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Jason Gallant

@jasongallant.bsky.social

evolutionary biologist at MSU with a fondness for fish that make electricity

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Jason Gallant@jasongallant.bsky.social · 9mo ago

$401 million dollars to MSU Athletics. Meanwhile, entire colleges at MSU are admitting zero graduate students, our buildings are crumbling, dormitories filled with mold. Is the development office out of its mind, or just working for the Athletics program?

Greg and Dawn Williams make historic $401 million commitment to Michigan State University and Spartan Athletics

Michigan State University today announced a historic $401 million commitment from Greg and Dawn Williams. Made through the university’s “Uncommon Will, Far Better World” campaign and in support of MSU...

msutoday.msu.edu

Nature Reviews Biodiversity@natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 10mo ago

New online! Biologists should embrace Earth’s biodiversity as a library of solutions

Biologists should embrace Earth’s biodiversity as a library of solutions

Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 10 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00098-xBiological research focused on canonical research organisms can yield profound insights, but it can also obscure evolutionary context and hinder understanding of biodiversity itself. Biology researchers should tap the underutilized potential of Earth’s biodiversity by matching the biological question to the organism best suited to answer it.

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Jason Gallant@jasongallant.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Woot, my new perspective piece on the importance of leveraging earth's biodiversity to solve biology's most pressing questions was just published! Let me know if you'd like a copy!

Nature Reviews Biodiversity@natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 10mo ago

The first of these is a Comment by Jason Gallant on diversifying animal-based research beyond canonical research organisms by selecting organisms best-suited to answer biological questions. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/4qStiBc

Peter Gleick@petergleick.bsky.social · last yr.

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.
Jason Gallant@jasongallant.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

Jason Gallant@jasongallant.bsky.social · last yr.

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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Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2y ago

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…”