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Crispy Secrets of the Tardigrades (Season 3: Episode 25)


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Get ready for waves on Titan, glassy gels, tardigrade CRISPR gene-editing, a waking black hole, Race for Your Life in R, the Genie App Competition 2024, and a grant on precision probiotic therapies.


References:

  • Signatures of wave erosion in Titan’s coasts
  • Glassy gels toughened by solvent
  • Plasma proteomics identify biomarkers predicting Parkinson’s disease up to 7 years before symptom onset
  • Aging atlas reveals cell-type-specific effects of pro-longevity strategies
  • Single-step generation of homozygous knockout/knock-in individuals in an extremotolerant parthenogenetic tardigrade using DIPA-CRISPR
  • Astronomers see a massive black hole awaken in real time
  • R 4.4.1 is released
  • The Python Language Summit 2024
  • Genie App Competition 2024 for Prizes
  • R Gganimate: How To Make Stunning Chart Animations With Ggplot2
  • Mind the Gap: Using R/exams to Ease the Transition into STEM Studies
  • The 6 Most Fundamental Functions for Data Cleaning with R
  • NIH: Enhancing Mechanistic Research on Precision Probiotic Therapies

  • R Packages:

    • easyORtables: Easy Odds Ratio Tables
    • gmfamm: Generalized Multivariate Functional Additive Models
    • plotor: Produces an Odds Ratio Plot from a Logistic Regression Model
    • rioplot: Turn a Regression Model Inside Out
    • ...more
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      Science Research WeeklyBy Mark R Williamson