It’s six months today since the start of the New York hub. Thanks to all our readers (both in the New York community and beyond) for helping to make the hub a success.

Being a Community Leader for the New York hub was my first go at blogging. Because of it, I now feel much more immersed in the New York science community. The Community Leader experience has helped me to meet a lot of interesting people in the New York science community and get a better feel for writing and discussing science. In addition, I now feel like a part of the Nature Network community and have enjoyed meeting everyone and regularly reading many interesting blogs. If I hadn’t started blogging, I would have missed out on a wealth of scientific news and research.

I am happy to say that I will be continuing to blog for he New York hub, since I enjoy it so much. But I will have to slow down a bit since I will be entering what many consider crunch time, the final (I think) year of my Ph.D. So, we are currently looking for another person to join the New York hub blogger team, along with Barry and myself. If you think this is something you may be interested in, you can contact Corie Lok, the Senior Editor at Nature Network at c.lok@boston.nature.com. Corie will be able to tell you the details of the Community Leader position, but it will likely involve blogging regularly and helping to manage the forum and calendar for the site.

Of course, feel free to ask me any questions. You can contact me at cfs2105@columbia.edu or post your questions to the blog.