Scientiae

It seems for March has been a ridiculously busy month for everyone I know-in real life and in the blogosphere, myself included. Where did this month go?!?! In light of the current level of submissions (not to mention the realization that trying to put together the Carnival and post it by mid-week), I am extending the deadline for April's submissions to 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, April 3. This month's theme is sustainability in science, but feel free to submit other posts, as well. Thanks to everyone who has submitted already!

Hi, I'm biochem belle, your humble host for April's Scientiae Carnival! Many thanks again to Amanda for hosting the March edition of the Scientiae Carnival. If you haven't already seen it, go check out people's thoughts on continuity in science. I am thrilled to be hosting the carnival in April and look forward to reading all the submissions. Even though the carnival broadly covers the topic of women in STEM, anyone is welcome to contribute. In fact, one of my favorite dude bloggers, Abel Pharmboy, hosted last year. Now on to this month's topic...

The theme for the spring 2010 national meeting of the American Chemical Society is Chemistry for a Sustainable World.There have been a number of reports, op eds, and blog posts about a diverse range of challenges in science. This phrase prompted me to see them as questions of sustainability. Whether discussing an individual career, a lab, funding, the academic research system, publishing, peer-review, or scientific innovation, at the heart of the issue is often the question of whether current practices are sustainable and what changes need to be made to ensure sustainability. This also brings the theme of April's carnival. From an individual to a more global perspective, definitions, successes, diversity, barriers... what makes--or breaks--sustainability in science?

To submit posts to the carnival, please email the permalink URL of your post to scientiaecarnival [a] gmail [dt] com by 11:59 pm on Monday, March 29. I will try to have the carnival posted here by 11:59 pm on April 1. I'm looking forward to reading some more great posts!

I am so pleased to announce the hosts for (most of) 2010!
March: A Lady Scientist
April: Biochem Belle
May: Patchi
June: RocketScientista
July: Jane B
August: Mrs. Comet Hunter
September: Karina, Aspiring Ecologist
October: Podblack Cat
November: EcoGeoFemme
December: Pat @ FairerScience

We're working on new ways to keep you updated on the happenings around Scientiae. We know things get busy, and we may forget to submit a post to a really cool call, or we'll forget to check this page for when the new carnival will be posted. So, to stay in touch... consider these options:

DNLee has posted the 7th Diversity in Science Carnival focusing on February's Black History Month. Read it here! And contribute a post (submit it here) to the next one, that Roberta Gibson at Wild About Ants will be hosting. W00T!

The March Scientiae is posted over at my blog, A Lady Scientist. I hope that you all enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed putting it together!