Jason Rasgon
@vectorgen.bsky.social
Mosquitoes, watches and whatever. Huck Chair of Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology at Penn State. My opinions do not reflect those of my employer (they want nothing to do with them whatsoever)
rasgonlab.wordpress.com
rasgonlab.wordpress.com
I'm just going to submit the manuscript to PMC and let the journal sue me. If they dare.
Does anyone have clarity on whether NIH open access requirements are satisfied by simply posting a paper on bioRxiv? Or are we required to pay the astronomical publication fees to journals?
grants.nih.gov/policy-and-c...
grants.nih.gov/policy-and-c...
Public Access | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
February 18, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I'm just going to submit the manuscript to PMC and let the journal sue me. If they dare.
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Jay Bhattacharya, an economist who has never practiced medicine and doesn’t conduct biomedical research, thinks that you and your loved ones dying from diseases that could have been cured is worth it cause antivaxxers are nicer to him on social media than people who know how anything works
NIH Director Battacharya on mRNA technology: "We should not be using as a platform for mass vaccination"
August 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Jay Bhattacharya, an economist who has never practiced medicine and doesn’t conduct biomedical research, thinks that you and your loved ones dying from diseases that could have been cured is worth it cause antivaxxers are nicer to him on social media than people who know how anything works
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I guess people have forgotten that Trump started the pandemic by refusing to test and bringing in tens of thousands of people in crowded airports. and then stole PPE from blue states. and then suggested bleach or UV light might cure it. and then tried to kill Biden with it. and then
February 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I guess people have forgotten that Trump started the pandemic by refusing to test and bringing in tens of thousands of people in crowded airports. and then stole PPE from blue states. and then suggested bleach or UV light might cure it. and then tried to kill Biden with it. and then
Oh for fucks sake
February 18, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Oh for fucks sake
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Mexico reporting several new human cases of screwworm.
Mexico reports more human New World screwworm infections
Mexico has now reported 141 human cases of the parasitic infection, which is spread by flies.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Mexico reporting several new human cases of screwworm.
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Death panels have arrived. They are chaired by RFK and Trump.
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Death panels have arrived. They are chaired by RFK and Trump.
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
So. I broke down and made my new ScienCV NIH Biosketch and it was...fine? I don't get the trauma it was causing folk. I suppose if you never wrote an NIH Biosketch before it would be confusing but if you had one already its just copy pasting shit into text boxes. Took me less than 10 minutes
a man says it ain t that big of a deal
ALT: a man says it ain t that big of a deal
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM
So. I broke down and made my new ScienCV NIH Biosketch and it was...fine? I don't get the trauma it was causing folk. I suppose if you never wrote an NIH Biosketch before it would be confusing but if you had one already its just copy pasting shit into text boxes. Took me less than 10 minutes
Um. Yes?
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Um. Yes?
Grant submitted
a man in a red shirt is kneeling in front of a truck that says 100 % done on the ground
ALT: a man in a red shirt is kneeling in front of a truck that says 100 % done on the ground
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Grant submitted
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One thing that sucks very bad is that everyone, and I do mean everyone, people you like, are using Claude to write their NSF and NIH grants even when it's against the rules, and also, the process is no longer reliable or merit based, and like no I'm not going to do it, but fuck!! FUCK!!
February 16, 2026 at 2:30 AM
One thing that sucks very bad is that everyone, and I do mean everyone, people you like, are using Claude to write their NSF and NIH grants even when it's against the rules, and also, the process is no longer reliable or merit based, and like no I'm not going to do it, but fuck!! FUCK!!
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This is a huge glaring issue right now. Courts generally ARE doing fairly well, even including significant number of Trump appointees. The corruption is concentrated in scotus.
Our court system is largely working, with the exception of the most important court
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is a huge glaring issue right now. Courts generally ARE doing fairly well, even including significant number of Trump appointees. The corruption is concentrated in scotus.
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Crushing the mRNA industry in the US also probably destroys a bunch of cures for various cancers just as an FYI.
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Crushing the mRNA industry in the US also probably destroys a bunch of cures for various cancers just as an FYI.
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Pointing out again that the UC administration sold out the college - it was faculty and unions that sued to block the sell-out deal.
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Pointing out again that the UC administration sold out the college - it was faculty and unions that sued to block the sell-out deal.
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This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
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Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
I come back to this video at least once a month, it makes me laugh
I grew up here - it's my hometown. Didn't leave until college. The video is taking the piss but it is, no joke, absolutely 100% accurate
Canoga Park, CA represent!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7T...
I grew up here - it's my hometown. Didn't leave until college. The video is taking the piss but it is, no joke, absolutely 100% accurate
Canoga Park, CA represent!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7T...
Canoga Park Tourism Video
YouTube video by Dr Jedly
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I come back to this video at least once a month, it makes me laugh
I grew up here - it's my hometown. Didn't leave until college. The video is taking the piss but it is, no joke, absolutely 100% accurate
Canoga Park, CA represent!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7T...
I grew up here - it's my hometown. Didn't leave until college. The video is taking the piss but it is, no joke, absolutely 100% accurate
Canoga Park, CA represent!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH7T...
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US Troops killed all the guards at Dachau for this kind of shit.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
US Troops killed all the guards at Dachau for this kind of shit.
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DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
Just me, citing Pliny the Elder in a grant proposal, as one does.
Spongebob Cool GIF
ALT: Spongebob Cool GIF
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Just me, citing Pliny the Elder in a grant proposal, as one does.
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Sorry, kid, the government cancelled research into a cure for your disease. The man who swims in sewage and snorts cocaine in public restrooms said it's bad for you. Besides, there's no money now that we're locking up your friend's parents and the guys who mowed our lawn.
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Sorry, kid, the government cancelled research into a cure for your disease. The man who swims in sewage and snorts cocaine in public restrooms said it's bad for you. Besides, there's no money now that we're locking up your friend's parents and the guys who mowed our lawn.
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Are you one of nearly 70 million American women who changed their names when they got married? 🙋♀️
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
February 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Are you one of nearly 70 million American women who changed their names when they got married? 🙋♀️
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
Republicans in Congress want to make it harder for you to vote.
Tell your senator to oppose the SAVE Act. indivisible.org/actions/stop...
Morning stroopwafel
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Morning stroopwafel
I think I've seen this movie...
How did life arise from simple chemical building blocks?
New #LMBResearch led by @edogia.bsky.social in @philholliger.bsky.social group has identified a small self-replicating ribozyme that could be the answer.
Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
New #LMBResearch led by @edogia.bsky.social in @philholliger.bsky.social group has identified a small self-replicating ribozyme that could be the answer.
Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
February 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I think I've seen this movie...
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How did life arise from simple chemical building blocks?
New #LMBResearch led by @edogia.bsky.social in @philholliger.bsky.social group has identified a small self-replicating ribozyme that could be the answer.
Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
New #LMBResearch led by @edogia.bsky.social in @philholliger.bsky.social group has identified a small self-replicating ribozyme that could be the answer.
Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
February 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
How did life arise from simple chemical building blocks?
New #LMBResearch led by @edogia.bsky.social in @philholliger.bsky.social group has identified a small self-replicating ribozyme that could be the answer.
Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...
New #LMBResearch led by @edogia.bsky.social in @philholliger.bsky.social group has identified a small self-replicating ribozyme that could be the answer.
Read more: mrclmb.ac.uk/news-events/...