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Jason Rasgon
@vectorgen
Mosquitoes and other crap. Opinions are my own. Huck Chair. Follow @JRasgon for non-science Tweets (or don't, I rarely post there). I'm also at the Blue Place
Oct 9 • 38 tweets • 9 min read
OK let's do a dive on this paper! During the last couple months of her PhD, @renuka_joseph was doing some mosquito virus experiments. To get good membrane feeds, we routinely deprive mosquitoes of sugar & water for 24hrs before. Renuka didn't bother separating the males out first because who cares about males?
Oct 20, 2022 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I have some thoughts on the new eLife policy First, I applaud attempts to change the peer review landscape. It's broken. But this policy isn't it.
Apr 28, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
65. If you want to know what your University employer (or, any institution or person really) wants and values, don't listen to what they tell you. Instead, take careful note of where they spend their money. 66. Every talk is a Job Talk

(ht @rellanalvarez!)
Jan 1, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Anyone watch "Beforigners"? A Norwegian buddy cop time travel show where folk randomly skip forward in time from neolithic, viking, or Victorian England eras & have to integrate into modern society. Follows a Norwegian cop & his viking partner as they solve crimes. It's a drama. By "Modern Society" I mean present-day Oslo of course. Luckily for some reason everyone that pops through time, from the cavemen to the Victorian English folk, speak Norwegian
Oct 29, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
It's been quite a while since I did a horological Tweet. Here's a cool "H. Hamlet and Co." pocket watch that I acquired recently Image The "Hamlet" watch company was one of the trade names for the New York Standard Watch company, but that's not what this is
Jul 28, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
52. Grants are not just resources to do science. They are also influence, power, & protection. Not all grant $ is equal in this regard; some $ sources are prized above others. Learn which is which

If you are lucky to have lots of $, don't abuse the influence & power it gives you 53. There is no such thing as a "Perfect" grant. There is not even such thing as a "Good" grant. The only thing that matters is a "Funded" grant. Let go of the idea of the perfect grant. The quest for perfection is a fools errand & counterproductive to the goal of being funded.
Jun 20, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
50. If a University policy puzzles you, and you want to know why it exists, or why things are being done that way, the answer is money.

It may not be directly obvious, but the answer is ALWAYS money 51. Funding begats funding
Apr 12, 2018 • 81 tweets • 8 min read
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I always get asked for advice about starting/surviving the tenure track. Last couple of months I've started compiling rules etc I find myself saying. Thought I'd put it out there for the masses if anyone found it useful. Will prob keep adding, feel free to add your own! 1. Hard work is required for success, but it is, in of itself, not enough. You need to be lucky.