted by: DNLee | March 12, 2009 3:45 PM
Thanks, everyone!
And DNLee: I DID think very hard of putting up a squirrel, but I'm so totally a rat!
Posted by: Scicurious | March 12, 2009 4:10 PM
Yay! Well done! *applause*
Posted by: Podblack | March 12, 2009 4:18 PM
Well deserved, congratulations!
Posted by: Betul | March 12, 2009 4:28 PM
Congrats :) and good luck!
Posted by: Christie | March 12, 2009 4:35 PM
Honor? You people have this wrong.
This is nothing other than recognition of the sustained and superlative blogging that we've been enjoying from scicuriuos over the past year or so. SciC clearly puts serious effort into thinking about not just the fascinating science she relates but also how to best communicate this to a diverse audience. I can think of none better to shepherd the next edition of Open Lab.
Well deserved, sciC!
Posted by: DrugMonkey | March 12, 2009 4:55 PM
wtg sci! w00t!
Posted by: leigh | March 12, 2009 6:23 PM
What DM said. This was a carefully made decision and I think I picked the best! It is the recognition of Sci's amazing writing talent and communication skills. I am looking forward to the year of collaboration with Sci on this project.
Now, start submitting your posts, and don't forget to send in original poems, comic strips, cartoons and art as well as essays.
Posted by: Coturnix | March 13, 2009 1:34 AM
I echo DM's sentiments. OpenLab is lucky to be edited by SciC, not the other way round.
Looking forward to see how Abel decides to flay himself for the education of the world this year.
Posted by: Ed Yong | April 3, 2009 9:45 AM