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
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And these agents who think "I'm just following orders" is a defense really need to read some books someday. Cowards.
“Mr. Paul said the agents had told him that they disagreed with the directive to arrest Ms. Paul but that they had to follow orders.
“They are having them grab everyone they can,” Mr. Paul said. “This is just not right.”
“They are having them grab everyone they can,” Mr. Paul said. “This is just not right.”
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
And these agents who think "I'm just following orders" is a defense really need to read some books someday. Cowards.
At the moment 9 (or 10 counting myself) - 4 postdocs, 4 PhD students, and a lab manager
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
To my fellow researchers in life science around the 🌎. I have a question: How many professionals (researchers, associate, assistant, tech, engineers...) vs students/postdoc/in your group (if part of big units with multiple groups, consider the unit). Pls indicate your country.
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At the moment 9 (or 10 counting myself) - 4 postdocs, 4 PhD students, and a lab manager
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
We've been an large as 30 before, with 10 postdocs, 6 or 7 grad students, multiple admin and insectary staff, and undergrads.
It all depends on current funding
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With Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social
, we can welcome another great speaker to SeedCon 2026 seedcon.org.
👉 Don’t miss Seth’s talk at the first #Seed #Microbiome Conference, May 5–7, 2026 in Potsdam, Germany!
, we can welcome another great speaker to SeedCon 2026 seedcon.org.
👉 Don’t miss Seth’s talk at the first #Seed #Microbiome Conference, May 5–7, 2026 in Potsdam, Germany!
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
With Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social
, we can welcome another great speaker to SeedCon 2026 seedcon.org.
👉 Don’t miss Seth’s talk at the first #Seed #Microbiome Conference, May 5–7, 2026 in Potsdam, Germany!
, we can welcome another great speaker to SeedCon 2026 seedcon.org.
👉 Don’t miss Seth’s talk at the first #Seed #Microbiome Conference, May 5–7, 2026 in Potsdam, Germany!
Post-migraine fog finally starting to lift a bit. The whole day was burned
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Post-migraine fog finally starting to lift a bit. The whole day was burned
Sometimes they get along
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Sometimes they get along
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Faculty plan out our grant writing MONTHS if not YEARS in advance - having programs suddenly disappear like this is utterly demoralizing and completely destructive for everyone’s productivity (including students!)
The NSF Bio Anthro Program DDRIG, Cultural Anthrpology DDRIG, and Archaeology DDRIG have all been archived (as of yesterday afternoon). Please speak with your grad students and plan accordingly. To say I am angry and depressed about this is an understatement.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Faculty plan out our grant writing MONTHS if not YEARS in advance - having programs suddenly disappear like this is utterly demoralizing and completely destructive for everyone’s productivity (including students!)
Scintillating scotoma gone now. I think I took my pills in time to head off the pain but we'll see.
Either way i'm going to be useless today
Either way i'm going to be useless today
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Scintillating scotoma gone now. I think I took my pills in time to head off the pain but we'll see.
Either way i'm going to be useless today
Either way i'm going to be useless today
Yay ocular migraine
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yay ocular migraine
Trying to submit a MS for 2 weeks. Kept getting kicked back for stupid things (like the acknowledged grants were not in the same order in the MS as what I inputed in the website). Finally fixed all the things and it was desk-rejected the next day. Unnecessary waste of fucking time.
Assholes.
Assholes.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Trying to submit a MS for 2 weeks. Kept getting kicked back for stupid things (like the acknowledged grants were not in the same order in the MS as what I inputed in the website). Finally fixed all the things and it was desk-rejected the next day. Unnecessary waste of fucking time.
Assholes.
Assholes.
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3-sentence Project Narrative for NIH:
1. Completely lay sentence with no jargon describing what the research is about.
2. A sentence that begins, "This is relevant to public health because..."
3. A sentence that begins, "This work supports the [NIH or your IC] priority: [quote priority].
1. Completely lay sentence with no jargon describing what the research is about.
2. A sentence that begins, "This is relevant to public health because..."
3. A sentence that begins, "This work supports the [NIH or your IC] priority: [quote priority].
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
3-sentence Project Narrative for NIH:
1. Completely lay sentence with no jargon describing what the research is about.
2. A sentence that begins, "This is relevant to public health because..."
3. A sentence that begins, "This work supports the [NIH or your IC] priority: [quote priority].
1. Completely lay sentence with no jargon describing what the research is about.
2. A sentence that begins, "This is relevant to public health because..."
3. A sentence that begins, "This work supports the [NIH or your IC] priority: [quote priority].
A probability matrix is not conscious. For fucks sake.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A probability matrix is not conscious. For fucks sake.
Is he drinking again?
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Is he drinking again?
Paying my dog the cheese tax and she thinks its a salary
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Paying my dog the cheese tax and she thinks its a salary
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I am begging people to *please* stop using these tools to make a point or make fun of them. We do not need to further refine them or kill the planet to make a point. We should stop using them to make them irrelevant.
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I am begging people to *please* stop using these tools to make a point or make fun of them. We do not need to further refine them or kill the planet to make a point. We should stop using them to make them irrelevant.
My response to the recruiter from Florida who just cold-called me
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
My response to the recruiter from Florida who just cold-called me
For fucks sake
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November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
For fucks sake
My grants that did not get reviewed in October due to the shutdown will now be reviewed at the end of January. I think this means they'll miss the January 2026 Council - anyone have any insights into how this will be dealt with? Lumped into May Council? That's going to screw us
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My grants that did not get reviewed in October due to the shutdown will now be reviewed at the end of January. I think this means they'll miss the January 2026 Council - anyone have any insights into how this will be dealt with? Lumped into May Council? That's going to screw us
It's Glühwein time!
Mit Schuss
Mit Schuss
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It's Glühwein time!
Mit Schuss
Mit Schuss
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
Damn straight. I don't want healing and closure. I want tribunals.
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Damn straight. I don't want healing and closure. I want tribunals.
Yep. The issue isn't the movement away from strict paylines. The issue is who will be making programmatic decisions
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important. drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/i...
In which I fruitlessly beg NIH grant-seeking folks to focus on what is actually important.
A new webpage on the NIH site called “Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions” is causing a small kerfuffle on the socials. As per us…
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yep. The issue isn't the movement away from strict paylines. The issue is who will be making programmatic decisions
WAT
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
WAT
Are the repubs really certain they want to press the "execution for traitors" button?
a man with a beard is asking " have you thought that through "
ALT: a man with a beard is asking " have you thought that through "
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November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Are the repubs really certain they want to press the "execution for traitors" button?