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])!

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.

Whats up Athens!?? #evolution2025

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.

The end of NSF and American science expertise as we know it is here.🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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

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.

📣 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...

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.

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.

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

Are steps at the Michigan State Capitol ADA compliant 🤔

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.

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

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

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. doi.org/10.1093/iob/...

Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds.🐟🧪

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…”

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

Great work!!!

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

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

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

My lab at the University of South Florida is looking for a postdoc to collaborate on a project on the evolution of poison frog color, behavior, and learning! Happy to answer questions, and I will be at #SICB2024 to chat - come join us!! Details on how to apply: shorturl.at/uwxIU Please share widely!