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Braasch Lab @ Michigan State University @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or [email protected])!

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Jun 19

Uh…

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ALT: Cool Copshow GIF

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Jun 19

Whats up Athens!?? #evolution2025

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · May 9

American science isn’t just under siege—it’s officially occupied territory today. Trump’s NSF plan? Abolish 37 divisions and cut the budget to the point it is a glorified science fair run by politicians. 75 years of world-leading innovation? Poof. We’re trading CRISPR for leeches and witch trials.

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Paul Bierman @paul-bierman.bsky.social · May 9

The end of NSF and American science expertise as we know it is here.🧪

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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

www.science.org

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Apr 25

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 24

Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn

Exclusive: ‘I have done all I can’: NSF director announces he is resigning

Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led the agency since 2020, leaves amid mass firings and grant terminations

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Apr 15

Heard today on the drive home:

"There is no reason in the United States for us to have a single child die of measles." -- Peter Marx, until last month, the top vaccine regulator at the CDC.

A vaccine expert worries child measles deaths are being 'normalized'

Ousted FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks talks about the current administration's policy on vaccines, and how that is impact its response to the on-going measles outbreak in the southwestern U.S.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Apr 8

📣 GET IN, DORKS!
We are going protesting...AGAIN! 📣

This time we are standing up for our core value of academic freedom and asking university leadership to STAND UP WITH US against Trump's attack on higher ed ✊

#StandUpWithUS

Register/find an event: actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

NATIONWIDE CAMPUS ACTION
STAND UP WITH US
because science, higher ed, and democracy are for everyone.
Where: YOUR COLLEGE CAMPUS
When: YOUR LAST DAY OF CLASSES
StandUpForScience2025.org

It’s time for a Summer Send-Off

Stand Up, Fight Back - TOGETHER!

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · Apr 8

Inside me there are two wolves. One of them has a 15 genome edits the other 20 genome edits. Neither of them is a dire wolf.

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Apr 8

You can’t defend freedom while attacking the people who make discovery possible.
When you target scientists, you don’t protect America — you weaken it.

Shame, shame, shame.

International students’ visas have been revoked, MSU says - The State News

At least some international students at MSU have had their visas revoked by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a university spokesperson confirmed Monday.

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Michigan Mama @mamadoingsomething.bsky.social · Apr 6

Love seeing all the people who care. Big cities are amazing, but this bravery is what makes my heart burst.

Pic of about 50 protesters in Keyser,WV, pop 4850. The deepest of red territory.

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SPARC MI @sparcmi.bsky.social · Apr 6

Are steps at the Michigan State Capitol ADA compliant 🤔

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Apr 5

The message is: crowd large.

Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.

Events like this puncture that delusion.

You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.

People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Apr 6

Protesters in Lansing, MI today joined me to say #handsoff our science.

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Apr 5

I got to speak at a political rally (video below). Today, I stood up for science in Michigan at the Hands Off Day of action in Lansing. Inspired talks and one hell of a crowd!! @50501mi.bsky.social

Standing up for science in Lansing

YouTube video by Jason Gallant

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · Apr 3

Did you ask for a fish fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🐟

Electrosensitive rostral appendages that can detect prey items have evolved multiple times within mormyrid fishes, and one of these organs is called the Schnauzenorgan.

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The craniofacial morphologies present within the mormyrids examined. CS1 = Chin-swelling gain 1; CS2 = Chin-swelling gain 2; SO1 = Schnauzenorgan gain 1; TS+SO1 = tubesnout with Schnauzenorgan gain 1; TS+SO2 = tubesnout with Schnauzenorgan gain 2 (A) The first independent gain of the chin-swelling is represented by Marcusenius ntemensis . (B) The second independent gain of the chin-swelling is represented by Marcusenius livingstonii . (C) The single gain of the Schnauzenorgan is represented by Gnathonemus petersii . (D) The first independent gain of the tubesnout with a Schnauzenorgan is represented by Gnathonemus ec hidnorh ync hus . (E) The second independent gain of the tubesnout with a Schnauzenorgan is represented by Campylomormyrus phantasticus . Photo credits: John P Sullivan

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · Apr 3

Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds.🐟🧪

The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · Apr 3

Some microphagous fishes have a unique pocket-like throat structure, epibranchial organ (EBO), that helps gather tiny food particles. New study of 13 species reveals diverse EBO anatomy, weak phylogenetic ties & possible link to diet
Evans et al:
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Mar 12

Tired: “due to ongoing uncertainties about federal funding…”

Wired: “due to President Trump and his administration’s illegal seizure of funds to American educational institutions…”

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Mar 12

Awesome work from awesome scientists! @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social and @sternarchella.bsky.social !! What a face!

Dr. Elizabeth Santos @lizmillermacroevo.bsky.social · Mar 12

Easy breezy beautiful cover girl!!

Kory Evans Ph.D @sternarchella.bsky.social · Mar 12

We got the cover of Nature Eco Evo for our anglerfish study!! Shoutout to our graduate student HoWan Chan for the slick image. Read to study here www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Mar 12

Great work!!!

Genetic, developmental, and neural changes underlying the evolution of butterfly mate preference

Few studies that link genetic variation to behavior also dissect the neural circuits that underlie the arc from sensation to action. This study of the architecture of mate choice behavior in Heliconiu...

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Dec 19

We are hiring a fixed-term faculty member in the MSU Integrative Biology department to teach our core courses in Genetics, Evolution and Ecology! Check out the full ad here! Please RP! #sciencejobs #BlackinSTEM #LatinxinSTEM #diversityinSTEM

MSU Careers Details - Inst/Ast Prof - Fixed Term

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Jason Gallant @jasongallant.bsky.social · Dec 19

Wow-- signal/noise ratio is vastly improved over here! See ya, X!

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · Dec 16

Assistant Professor job (Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology) at U California- Riverside | aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01509

Assistant Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology

University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.ucr.edu

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